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DI Angus Henderson Books in Order

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This page lists the DI Angus Henderson books by Iain Cameron in order, with short summaries, series background, and a simple guide to where to start.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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13 books

1

Driving Into Darkness

by Iain Cameron

2014

A wave of luxury car thefts looks bad enough, then a powerful tech businessman is killed. Henderson suspects the murder is bigger than organized theft and finds himself facing two very different, equally dangerous killers.

2

One Last Lesson

by Iain Cameron

2014

When a university student is found murdered on a Sussex golf course, DI Angus Henderson uncovers links to an adult website run by her lecturers. The case pulls him into a grubby world of exploitation, secrecy, and sudden violence.

3

Fear the Silence

by Iain Cameron

2015

Former glamour model Kelly Langton vanishes after the school run, and Henderson refuses to believe she simply walked away. With no body and intense media pressure, he must prove a predator is at work before another woman disappears.

4

Hunting for Crows

by Iain Cameron

2016

What first looks like a tragic accident turns darker when former members of an eighties rock band start dying one by one. Henderson digs into old loyalties, buried resentments, and criminals who want something back.

5

Night of Fire

by Iain Cameron

2017

A man is burned to death before Bonfire Night, and his ties to Lewes bonfire societies make rivalry an obvious lead. Henderson soon finds a far more dangerous plot hiding behind the smoke and tradition.

6

Red Red Wine

by Iain Cameron

2017

A murder leads Henderson into a counterfeit wine racket worth millions. As he closes in on a feared London gangster, the case turns personal and the danger reaches the people around him.

7

Girls on Film

by Iain Cameron

2018

A photographer disappears from her rural studio, leaving witnesses but no clear motive. After her body is found, Henderson must dig through her vast archive of images to uncover the secret that got her killed.

8

Black Quarry Farm

by Iain Cameron

2019

A couple are shot dead at a Sussex vineyard, and the scene suggests more than a deal gone wrong. Henderson is pulled toward a ruthless figure whose business, and family life, are both worth killing to protect.

9

Blood Marked Pages

by Iain Cameron

2020

Brighton author Stuart Livermore is brutally murdered, and the wrecked bookcase in his lounge suggests the killer came for something specific. With his boss losing patience, Henderson races to solve the case before the murderer strikes again.

10

Dying for Justice

by Iain Cameron

2022

Respected lawyer Martin Turner is found stabbed in his office after a night of drinking. With little to go on, Henderson turns to the dead man's long list of clients and uncovers a killer desperate to beat justice.

11

Pictures of Lily

by Iain Cameron

2022

A young woman is found shot in the head, a professional killing that does not fit her orderly life. When one of her friends dies in the same way, Henderson steps into a world where opposition is removed without hesitation.

12

Flying Too High

by Iain Cameron

2024

The hard-driving chief executive of a Sussex drone company is found stabbed to death, leaving Henderson with a crowded suspect list. A second killing shows the murderer is careful, patient, and still ahead of the investigation.

13

Art of Thieving

by Iain Cameron

2025

A man is found stabbed on a West Sussex road beside an empty van, then an art dealer turns up suffocated days later. Henderson follows the link into stolen art, money laundering, and organized crime.

Series background & context

The DI Angus Henderson books are Sussex police procedurals, but they do not stay in one lane for long. The series opens with One Last Lesson, where a murdered university student pulls Henderson into a case involving lecturers, adult websites, and the ugly gap between what is legal and what is decent. From there the books move through very different corners of Sussex life, from golf courses and vineyards to Brighton streets, rural roads, and the noisy traditions of Bonfire Night.

Angus Henderson is the constant. He is a Scottish detective working for Sussex Police, calm on the surface and stubborn underneath. He is the kind of investigator who keeps worrying at a case long after other people are ready to move on, and that habit gets him into trouble with bosses, suspects, and the press. He is not flashy. He just keeps pushing until something gives.

That persistence is the engine of the series.

The cases usually begin with a sharp hook, a missing woman, a burned body, a drowned former rock musician, a photographer taken from her studio, then widen into something more tangled. In Fear the Silence, a disappearance becomes a bodyless murder inquiry. In Red Red Wine, a killing opens the door to a counterfeit wine racket worth millions. In Girls on Film and Black Quarry Farm, respectable surfaces hide criminal networks, damaged loyalties, and people who will use violence to protect what they have.

And Sussex is never just background.

These books make good use of place, not only as scenery but as part of the story. Henderson can be in a Brighton office, a village lane, a vineyard, or among the bonfire societies of Lewes, and each setting brings its own social world, habits, and tensions. That gives the series a grounded feel. The crimes may be dramatic, but they grow out of workplaces, families, local rivalries, and secrets people think they can keep buried.

Across the run of books, Henderson keeps running into the same problem, crime rarely looks like crime at first. A dead author in Blood Marked Pages, a murdered lawyer in Dying for Justice, and the apparently neat killings in Pictures of Lily all force him to look past easy answers. Even later books like Flying Too High and Art of Thieving keep that pattern going, starting with a death that seems explainable, then peeling back layers of money, pride, and organized wrongdoing.

If you like police fiction that balances steady casework with real danger, this is where Cameron does his most consistent work. The books are procedural at heart, but they also like a strong local setting, a good twist, and a detective who will not leave well enough alone.

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