Inspector Drake Books in Order

The murders of two police officers on a remote Welsh road place Inspector Ian Drake under intense pressure. As a killer uses music to taunt the investigation and threatens further deaths, Drake struggles to maintain control of both the case and himself.

A fisherman found impaled on an island beach draws Inspector Drake into a community reluctant to talk. When a young woman is strangled, he investigates connections involving a nuclear power development, local loyalties, and secrets people may kill to preserve.

A ferry arrives from Dublin with its chief engineer dead and a killer somewhere aboard. Inspector Ian Drake's investigation grows more complicated as further crew members die, criminal connections emerge, and pressures involving his family threaten his concentration.

Two bodies at the foot of a Snowdonia mountain initially suggest murder and suicide, but Inspector Ian Drake doubts the apparent explanation. In his first murder inquiry, he searches for the motive behind the deaths of a seemingly ordinary couple.

A woman's body is displayed to resemble a famous artwork, alerting Inspector Drake to a murderer seeking an audience. As further deaths recreate other works, he must identify the killer before a planned final exhibit claims another victim in public.

An antiques dealer's disappearance seems unremarkable until Inspector Drake's team discovers his body. Investigating business ties and hidden relationships within a Snowdonia community leads toward another murder and missing witnesses, forcing Drake to reconsider who the victim really was.

The mutilated body of a newly appointed judge resembles a murder prosecuted years earlier, though that killer remains imprisoned. Inspector Drake must trace the dead man's connections and warn people involved in the original case before a copycat strikes again.

The death of Dawn Piper appears connected to her drug use, but Inspector Drake suspects more than a routine deal gone wrong. Learning of her efforts against local dealers takes him into a community threatened by expanding County Lines gangs.

An elderly man's death initially resembles a burglary gone wrong, until Inspector Drake discovers other suspicious deaths linked to the same healthcare professional. Pursuing a killer trusted by vulnerable patients forces the team to risk their own safety to prevent further murders.

A woman found dead in a roadside ditch seems to have been struck by a vehicle, until a colleague is also killed. Inspector Drake uncovers old relationships and an extremist connection that suggest a more complicated pattern behind the deaths.

A journalist investigating a sinister cult is murdered, making its charismatic leader Inspector Drake's first suspect. Secrets in the victim's own life and another death widen the inquiry, forcing the detectives to reassess motives while protecting those still in danger.

The murder of a witness in a major criminal trial initially points Inspector Drake toward the two defendants. When another witness dies and further potential targets emerge, he must look beyond his superiors' assumptions and find the survivors before the killer does.

Shop assistants discover businesswoman June Bennett hanging inside premises she owns, drawing Inspector Drake into an apparently domestic case. Suspicion surrounding her husband shifts as the team uncovers a hidden social world that complicates the explanation for her death.