Kerry Wilkinson Books in Order

When a body turns up in a locked house, DS Jessica Daniel has to solve both the murder and the impossible escape route. Then a second victim appears, and the case starts to look like a clever, fast-moving serial hunt.

A severed hand left in Manchester and footage of a robed woman kick off one of Jessica Daniel's strangest cases. As more body parts appear and a local politician's wife vanishes, fear spreads across the city.

Jessica Daniel investigates a run of murders where the victims are criminals, leaving the public oddly untroubled and the media thrilled. Then forensic evidence points to a suspect who is already in prison.

Jessica Daniel finds an abandoned package at Piccadilly Station and has to decide whether to raise the alarm or open it herself. This shorter story turns a routine moment into a brisk mystery with a weekend trip at stake.

A convicted arsonist is about to leave prison, and Jessica Daniel is asked to watch the fallout before revenge can strike. At the same time, other troubling cases crowd in and somebody seems ready to set everything ablaze.

A missing babysitter seems like a small job until the teenager's body turns up elsewhere and an obituary appears too soon. Jessica Daniel faces a baffling case where family trust and timing both look badly wrong.

After a stolen car crashes, Jessica finds a dead child wrapped in plastic in the boot. The trail leads to buried clothes, a list of children's names, and a cold case that may still be claiming victims.

After a road rage clash, Esther becomes convinced a respected local man is targeting her and her husband at home. What starts as neighbourly tension turns into a claustrophobic thriller about fear, doubt and how far a marriage can stretch.

Broken and isolated, Jessica Daniel is offered a shot at redemption by going undercover around a reclusive community in a remote stately home. People keep vanishing, bodies keep appearing, and the house holds the answer.

Manchester is gripped by echoes of the old Stretford Slasher case just as a new attacker starts targeting apparent strangers in broad daylight. Jessica Daniel must untangle present violence and long-buried secrets at the same time.

In a future Britain with Windsor as the new capital, sixteen-year-old Silver Blackthorn takes the test that decides her place in society. Chosen as an Offering for the king, she enters the castle and discovers the privilege may be a trap.

Eighteen-year-old Nicholas Carr vanished on his birthday, and years later his father still wants answers. Private investigator Andrew Hunter takes the case and soon finds that his own assistant may be hiding troubles of her own.

After being saved from a mugging by crime boss Harry Irwell, Jason Green is drawn into Manchester's underworld. He thinks he has a plan for escape, until a woman offers him the one thing money cannot buy.

Kitkat and his friend Chris stop at a late-night drive-through on New Year's Day and are handed a bag full of cash along with their food. What follows is a brief, sly story about luck, panic and consequences.

Silver Blackthorn escapes Windsor Castle and becomes the most wanted girl in the country. On the run with other teenagers and dangerous knowledge, she has to stay ahead of the king long enough to turn survival into rebellion.

A student is found dead in a wheelie bin, and Jessica Daniel's week only gets worse from there. Threatening letters, random attacks and friction inside the force turn the case into something uncomfortably personal.

When schoolgirl April Willis is nearly snatched on her way to school, panic spreads through the area. Jessica Daniel investigates the second attempted abduction in days in this very short, focused case.

A short interlude from the Jessica Daniel world, February offers a quick return to Manchester between the longer novels. It works best as a brief extra for readers who want another tense stop in Wilkinson's crime universe.

A gang is robbing wealthy homes and giving the money to charity, which does little to calm Jessica Daniel's boss. Between burglaries, a missing woman and pressure inside the force, Jessica has more than enough on her plate.

A hoarder named Jim has lost a set of keys that matter far more than they should. Andrew Hunter and Jenny are called in to dig through the chaos, turning a tiny short story into a comic but dangerous search.

After years away, Craig Macklin comes back north at Christmas, jobless and separated, only to find old trouble waiting. Debt collectors, family pressure and long-hidden secrets make home feel anything but safe.

Silver is no longer just running, she has become a symbol of resistance in a country built on lies. With friends and family in danger, she has to choose allies, face the regime and fight through the trilogy's final showdown.

Fiona Methodist refuses to believe her father murdered a young couple before killing himself, even if everyone else does. Andrew Hunter takes pity on her and uncovers a case full of grief, bad reputations and buried motives.

An isolated veteran under siege, a prison van ambush and a city full of side cases pull Jessica Daniel in different directions. Then one of the escapees turns up dead, suggesting the breakout was only the start.

On the anniversary of her mother's death, Poppy Kinsey receives letters written for each of her next ten birthdays. As she grows up, the messages guide her through grief, change and the messy business of becoming herself.

Olivia Adams vanished as a child from an English village and now, thirteen years later, a teenager claiming to be her returns. Her mother believes her, others do not, and somebody would prefer the past stayed buried.

Ten years after her brother Zac disappeared near Whitecliff's cliffs and caves, Megan returns with her sister after their parents die. A postcard bearing only the letter Z forces them back into the mystery their family never escaped.

A serial kidnapper is released with a new identity, only for a copycat attack to happen almost at once. Jessica Daniel also has a frightened rock star, a missing fiancé and unwelcome figures from her past to handle.

Rose Denton wakes in a crashed car with blood on it and no memory of how she got there. Back home, her daughter's boyfriend is missing, and Rose has to decide how badly she really wants the truth about the night before.

Eleanor wakes in a river with no memory of how she got there, one year after another girl was drowned in the same place. As she tries to piece together the attack, she realises the two cases may be linked.

