DI Bliss Books in Order

When human remains are found in woodland and two retired officers are murdered, DI Jimmy Bliss and Penny Chandler uncover signs of a police cover-up. The deeper they dig in Peterborough, the more dangerous the case becomes.

A charred body makes the authorities think terrorism, but Bliss is not convinced. As MI5 circles and organised crime edges into view, he and Chandler race to stop a killer before more lives are lost.

Twelve years after leaving Peterborough, Jimmy Bliss returns to lead a serial murder case while Penny Chandler investigates linked rapes. A clue pointing to California turns the hunt into a far wider and riskier pursuit.

Two shootings, a missing head, and another headless corpse tell Bliss he is hunting a spree killer. With more names on the target list, the Major Crimes Unit has little time and nowhere safe to hide.

The stabbing of a young woman looks like a stalker's attack, until more suspects crowd the frame. While Bliss fights questions about his own past, his team must solve the murder before the body count climbs.

Fresh out of uniform, young DC Jimmy Bliss goes undercover with a gang planning a safe job. When the target changes and his cover feels shaky, he must stay alive long enough for help to find him.

After Bliss stops teenage Molly from jumping off a roof, he learns she is trapped in a drugs network. A second case involving a murdered journalist piles on the pressure as danger closes in from several sides.

Body parts found across the country lead Bliss to an old London murder and a trail of torture, gangland history, and revenge. As the case grows uglier, a leak to the media threatens to wreck the investigation.

A strangled woman is found carrying one of Bliss's old business cards, but she is not who he expects. That small clue opens a disturbing case tied to trafficking, exploitation, and predators with few limits.

An apparent suicide and an abandoned vehicle seem unrelated until Bliss's team uncovers three missing people behind them. As the hours pass, a journalist, a mother, and a child become the center of a desperate search.

Bliss arrives at what looks like a murder-suicide and quickly sees the scene has been staged. With no clear motive and almost no evidence, the Major Crimes Unit faces a killer who keeps striking without warning.

A homeless veteran says he witnessed a murder, but with no body the police cannot act until he turns up dead. As retirement nears, Bliss tackles that case and another grim investigation into a vulnerable family.

Now retired from the force, Jimmy Bliss returns as a civilian Senior Investigating Officer while also leading an unsolved cases team. A 1999 murder and a violent county lines feud give him two battles at once.

A violent murder committed by cowboy builders sends Bliss after four men who scatter fast and leave more damage behind them. At the same time, fresh prison intel reopens a cold case with ugly local roots.

When human remains are found with an antique chisel buried in the skull, Bliss sees echoes of an earlier ritualistic killing. A second thread, a murdered private investigator searching for a missing child, pulls him back to London.