Matt Hilton Books in Order

In this early Joe Hunter short story, a job that looks manageable tips into sudden violence. Hilton keeps the setup lean and the finish sharp.

Joe Hunter goes looking for his missing, estranged brother and crosses paths with the terrifying Tubal Cain. It is a violent search that drags him across America and into real nightmare territory.

An assassin using Joe Hunter's face launches a murder spree designed to frame him. Hunted by the law and by his enemies, Joe has to clear his name while staying alive.

Trying to build a quieter life in Florida, Joe Hunter takes what looks like a simple retrieval job. Then a ruthless contract killer enters the picture and turns it into a deadly chase through the swamps.

Joe Hunter is pulled into another hard-driving case that tears across the South. The threats keep shifting, the body count rises, and survival depends on staying one move ahead.

A woman's death looks like a tragic accident, but Joe Hunter is not convinced. As he digs deeper, he finds lies, violence, and a case that burns hotter than it first appears.

In a war-darkened world, a hardened fighter faces supernatural evil that refuses to stay buried. It is grim, violent horror with a strong dark-fantasy streak.

The Harvestman is back, and he wants revenge. Joe Hunter is forced into a showdown with an old enemy whose return makes an already brutal world even worse.

A fast-moving horror thriller where quarantine, fear, and something far worse throw a community into chaos. Hilton blends apocalyptic dread with plenty of action.

Jameson Walker turns to Joe Hunter when his daughter disappears into serious trouble. Bringing her home means stepping into a case that gets more dangerous with every answer.

This collection shows Hilton's taste for short, punchy storytelling. Expect crime, action, dark humor, and trouble arriving fast.

Young Mark Darrow is pulled into a dark fight against a force that steals what matters most. Hilton mixes adventure, creepy atmosphere, and YA horror stakes.

This sharp, fast Joe Hunter short story drops him into another nasty confrontation where hesitation can get you killed. It is a compact hit of action with the series' usual hard edge.

When Rink's father is murdered, Joe Hunter stands beside his closest friend. Their search for answers turns personal fast, and revenge is never far behind.

Stephen Leather's occult detective Jack Nightingale investigates a string of bloody deaths at a failing hotel. The volume also includes bonus stories from guest writers, including Matt Hilton, all built around the same grisly theme.

Carter Bailey carries the presence of his dead serial killer brother inside his head, or believes he does. On a remote island, a Viking curse and fresh killings force him to face evil head-on.

A plea for help draws Joe Hunter into a savage mess of hidden motives and old loyalties. The deeper he goes, the harder it becomes to tell who needs saving and who is setting the trap.

After the collapse of his marriage, Jack Newman moves house hoping for a reset. Instead he finds shadowy entities, buried trauma, and a haunting that refuses to let him go.

James Rembrandt lives in a shattered future until death throws him across time and into another world. To save both realities, he has to face war, wormholes, and the truth about who he is.

Joe Hunter agrees to protect Billie Womack and quickly learns the job is anything but simple. As enemies close in, the assignment turns into a brutal fight for survival.

PI Tess Grey is hired to find missing state witness Crawford Wynne before a drug lord's people do. To survive the hunt, she has to team up with hard-living ex-con Nicolas Villere.

A short Joe Hunter adventure that wastes no time getting violent. A seemingly simple job turns hot in a hurry, and Hunter has to rely on speed, instinct, and force to stay ahead.

Andrew Clayton's wife is dead, the police suspect him, and his child may be next. Joe Hunter takes the case, but protecting a frightened boy means digging into secrets someone will kill to keep buried.

Tess and Po are hired to find missing young woman Jasmine Reed. Their search uncovers a troubled past, dangerous men on her trail, and a wider pattern of vanished girls.

What should be an easy security job at an elite Miami event goes badly wrong. Joe Hunter steps into a domestic dispute, uncovers something far darker, and soon finds himself on the run.

Po returns home hoping to make peace with the past and instead finds a missing younger sister he never knew. Saving her means hunting a killer with tastes as brutal as his methods.

When an old university friend dies in what looks like suicide, Tess Grey starts asking questions. The answers point to a grudge that may put her next in line.