Charley Willis survived the murder of her parents as a child, hiding upstairs while their lives ended below. Fifteen years later she vanishes just hours after her wedding, leaving her new husband to realise he barely knows her.

Lucy steps off a crowded Friday bus to find an envelope full of cash in her bag. It looks like luck at first, but she quickly learns that somebody expects something in return.

Morgan spots her supposedly dead ex-husband in the background of a photo. Since she is certain she killed him two years ago, the image opens the door to a tightly coiled thriller about guilt, memory and manipulation.

Jessica Daniel's missing friend makes brief contact from a seaside payphone, then vanishes again. When a supposed helper turns up murdered, Jessica is pushed into a race to find Bex before she becomes the prime suspect herself.

Anna Applegate is sure her daughter's drowning was no accident and believes a famous sportsman got away with murder. Andrew Hunter digs in, only to find the case colliding with danger from his own past.

A killer seems obsessed with people who survived once already, from a drowning victim to someone hit by a car. Jessica is posted to the city's quietest estate, but the lack of crime may be the most suspicious thing about it.

A blind teenage boy is the only witness when his mother is attacked in their flat. Jessica Daniel is pulled into a case involving a dead man in a gutter, a secret within her own team and a witness no one can afford to dismiss.

Emma and her estranged brother Julius reunite on a Mediterranean island after the accident that tore their family apart. When their father is attacked on the beach, both point at the other and the old damage resurfaces fast.

Returning home for her father's funeral, a woman becomes the only witness to a hit-and-run that leaves a young boy fighting for life. Soon she suspects someone is watching her, and that her own past may be part of the danger.

When twelve-year-old Alice is found badly hurt after being seen in Richard's car, his wife is left facing a village full of whispers and a husband who has vanished. The search for him drags up old gossip and secrets she hoped stayed buried.

Harry is pulled back to his hometown when old friend Richard is arrested for murdering a former teacher. As the trio's shared past resurfaces, a long-ago discovery starts to look far less accidental than they once believed.

Hope receives an anonymous clipping about a baby kidnapped decades earlier and notices the child shares her missing piece of ear. Suddenly she has to ask whether the stolen infant in the article was really her.

After arguing with the mother of a bully, Jennifer hits a woman on a dark road and drives on. When a message arrives saying someone knows what she did, guilt and fear start closing in from every side.

Jodie's teenage boyfriend disappeared after a trip to the cinema, and suspicion stuck to her for years. Clearing her late father's house two decades later, she finds the clothes he was wearing that night.

Hannah's leaving party is meant to paper over years of resentment between friends and family. Then one guest is found dead the next morning, and the group makes the very bad decision to keep it quiet.

In the summer of 1999, Joe takes a job at a summer camp while grieving his father and feeling lost. Then he meets Amy, and the season turns into a tender, messy coming-of-age story about first love and hard choices.

Decades after Leah lost her friends, three boys vanish from nearby tents in what looks like a terrible repeat. The new case forces her to question what she thought she knew and to reopen old wounds.

Leah wakes after a teenage sleepover to find her three friends gone. Twenty years later a documentary, an anonymous email and a lifetime of whispers pull her back toward the one night she never understood.

In Whitecliff, troubled local Millie Westlake takes seriously an elderly woman's story about a girl pushed from a roof. As evidence mounts, Millie has to investigate while half the town still suspects her over her parents' deaths.

When Millie's old friend Nicola reappears with signs that her long-ago kidnapping may not be finished, Whitecliff's past comes roaring back. To help, Millie must revisit broken friendships and her own family secrets.

A convicted teacher finally agrees to reveal what happened to two boys who vanished decades earlier, but only to Millie Westlake and journalist Guy Rushden. Their search on the moors uncovers something even darker than expected.

Two strangers discover matching daisy-shaped tattoos they did not know they had and turn to Millie Westlake for help. Their search leads back to Whitecliff's woods, old bodies and secrets someone still wants hidden.

A quiet suburban street looks perfect from the outside, but every house is keeping something back. When a summer party ends with sirens and handcuffs, the neighbours' carefully managed secrets start falling apart.

Melody reaches a cabin in a small Canadian island town waiting for her fiancé, then hears his frantic call about a little girl in the road. He disappears before he ever reaches her, leaving Melody to search forest, locals and memory for answers.

Megan finds what looks like a young woman's body in the woods, but when she returns with police there is nothing there. Back in her sister's home after a difficult past, she has to prove what she saw before someone silences her.

Jennifer's son calls in distress from university, then vanishes just as his girlfriend is found dead. When the killing echoes a murder from Jennifer's own past, she has to revisit the place and secrets she left behind.

While clearing her late father's house, Eve finds cassettes left by her mother, who vanished years ago. One tape says outright that if anyone claims she is missing, she has actually been murdered.

Emma moves with her husband and son to his small hometown, only to learn people still believe he was involved in a girl's disappearance twenty years earlier. The more she asks about Lucy, the less secure her marriage feels.

Jessie joins a high-stakes competition in an isolated mansion where players must secretly tag one another to stay in the game. When one contestant turns up dead, the game becomes a murder investigation she cannot walk away from.

Years after seven-year-old Cassie vanished from her bedroom, Holly is hit by the unthinkable when her best friend's daughter disappears at the same age. The eerie overlap makes everyone ask whether the two cases are linked, and whether the answer has been close to home all along.