Jack Probyn Books in Order
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Jack Probyn books in publication order
41 books
An Unlikely Betrayal
by Jack Probyn
2017
Jake Tanner investigates the killing of a wealthy family and learns their eldest daughter has been kidnapped. With few clues and no murder weapon, he joins a new colleague to find her before ransom demands turn into another tragedy.
Standstill
by Jack Probyn
2018
Terrorists stop three airport-bound trains and hold thousands hostage during a London summer. Ordered to participate in their games, Jake Tanner discovers a personal connection among the passengers that makes an already desperate rescue far more difficult.
The Red Viper
by Jack Probyn
2018
A routine bank visit leaves Jake Tanner and his girlfriend caught in an armed robbery by the notorious Crimsons. Protecting her means deciding how to act against criminals whose reputation for restraint may no longer hold true.
Floor 68
by Jack Probyn
2019
A family dinner in London's tallest building traps Jake Tanner inside a biological terrorist attack. Isolated from help and struggling with traumatic memories, he must outwit the attacker before a deadly airborne threat reaches far beyond the hostages.
A Deadly Vice
by Jack Probyn
2020
Trainee detective Jake Tanner investigates a businessman found murdered in farmland outside Croydon. Uncovering debts beneath the victim's respectable reputation, he must identify who has inherited the danger before the same obligations claim another life.
Toe The Line
by Jack Probyn
2020
Transferred to Guildford, Jake Tanner confronts the return of the Crimsons after a deadly robbery. A captive fitted with a collar bomb sends him searching for hidden keys, while conflicting orders suggest corruption inside his own force.
Blackout
by Jack Probyn
2022
London loses its lights and electrical power, bringing the city to a sudden halt. Caught in the crisis, counterterrorism detective Jake Tanner must confront the dangers of a capital stripped of the systems its residents depend upon.
Dark Christmas
by Jack Probyn
2022
On Christmas Eve, a terrorist cell leader is found freshly killed outside his apartment. Jake Tanner's counterterrorism team investigates the circumstances and a note hidden in the victim's sock, uncovering answers that threaten an already tense holiday.
Eye for an Eye
by Jack Probyn
2022
A threat of revenge reaches Jake Tanner's family, crossing the boundary he is most determined to defend. In this counterterrorism novella, protecting those closest to him becomes inseparable from confronting an opponent intent on making the conflict personal.
In Heaven And Hell
by Jack Probyn
2022
Jake Tanner struggles with the relentless demands of his new counterterrorism role, pursuing opponents indifferent to the damage they cause. His next adversary threatens further destruction, forcing him to confront the strain and danger of work that offers little respite.
Mile 17
by Jack Probyn
2022
London's streets fill with runners and spectators for the annual marathon, creating a vast public celebration. For Jake Tanner's counterterrorism world, the event instead becomes the setting for a threat that puts its crowds and festivities in danger.
The Endgame
by Jack Probyn
2022
A terrorist attack devastates Jake Tanner's favorite football stadium shortly after his own visit. Setting aside grief and a painful family association with the sport, he searches for the attackers before they can carry out another strike.
The Eye
by Jack Probyn
2022
After a terrorist suspect kills two officers and leaves a warning, Jake Tanner's team must identify the next target. A major London landmark is threatened, but discovering which one and why becomes an urgent race against another attack.
The Long Walk
by Jack Probyn
2022
A royal wedding raises the stakes for Jake Tanner's counterterrorism world when someone targets the bride. As public excitement and private nerves build around the ceremony, the threat transforms a celebrated occasion into a dangerous security challenge.
The Wolf
by Jack Probyn
2022
Facing possible job cuts in Counter Terrorism Command, Jake Tanner sees a cinema siege as a chance to prove himself. Confronting the gunman reveals the danger of an adversary prepared to sacrifice everything, including his own life.
Cross the Line
by Jack Probyn
2023
A teenager's recording of a brutal murder draws Jake Tanner into East London's drug trade. Protected criminals and corrupt officers obstruct his investigation, while a conspiracy linked to the Cabal threatens his family and forces difficult choices about loyalty.
Death's Grip
by Jack Probyn
2023
Newly aware he has a teenage daughter, suspended detective Tomek Bowen is recalled to investigate a schoolgirl's abduction. The urgent search collides with his attempt to become a father, raising fears of failing both the missing child and his own.
Death's Justice
by Jack Probyn
2023
Released sex offenders are being murdered and left beside copies of their criminal records. Tomek Bowen hunts a vigilante whose actions win public approval, while the circumstances reopen memories of his brother's death and complicate his pursuit of justice.
Death's Touch
by Jack Probyn
2023
The carefully staged murder of seventeen-year-old Lily Monteith draws Tomek Bowen toward a series of older, unresolved killings. Balancing fatherhood with the investigation, he must determine why the violence has resumed and what the killer is preparing next.
Over the Line
by Jack Probyn
2023
When a colleague's death is dismissed as suicide, Jake Tanner pursues the criminal network the man was investigating. Attacks on his finances, career, and family leave him isolated as he follows the Cabal into East London's underworld.
