JJ Salkeld Books in Order

A murdered supergrass on the River Kent and a terrifying neighbour dispute give Andy Hall's team two very different crises to handle at once. One points toward a possible mole inside Cumbria Constabulary.

A fatal fall in bad weather looks accidental until Andy Hall and Jane Francis start asking harder questions. Meanwhile Ian Mann goes undercover against rural organised crime and risks being left dangerously exposed.

When a net fisherman vanishes on Morecambe Bay and only his tractor is left behind, Ian Mann spots signs of murder. The shifting sands make the case as treacherous as the people behind it.

A wealthy Kendal teenager is found strangled in the woods, giving DI Andy Hall one of his earliest murder cases. As he struggles at home and at work, Ian Mann chases a second case that may be linked.

DS Samantha Pepper Wilson is covering for her absent boss when a revenge porn complaint and an assault on one of her officers hit Carlisle CID. Then a dangerous criminal from her past returns to the city.

After a young man dies during Workington's Uppies and Downies game, Andy Hall's team inherit a case shadowed by gangs and awkward police involvement. Local loyalties and possible corruption make every step difficult.

Now a DI, Jane Francis leads the inquiry when a farm worker is shot dead in his cottage. The suspects are many, the past matters, and Andy Hall is fighting politics back at headquarters.

A body buried near the Long Meg stone circle sends Andy Hall into a case tangled with the Appleby Horse Fair, old families, and old lies. Identifying the dead man is only the start.

Pepper Wilson's team get a tempting lead on an escaped prisoner, but the information may serve crime boss Dai Young as much as the police. Carlisle's underworld starts using the force as part of its own war.

On her first week with Kendal CID, Jane Dixon reviews a suspicious death in a Windermere caravan park. At the same time, the rest of the team search for a vulnerable missing teenager.

Veteran intelligence officer Tom Atkins is told to investigate a cyber-security firm that may have penetrated the Service itself. Paired with young tech expert Rishan Kotak, he faces betrayal, surveillance failure, and a fast-moving covert threat.

An old death at St Bees may have been murder, followed by a cover-up that reaches into policing and protest politics. Andy Hall and suspended Ian Mann dig in at real personal risk.

Owen Irvine, ex-cop and shepherd, cannot ignore reports of a con man exploiting vulnerable women. With help from DC Abla Khan, he follows the trail into a case that grows far more dangerous than expected.

Recently retired Andy Hall takes up an old conviction he no longer trusts, just as another woman is strangled in Whitehaven. The case asks whether justice can still be found years after the damage was done.

For Pepper Wilson, the fight with Dai Young stops being just professional and turns painfully personal. Betrayal, grief, and a brutal final showdown drive this closing act of the first Border City Blues arc.

Pepper Wilson keeps pressing crime boss Dai Young while a strange Robin Hood figure starts stealing from exactly the right people. Each blown operation makes the smell of corruption harder to ignore.

What starts with a quarrel over missing Herdwick ewes and a phishing scam soon turns dangerous in the Kentmere valley. Owen Irvine and Kathy Stone are chasing more than petty rural crime.

In this Christmas prequel, a missing baby Jesus from a church nativity scene becomes young Owen Irvine's first odd little mystery. It is small-scale, funny, and quietly reveals how he first edged toward policing.

A wealthy young woman's death appears to be suicide, but DC Abla Khan is not convinced. As Jane Francis and Andy Hall weigh the evidence, Ian Mann gets sidetracked by a criminal who should be easy to catch, but is not.

Flooded Cumbria brings looting, suspicion, and a boyfriend Kathy Stone does not trust. Owen Irvine steps in reluctantly, and a seemingly small worry opens onto something much darker.

When Owen Irvine finds a stash of drugs on his farm, he makes the worst possible sensible decision, he investigates it himself. Following the trail could expose the people really running the trade.

Owen Irvine goes after the gang bringing legal highs into Cumbria, and the consequences are deadly. Even with help from Andy Hall and Tom Atkins, he puts his family directly in harm's way.

A stolen Land Rover and a string of small arson attacks unsettle Staveley, and Owen Irvine refuses to let either go. As Kathy Stone investigates the fires, the risks in the valley start to look far from minor.

Owen Irvine is sure a young man he once tried to steer straight has been stitched up over a hotel burglary. The evidence says otherwise, so Irvine has to prove his instincts are better than the case against him.

Illegal hare coursing and the theft of rare pearl mussels pull Kathy Stone and Owen Irvine into another deceptively rural case. Old grudges, bad assumptions, and family trouble make the investigation messier than it first looks.

Kathy Stone is already juggling a missing person case when strange holes start appearing beside Owen Irvine's farm. At the same time, Ian Mann's off-duty arrest threatens serious fallout.

When an unpleasant local aristocrat disappears, Andy Hall and Ian Mann find no shortage of people who might wish him gone. It plays like a modern country house mystery, sharp, sly, and full of class tension.

A new recruit who looks uncannily like Andy Hall joins a case involving online scams and illegal diet drugs, while Ian Mann tackles a county lines operation. It mixes current policing issues with the series' usual banter and team chemistry.

Retired detectives Andy Hall and Ian Mann are pulled into a Northumbria corruption case when a chief constable's apparent suicide starts to look anything but simple. Old loyalties, hidden enemies, and a trusted new ally turn it into a dangerous game.