Jimmy Pibble Books in Order

Detective James Pibble enters a London household whose unfamiliar culture makes every apparent clue difficult to interpret. Understanding the people living there becomes essential to untangling a mystery that challenges the assumptions of a conventional police investigation.

Detective James Pibble investigates a servant’s apparent suicide at an English country house transformed into a tourist attraction. Two retired war heroes run the estate, where staged traditions and resident lions complicate his search for the truth.

Summoned to a remote Hebridean island, James Pibble investigates the disappearance of an elderly scientist’s memoirs. A religious community’s determination to keep the scientist there turns the missing manuscript into a more troubling mystery.

Children with an unusual condition appear withdrawn yet possess powers of thought transference. Investigating the foundation treating them, former detective Jimmy Pibble uncovers people willing to use fraud, arson, and murder to exploit those abilities.

Semi-retired detective James Pibble travels to a Greek island with his wife, expecting a holiday. A wealthy resident's request for protection from assassination draws him back into professional danger beneath the apparent ease of the Mediterranean setting.

Living listlessly in a comfortable nursing home, retired detective James Pibble discovers a body on its water tower. Earlier suspicious deaths and a mysterious visitor revive his sense of purpose as he investigates blackmail and escalating violence.