Frank Elder Books in Order

Retired detective Frank Elder remains haunted by Susan Blacklock’s disappearance. A suspect’s release and another missing girl draw him back into the investigation, while postcards from a killer suggest his estranged daughter has become part of the danger.

A police operation leaves a criminal and a young officer dead, and Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch suspects something is wrong. Frank Elder is drawn from retirement into the fallout while struggling to help his own deeply troubled daughter.

Frank Elder’s ex-wife asks him to investigate a friend’s missing sister in Nottingham. Finding her carefully arranged body recalls an unsolved murder from his police career, forcing him to revisit old relationships and disturbing histories to identify the killer.

Frank Elder’s estranged daughter Katherine arrives after a destructive relationship with a controversial artist. When the turmoil leads to murder, Elder tries to protect her and establish her innocence, while the traumatic past they share threatens them again.