Past the Line
by Jack Probyn
2023
A lawyer and his family are murdered, signaling the Cabal's return and placing Jake Tanner in danger. Evidence linking him to the killings turns police against him, forcing him to uncover lingering corruption while hunted by both sides.
Under the Line
by Jack Probyn
2023
The discovery of a former gang leader's body beneath London's Olympic Stadium sends Jake Tanner into a widening corruption case. As financial interests and divided loyalties emerge, he must choose between official duty and methods he once rejected.
Walk the Line
by Jack Probyn
2023
A double murder in a London gallery leads Jake Tanner toward a hidden online community where violence earns status. With young women being targeted and his own life unraveling, he races to identify the killer before another broadcast.
Death's Angel
by Jack Probyn
2024
A flight attendant disappears after visiting a Southend nightclub and is later found posed as an angel inside a church. Tomek Bowen's investigation moves beyond the obvious suspect into a victim's life crowded with secrets and possible motives.
Death's Kiss
by Jack Probyn
2024
A man apparently homeless is found dead among seaside beach huts, then identified as a local politician. Political pressure and public scrutiny intensify Tomek Bowen's investigation as the victim's controversial history exposes competing secrets, betrayals, and suspects.
Death's Saviour
by Jack Probyn
2024
A radio presenter is murdered during a storm, leaving Tomek Bowen to investigate a crime scene with disturbing historical echoes. At home, his daughter's devotion to a self-proclaimed savior creates another troubling mystery demanding his attention.
Death's Taste
by Jack Probyn
2024
A café owner's body is discovered beside an offshore harbor, with witnesses claiming to have seen her killer flee. A powerful storm destroys evidence and strands Tomek Bowen's team as rising water threatens to reveal still more victims.
By A Thread
by Jack Probyn
2025
Stephanie Broadbent and Caleb Morgan investigate a notorious troublemaker stabbed to death in his Essex flat. Beneath the victim's aggression and possible drug connections, the detectives uncover deeper secrets that force Stephanie to confront her own unresolved past.
Death's Breath
by Jack Probyn
2025
A holiday with his daughter on Mersea Island ends when Tomek Bowen encounters a body tethered to a buoy. Cut off from his colleagues by the approaching tide, he must investigate before isolation gives the killer another opportunity.
Death's Past
by Jack Probyn
2025
A tidal surge exposes a child's remains in the South Essex marshes, ending Tomek Bowen's hopes for a quiet winter. The decades-old death resembles his brother's murder, turning the search for an identity into a deeply personal investigation.
Death's Scratch
by Jack Probyn
2025
Returning from suspension, Tomek Bowen is unsettled by a call from prison before a missing-person report redirects his attention. An abducted victim's torture is being broadcast online, giving him little time to separate urgent danger from distracting betrayal.
Noughts & Crosses
by Jack Probyn
2025
A body marked with noughts and crosses links a fatal online game to murder in the Surrey Hills. Stephanie Broadbent's effort to stop further deaths becomes personal as the investigation threatens to bring her hidden past into the open.
The Bogeyman
by Jack Probyn
2025
A predator who once entered children's bedrooms and left balloons appears to have returned after thirty years. Stephanie Broadbent must determine whether the original offender or a copycat is responsible, uncovering connections that reach uncomfortably close to home.
The Burning Man
by Jack Probyn
2025
A victim burned alive in the Surrey Hills revives Stephanie Broadbent's own trauma. With no clear witnesses or clues, a second death reveals a dangerous connection and forces her to confront fears that complicate the search for the killer.
The Voodoo Killer
by Jack Probyn
2025
Returning to her hometown after a colleague's death, Stephanie Broadbent hopes for a fresh start. A student's apparent murder and a nearby voodoo doll instead draw her into a case whose clues appear to predict further killings.
Death's Spirit
by Jack Probyn
2026
A ghost hunter is killed while livestreaming from an abandoned Essex ruin, leaving his audience helpless witnesses. Grieving his mother, Tomek Bowen follows the case into a hostile world of conspiracy theories where living suspects prove more dangerous than legends.
Duck, Duck, Goose
by Jack Probyn
2026
A body covered in goose fat and feathers is found in woodland, followed by duck heads delivered to local homes. Stephanie Broadbent must decipher a killer's grotesque version of a childhood game before another victim is chosen.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
by Jack Probyn
2026
Stephanie Broadbent investigates a former youth offender found partly buried in the Surrey Hills. What first appears rooted in his recent activities reaches into a darker, disappearing history connected to an unfamiliar version of rock, paper, scissors.
Sticks and Stones
by Jack Probyn
2026
A mutilated man stumbles from woodland into hospital, revealing injuries that horrify Stephanie Broadbent. Still grieving a colleague, her fractured team follows strange sightings and persistent folklore toward a threat concealed in the Surrey Hills.
The Shoeman
by Jack Probyn
2026
A woman is killed at her front door beside bloodstained shoes bearing someone else's name and age. Stephanie Broadbent realizes the label identifies a future victim, turning the killer's discarded footwear into an urgent warning she must act upon.
Death’s Secret
by Jack Probyn
2027
A dying funeral director summons Tomek Bowen to reveal knowledge of hidden bones, then dies before explaining. The detective must reconstruct a crime concealed for twenty years while someone still alive works to keep its secrets buried.
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