Jack Till Books in Order

Jack Till is Thomas Perry's Los Angeles private investigator, a retired LAPD homicide detective who would rather take quiet jobs than invite more violence into his life. He has already spent enough time around murder. He also has a grown daughter, Holly, who has Down syndrome, and his bond with her helps keep him anchored.

The series starts with Silence. Years earlier, Jack helped Wendy Harper disappear after she was attacked and feared for her life. Now her former boyfriend and business partner, Eric Fuller, is being framed for her presumed murder. To save him, Jack has to do the one thing Wendy's enemies want most: find her and bring her back into the open.

That is classic Perry territory. Someone hidden must be found, but finding her may get her killed.

The danger in Silence comes partly from Paul and Sylvie Turner, a married pair of assassins with their own private rules and rivalries. Perry likes professionals, and the Turners are a dark mirror of Jack's patient competence. Everyone in the book is tracking someone, hiding something, or guessing wrong about who is really in control.

The Boyfriend brings Jack back for a different kind of case. The parents of a murdered young woman ask him for help after the police investigation stalls. Jack discovers a pattern involving escorts in different cities, similar victims, and a killer who understands how to move through the world of online identities and temporary names.

The Jack Till books are more conventional detective stories than Jane Whitefield, but they still carry Perry's favorite fuel: pursuit. Jack follows clues, but he also studies habits, movement, and the practical choices people make when they think no one is watching. The Los Angeles setting matters too, with its freeways, private lives, and industries built on appearance.

This is a short series, so it is easy to read straight through. Start with Silence to understand Jack's methods and personal life, then move to The Boyfriend for a colder serial-killer hunt that pushes him beyond routine private-eye work.