DI Jack MacIntosh Books in Order

A mysterious message places Isabel Faraday in the path of a killer intent on keeping old secrets buried. Detective Jack MacIntosh’s attempt to protect her uncovers a conspiracy involving former Russian spies, with more deaths threatening to follow.

An elderly nursing-home resident is murdered with the number fifteen carved into his flesh. A second victim bearing the same mark sends Detective Jack MacIntosh toward an old boys’ school and secrets concealed for more than forty years.

A strangled woman’s missing shoe and an unfamiliar stiletto begin a disturbing sequence of murders. Detective Jack MacIntosh must identify the next intended victim from the footwear left behind while confronting personal memories that threaten his judgment.

A murdered woman holds a chess piece beneath a symbol painted in her blood. Recognizing details from earlier killings, Detective Jack MacIntosh fears the Bishop has returned and must uncover the connection before another woman becomes a victim.

A suitcase on the Thames contains a dismembered young woman, while a nearby skull belongs to someone else. Detective Jack MacIntosh follows the river’s grim discoveries into a web of secrets extending back twenty years to find the truth.

Dismembered limbs discovered in an empty tower-block flat begin appearing elsewhere across London. Detective Jack MacIntosh and his team must identify the victims and understand the pattern behind these scattered remains before the killer claims another life.

Three victims with sewn mouths and rat heads draw Detective Jack MacIntosh into a baffling investigation. A hostile journalist’s plea for help finding his abducted wife reveals a connection that turns the inquiry into a race to save her.

A murdered woman with a marked Underground map in her mouth revives memories of the uncaught Central Line Killer. Returning from recovery, Detective Jack MacIntosh must interpret the renewed clues before the murderer’s next attack across London.

A woman’s body found inside a cello case presents Detective Jack MacIntosh with an impossible timeline: she apparently spoke to her father after her death. Investigating the contradiction reveals a carefully staged crime designed to draw him in.

A silent six-year-old survives a carefully executed double murder but cannot explain what he witnessed. Detective Jack MacIntosh must uncover the truth behind the bloodstained scene while protecting the traumatized child from a killer who could return.