DI Kerry Darke is haunted by the unsolved abduction of her sister and by ghosts that will not stay quiet. A modern murder case pulls her toward an older horror she has never escaped.

A short-story collection that leans into Hilton's darker side, mixing crime, horror, and rough humor. The pieces are quick, varied, and often mean in the best way.

Ex-cop Aaron Lacey vanishes from the protection outfit that employs him, and his daughter asks Tess Grey for help. The case drags Tess and Po into buried secrets and people who do not forgive betrayal.

Rumors of a survivor in a remote plane crash send Tess Grey and Po Villere into the Great North Woods. Mercenaries, bounty hunters, and bad weather make a tough job even worse.

This standalone thriller throws damaged people into a harsh, exposed setting where old wounds and present danger collide. Hilton keeps the pace tight and the threat close.

Tess Grey is hired to find runaway Hayley Cameron and traces her to Bangor, Maine. What looks like a missing-person case soon collides with extortion, beatings, and serious danger.

Joe Hunter returns in a later series thriller where a bad situation turns deadly fast. Hunted, battered, and forced to think on the move, he has to cut through layers of danger before he becomes the next body.

Archaeologist Scott Harper uncovers an ancient power and is transformed into something far beyond ordinary. What follows is a violent, high-energy spin on the superhero story.

Po Villere's past comes back hard when an old flame reappears with a boy who might be his son. Rescuing them from an abusive man and his commune turns deeply personal.

Tess Grey and Po Villere go looking for missing man Tony Vaughan and find a family feud ready to explode. A pregnant woman on the run makes the case even more urgent.

A collection of sword and sorcery tales packed with monsters, magic, and hard combat. Korvix the axe warrior leads the charge, but the book ranges across Hilton's heroic fantasy world.

Wrongly blamed ex-nanny Joanne Mason flees after a mother and her children are murdered. Tess Grey and Po Villere race through a winter storm to reach her before the real killer does.

Korvix signs on to defend a village and soon faces barbarian raiders and a darker threat behind them. Saving the captured children means taking on the terrifying Crimson Gods.

Former detective Nate Freeman learns that other survivors from the cult he escaped as a child are turning up murdered. To stop a ritualistic killer, he must face the history that broke his family.

Korvix fights across the southern waste to protect the treasure of Pyre from assassins and the necromancer Nestaris. It is a compact adventure full of blades, monsters, and bad odds.

This later Joe Hunter outing feels like a reckoning, with old debts and present danger arriving at once. Hunter has little room for error and even less time.

Danni survived a motorway pile-up as a child, but the past is not done with her. When she and her adoptive mother are taken by criminals hunting stolen money, the chase turns fierce.

Two Korvix tales in one volume. In the title story he survives an ambush only to face a sorceress, her army, and a fearsome champion, with a bonus adventure alongside it.

Will Porter crashes off-road and makes a desperate move that sweeps state trooper Molly Lane into his trouble. If she does not help him, the woman he loves may not survive the day.

Mercenary Jim Carnaby joins an expedition into the Amazon in search of a lost city and easy fortune. He finds treachery, savage violence, and something much older and worse.

Hired to rescue an abducted woman, Korvix walks into trouble involving outlaws, a lost city, dark magic, and a terrifying creature. Another quick, bloody sword and sorcery romp.

Ben Taylor ignores the warning attached to a strange wooden box and opens it anyway. What he unleashes stalks his family and turns everyday life into a nightmare.

Published as L.E. Hilton, this children's book centers on a tiny green shoot and the hope it carries. It is a gentler change of pace from Hilton's thrillers and horror work.

A childhood crime at the frog ponds never truly stayed buried. Years later, the surviving boys are forced to face the truth, and something wicked seems ready to punish them.

A mixed short-story collection that samples different sides of Hilton's work. Expect a range of moods and genres, from dark laughs to nastier turns.

A collection of brief stories that does exactly what the title promises. Hilton moves through crime, horror, and action in fast, clean bursts.

Sophie Wade moves into Harclay House to uncover what happened to her vanished sister. Strange noises, moving doors, and a growing sense of evil make the house feel very alive.

A horror collection that gathers Hilton's darker, stranger fiction in one place. The stories are built to unsettle, with eerie ideas and sharp endings.