Helen Black Books in Order

Lawyer Lilly Valentine defends a young asylum seeker after an assault leads to a tragic confrontation at a school. Hostile publicity and racist threats complicate her efforts, placing her professional commitments and her own family in conflict.

After fourteen-year-old Kelsey's mother is murdered, the traumatized girl becomes a suspect but cannot speak in her own defense. Lawyer Lilly Valentine investigates, confronting exploitation, blackmail, and danger while trying to protect a vulnerable child.

Anwar Khan asks lawyer Lilly Valentine for help after his teenage sister's suicide. With assistant Taslima, she investigates a vigilante group policing women's behavior, and another girl's disappearance intensifies the threat to an already frightened community.

When a member of a notorious girls' gang is accused of a brutal murder, public fear and media hostility leave little room for sympathy. Lawyer Lilly Valentine challenges assumptions while pursuing the truth behind the charge.

Sports minister Joe Moran helps prepare London's Olympic opening ceremony as Britain struggles with war, recession, and political scandal. An explosion turns sporting celebrations into a security crisis when MI5 uncovers a plan for mass casualties.

Lawyer Lilly Valentine visits a troubled teenager in psychiatric care and receives a desperate note from another patient. When her client is killed and the second girl accused, conflicting allegations raise disturbing questions about the institution.

Former client Kelsey Brand asks Lilly Valentine to find a missing friend last seen at a Luton strip club. Another disappearance suggests a grooming gang, and a grim discovery gives the lawyer urgent reasons to continue investigating.

Successful lawyer Liberty Chapman has built a new identity far from her violent childhood and years in care. A request to defend an important client's son sends her back to Leeds, threatening the distance she established from her past.

Lawyer Liberty Chapman tries to keep clear of her family's criminal activities after reuniting with them in Leeds. When her youngest brother is shot, protecting him draws her toward dangerous choices while police pursue the Greenwoods.

Liberty Greenwood hopes to move her family away from crime, but violence signals an outside gang's attempt to seize control. Her partner, former policeman Sol Connolly, joins an unofficial investigation, putting them on different paths toward the same threat.

Liberty Greenwood's expanding criminal business comes under attack after a confrontation with a protection racketeer. A firebombing and an arrest force her to seek uneasy alliances while renewed personal complications and police pressure narrow her options.