Kerry Barnes Books in Order

Born to an East End gangster and hidden for her own safety, Dolly Vincent grows up to be a barrister. When a vengeful rival and a dangerous judicial secret collide, she is forced back into the violent world she escaped.

Fifteen-year-old Kelly Raven runs from her fanatical mother and lands on the freezing streets of London. Taken in by crooks and hustlers, she finally tastes freedom, unaware that her violent father is closing in with plans of his own.

A member of the Vincent clan is murdered and the police seem clueless. Dolly returns from New York to untangle the link to a vicious family of traffickers and uncover a shocking conspiracy buried deep inside the British legal establishment.

Ruby Vincent is fifteen when a feud erupts between her nightclub family and the vengeful O'Connells. Ignoring rumours about a vanished clan, she hunts for the truth behind their scam and uncovers horrors that could tear her family apart.

Kara Bannon lives comfortably on the edge of a rough estate, until one eerie phone call tears her life apart. In days she loses her job, home and partner, and a desperate choice lands her in prison where revenge suddenly looks tempting.

Zara Ezra has grown up watching her father rule an East London firm and is ready to take the reins herself. When old flame Mike Regan's young son is kidnapped, Zara’s rescue attempt sparks a gangland war where she must decide if she is hunter or hunted.

Seventeen-year-old Malakai River is left to care for his sisters in a remote cottage after their mother runs off with a small-time gangster. Her return brings a hidden corpse, Kelly Raven, and a chain of lies that could destroy them all.

Zara Ezra and Mike Regan think the Governor is locked away, until he escapes and comes hunting for their families. When a child is taken, Zara is forced into an impossible bargain that could save the boy but cost the man she loves.

Imprisoned gang boss Mike Regan is offered freedom if he helps take down a new drug flooding the streets. Outside, his fiancée Zara Ezra defends their firm while a ruthless rival known as the Governor moves to destroy everything they have built.

With her criminal empire steady and a baby on the way, Kelly Raven believes she is safe. When old firms move against her and a masked gunman stalks her family, she must face the ugliest secrets in her past and present.

In 1960s Bermondsey, sharp young Cyril Reardon is determined to lift his struggling family out of poverty. A glimpse of upper-class privilege and a brutal brush with violence set him on a ruthless path from street kid to rising gangster.

Dionne thinks marrying nightclub owner Luke Mason will bring glamour and security, but twins and a brutal family murder shatter that dream. As psychologist Dr Katherine Renee hunts for a so-called Gemini Gene in their bloodline, she uncovers a far more sinister experiment.

After eight years in prison for armed robbery, Mitchell Swan returns to a broken home ruled by his violent father‑in‑law and walks out with only one of his sons. Nearby, abused teenager Eden is cast out by her religious community, drawing the dangerous attention of Jordan Swan.

After twelve years behind bars, Harper Kane vows to find what happened to a fellow inmate's missing daughter. Chasing the truth about vanished teenage girls, she uncovers a human‑trafficking ring and must decide how far she'll go to protect her child.

Following more deaths in the Mason family, a schoolgirl is found murdered in nearby woods and suspicion falls on volatile teenager Harley Mason. Detective Lewis Sanders and Dr Katherine Renee must untangle evidence, obsession and the Gemini Gene research before rage destroys everyone involved.

Still scarred from torture by traffickers, Harper Kane agrees to help widow Desiree Deacon protect the clubs she inherited from her husband. As family loyalties shift and an old ally turns enemy, Harper uncovers secrets that make revenge feel dangerously tempting.

Grieving and determined to bring down trafficker Teddy Ryder, Harper Kane is rocked by news that her undercover‑cop sister Charley is missing, presumed dead. Refusing to believe it, Harper goes after the ring known as The Click, knowing they will have to kill her to stop her.

Settled with partner Rohan and daughter Dixie‑Lee in a new home, Georgie Deacon still feels watched. When Dixie‑Lee’s dream job at a barristers' chambers turns into a nightmare and she is arrested for murder, Georgie’s fear pushes her toward reckless, dangerous choices.

After Georgie Deacon's husband is gunned down, suspicion falls on her own brothers‑in‑law. Searching his secrets, she finds a locked garage and chilling clues that tie into her daughter's kidnapping, forcing Georgie to decide how far she’ll go to get the girl back.

Georgie Deacon dismisses a teenage gang's threats against her daughter until the girl fails to come home. With a Kent serial killer blamed and a detective protecting his own child, Georgie realises an enemy from her Army past may have returned to settle old scores.

Newly released from prison, Jimmy Carson is hell‑bent on reclaiming his family and power. His return reignites the long‑running war with the Murphys, leaving Carrie Murphy fighting to protect her loved ones as betrayal and revenge spiral out of control.

Dottie Ellis falls for bad boy Jimmy Carson, only to be abandoned when she becomes pregnant and he runs back to Carrie Verne. A shattering family secret forces Dottie into a drastic act, binding her to Carrie and igniting a brutal feud between two clans.