Detective Rob Miller Books in Order
Part ofBiba Pearce Books in OrderSee the Detective Rob Miller books by Biba Pearce in order, with summaries, series background, and a quick guide to the best place to start.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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Publication Order
9 books
The Surrey Stalker
by Biba Pearce
2020
In this earlier version of Rob Miller's first major case, a serial killer is targeting brides-to-be along the Thames. As the body count rises, the young detective finds the investigation cutting dangerously close to his own life.
The Bisley Wood Murders
by Biba Pearce
2021
When schoolgirl Katie Wells vanishes, Rob Miller leads a frantic search with almost nothing to go on. Jo Maguire spots links to her own sister's long-ago disappearance, turning the hunt into something even more disturbing.
The Box Hill Killer
by Biba Pearce
2021
A cold case from Box Hill roars back when a young woman is tied by DNA to one of the original victims. To catch a killer who may have been hiding in plain sight for years, Rob has to push well beyond the safe route.
The Thames Path Killer
by Biba Pearce
2021
A killer is targeting brides-to-be along the Thames, and young DI Rob Miller is desperate to stop him before more women die. As the Surrey Stalker case grows darker, the investigation begins to threaten Rob's own future.
The West London Murders
by Biba Pearce
2021
A brutal stabbing in an affluent West London home is only the first of several revenge killings. Rob Miller and Detective Jo Maguire are pulled into a risky undercover world where every new lead raises the stakes.
The Soho Killer
by Biba Pearce
2022
A body in Soho Square looks like a sex game gone wrong, but Rob Miller is not convinced. When another victim turns up in the same chilling style, he is forced into a hunt for a predator who stays maddeningly invisible.
The South Bank Murders
by Biba Pearce
2022
Rob Miller is reeling after his mentor is shot dead when another body turns up near the London Eye marked with a strange stamp. The trail points to a criminal known as the Wolf, and the case quickly becomes personal.
The Marlow Murders
by Biba Pearce
2023
A mother of two vanishes after a Christmas party in Marlow, and weeks later her body is found downstream in costume. Pulled back to work while already under pressure, Rob Miller faces a case that keeps getting uglier.
The Putney Bridge Killer
by Biba Pearce
2025
When a young woman is found murdered under Putney Bridge, the crime looks horribly familiar. Someone is recreating the Surrey Stalker killings, and Rob Miller must work out whether he is facing a copycat, or something even worse.
Series background & context
The Detective Rob Miller series is a British police procedural set largely around Putney and the Thames, with cases that spread into west London and nearby Surrey towns. The books open with The Thames Path Killer, where Rob gets his first big chance as senior investigating officer and immediately lands in a case that is far more brutal, and far more personal, than he expects.
Rob is the kind of detective who wants to do the job right and also wants to keep moving up, which is part of what makes the series work. He is ambitious, capable, and often carrying too much at once. Pearce keeps the police work front and center, but she also makes room for the strain the job puts on Rob's relationships, his reputation, and eventually his place within the Met.
These books are full of serial cases, missing people, old investigations that refuse to stay closed, and murders that pull the team into very different corners of London life. One novel may move through escort circles and affluent neighborhoods, another through reservoirs, woodland, or the riverfront. The exact mystery changes, but the tension usually comes from the same pressure point: time is short, public scrutiny is rising, and Rob knows one mistake can ruin lives.
The river matters here.
Putney's flooded banks, bridges, towpaths, and quiet residential streets give the series a strong identity. Even when the story pushes outward, the Thames keeps pulling things back, sometimes as a crime scene, sometimes as a memory, sometimes as a threat. Recurring colleagues and allies, especially Jo Maguire, help build continuity, and later books reward readers who follow the long shadow cast by earlier cases.
If you like modern UK detective fiction with solid procedure, recurring character threads, and a lead who is good at his job but never fully comfortable in it, this series does that very well. It reads quickly, but it still leaves room for grief, loyalty, professional pressure, and the messy fact that a closed case is not always as closed as it looks.
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