Harriet Martens Books in Order

DCI Harriet Martens has built her reputation through a tough campaign against local crime. When police officers begin dying in suspicious circumstances, she must identify a killer whose attacks appear directed at the force she serves.

Harriet Martens takes charge of a murdered tennis star’s case and unexpectedly falls for a fellow detective. Numerous suspects demand her attention, while the powerful attraction threatens her concentration and complicates the boundaries of her marriage.

Harriet Martens is sent to London to investigate allegations of corruption within an elite police squad. Hostile officers and uncooperative journalists obstruct her enquiries, forcing the provincial detective to persist with uncomfortable questions despite contempt from every direction.

Harriet Martens reopens the unsolved strangling of a young preacher thirty years earlier. With several surviving suspects and a controlling new chief eager to judge her performance, she must find what the original investigation failed to uncover.

Harriet Martens survives aconite poisoning thanks to her husband’s quick recognition of the symptoms. Recovering as further attacks occur, she investigates the Birchester Poisoner despite sick leave and resistance from officers who have taken charge of the case.

After a terrorist attack devastates her family, Harriet Martens investigates a stolen herbicide sample while other officers focus on security. The missing substance could cause enormous destruction, forcing her to work secretly through grief and fear.

Harriet Martens considers resignation after a new superior undermines her confidence. A politician’s suspicious collapse offers a chance to prove herself, but his unexplained transfer to a private clinic complicates her investigation into the apparent assassination attempt.