Matt Brolly Books in Order

A mutilated corpse on Sennen Beach, echoing an old legend of the sea spirit Bucca Dhu, drags DS Liam Kilshaw into a chilling winter case. With a second body, a missing sailor and a lost container to explain, he must separate folklore from a calculating killer’s cover story.

When a teenage girl is found posed in the ancient Merry Maidens stone circle, her face coated in clay and ochre, DS Liam Kilshaw suspects ritual staging rather than superstition. As more victims appear at remote sacred sites, he races to decode old myths before the killer completes a deadly pattern.

Former marine DS Liam Kilshaw has returned to the Cornish coast hoping the sea will quiet his nightmares, but a body pulled from the water with zip tie marks says otherwise. Linked to another death and a county lines drugs network, the case forces him to face both gang violence and his own trauma.

When a homeless veteran is murdered on the streets of London, DCI Michael Lambert uncovers a pattern of killings marked by torture and extremist symbols. As protests turn violent and a terror threat grows, he races to connect the crimes before the city erupts.

Human remains discovered in a cave near Weston are identified as a boy who disappeared ten years earlier from a radical environmental commune. Returning from maternity leave, DI Louise Blackwell investigates the cult’s pagan beliefs and fears they may be planning another midsummer sacrifice as the solstice nears.

Four unconnected serial killers carry out identical murders in different American cities, each attack witnessed and shared by a survivor online. As the self styled Alliance recruits new members and the violence spreads, FBI agent Shannon Wallace fights to uncover their purpose before coordinated strikes push society toward chaos.

Twenty years after Annie Randall was found posed like a runner on a Galveston beach and her husband went to prison, a new running girl murder shatters the town. Detective Laurie Campbell, now part of the Randall family, must reopen the case as a hurricane closes in.

After a toy train locomotive is left at a gruesome murder scene, Special Agent Sandra Rose calls in railroad expert Sam Lynch, whose missing son is tied to the same underground network. Their investigation follows the Texas Eagle route toward a national security crisis and a renewed showdown with the Controller.

A young woman is found dead in a shipping container in Bristol, watched through a hidden camera that streamed her final hours. Ten weeks pregnant, DI Louise Blackwell discovers other live feeds and must unmask a voyeuristic killer before more missing women become victims in his cruel game.

A bomb threat at a local school, with her niece inside, pulls DI Louise Blackwell into her most personal investigation yet. As linked attacks build toward a showdown on Weston’s Grand Pier, she must untangle revenge plots involving an imprisoned ex colleague and a killer’s vengeful family.

When a man is found on the beach with a strange symbol carved into his skin, DI Louise Blackwell links the assault to other branded victims among Weston’s most vulnerable residents. Hunting a sadistic serial attacker, she also battles a corrupt superior who would rather see her fail.

A series of brutal attacks near Cheddar Gorge begins with slaughtered sheep and escalates to a machete assault and a missing girl. Still reeling from family tragedy, DI Louise Blackwell confronts local myths, an extreme environmental group and a kidnapper racing her against the clock.

On the cliffs above Weston super Mare, successive bodies are found at the foot of the drop, each near a note promising that death is not the end. Louise Blackwell suspects a manipulative hand behind the tragedies and follows the trail to a figure whose influence is driving people over the edge.

A body drained of blood on the beach is DI Louise Blackwell’s first case after returning to her childhood town of Weston super Mare. When a priest dies in the same ritual style, she must uncover an old secret that ties the victims together before more killings follow.

Six years after special agent Sam Lynch left the FBI when his young son vanished, a brutal home invasion exposes the tattoo of a shadowy group he blames called the Railroad. Teaming up with Special Agent Sandra Rose, he descends into a violent underground run by the elusive Controller.

Twenty five years after Joseph Wyatt was jailed for drowning two students, he vanishes and new bodies begin turning up in local rivers. When his own boss disappears, DCI Michael Lambert has just seven days to stop another killing in the water.

A small bug who cannot seem to stay awake is swept into a magical adventure far beyond his cosy home. Meeting new friends, dodging dangers and learning to be brave, he discovers that even the sleepiest creature can be the hero of the story.

An apparent bathroom suicide turns sinister when the dead man is found with a note naming DCI Michael Lambert. As a high profile prisoner escapes and the body count grows, Lambert chases a copycat killer who is using his family as leverage.

In a near future Britain where every crime brings the death penalty, Detective Kate Swanson investigates the kidnapping of a senior judge. As unrest and bombings spread, she must work inside a ruthless zero tolerance system while tracking a man whose murdered family links the missing officials.

A house fire leaves two adults dead, a child traumatised and a senior police officer among the victims. While internal investigators close in on his boss and his own life unravels, DCI Michael Lambert uncovers a conspiracy that reaches far beyond one blaze.

A sadistic killer forces husbands to watch their wives die, then stages a second wave of almost identical murders. As the anonymous murderer begins taunting him directly, DCI Michael Lambert races to stop a sociopath who now has his family in sight.

After stepping back from frontline policing, DCI Michael Lambert is dragged into a new case when a victim is found with their eyes removed and Latin carved into their chest. The signature matches an old killing that destroyed his peace, forcing him to confront a killer from his past.