Home Front Detective Books in Order

Anti-German riots sweep London in 1915, and an immigrant tailor is found dead in his burned shop. Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy investigate evidence that someone used wartime hysteria to conceal a carefully planned crime.

A conscientious objector is beaten to death as Britain prepares to impose conscription in 1916. Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy investigate amid public hostility, uncovering private secrets while the victim's friends fear they could be next.

A birthday celebration for women working in a munitions factory ends in an explosion that kills five of them. Marmion and Keedy investigate amid wartime suspicion, searching for the motive behind an attack with only one survivor.

A woman is murdered in a darkened cinema, and a second similar killing spreads fear through wartime London. Marmion and Keedy pursue a killer exploiting the blackouts, while Marmion's policewoman daughter becomes drawn into the case.

During a Zeppelin raid, a dance instructor is stabbed while Londoners celebrate an enemy airship's destruction. Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy investigate jealous husbands and other enemies, finding danger behind the victim's popular public life.

An escaped prisoner seeks revenge on the man he blames for his daughter's death. Marmion and Keedy try to find both men, but a murder at a Salvation Army hostel introduces a disturbing problem of mistaken identity.

With German bombers attacking London, Marmion and Keedy investigate a businessman found dead in the Thames. Claims that he had no enemies begin to unravel, while pressure from their superiors and personal difficulties impede the inquiry.

A dead woman appears in a London hotel reserved for female guests, but she belongs neither to its clientele nor its staff. Marmion and Keedy investigate her identity and the past behind the hotel's troubled present.

A military hospital surgeon is found hacked to death at his home in December 1917. Marmion and Keedy investigate beyond London, uncovering a private life that sharply contradicts his reputation as a respectable doctor.

A Limehouse burglary becomes a siege in February 1918, leaving a constable dead and Sergeant Joe Keedy wounded. Inspector Harvey Marmion pursues the thieves, uncovering the purpose behind their raids while his hospitalized partner remains at risk.

As news of Germany’s Spring Offensive reaches London, a fire diverts attention from a deadly bank robbery. Inspector Harvey Marmion investigates a case with personal significance, without the support of Sergeant Keedy, who remains confined to hospital.