Michael Dibdin Books in Order

In 1888, Sherlock Holmes seeks a case worthy of his abilities as brutal murders shock London's Whitechapel district. Taunting letters from Jack the Ripper draw him into an investigation that challenges his reason and his identity.

In 1855 Florence, English and American expatriates are dying in grotesque circumstances. Poet Robert Browning and fellow expatriate Robert Booth investigate, but their search becomes increasingly difficult when potential suspects turn into the killer's next victims.

Police commissioner Aurelio Zen is sent to Perugia to investigate a powerful industrialist's kidnapping. Local officials resent his presence, while the missing man's children seem reluctant to secure his return, forcing Zen through family intrigue and political obstruction.

Psychiatrist Aileen Macklin becomes concerned about Gary Dunn, a young patient convinced someone intends to kill him after he witnesses a murder. Her efforts to help draw her deeper into his predicament than professional boundaries allow.

Pressured to resolve a billionaire's murder, Aurelio Zen investigates a heavily guarded Sardinian estate where cameras recorded the killing but concealed the murderer. Political interests complicate his assignment as a threat from his past draws closer.

A morally indifferent English teacher returns from years abroad and begins an affair with a married woman. His pursuit of advantage leads through blackmail, kidnapping, and murder, while he constructs self-serving explanations for his increasingly destructive actions.

An apparent suicide inside the Vatican draws Aurelio Zen toward suspicions of a hidden organization and an institutional cover-up. A discovery in old manuscripts and another death expand the inquiry while his lover's secrets complicate matters.

At Eventide Lodge, elderly Rosemary Travis and Dorothy discuss clues and wonder which resident will die next. Their apparent drawing-room mystery unfolds within an institution marked by cruelty, where detective-story logic offers uneasy comfort against daily humiliations.

Aurelio Zen returns to Venice to investigate a countess's supposed ghostly tormentors and privately trace a missing American millionaire. Concrete corpses interrupt both inquiries, drawing him into the city's tangled political interests and concealed histories.

Transferred to Naples, Aurelio Zen hopes to avoid trouble in a police station steeped in corruption. A harbor stabbing, murderous garbage collectors, and a romantic intrigue involving gangsters and supposed refugees disrupt his plans for an easy posting.

Apparently random killings across America leave victims bound, gagged, and shot in their own homes. The search for a connection points toward an isolated religious sect in the Pacific Northwest and a secret associated with the Templars.

Aurelio Zen is ordered to clear a wine producer accused of killing his father so a prized vintage can be harvested. In Piedmont, guarded family relationships, local gossip, and mysterious telephone calls complicate an assignment shaped by influence.

Posted to Sicily to monitor an elite anti-Mafia unit, Aurelio Zen faces an assignment in hostile territory. His adopted daughter's presence offers comfort until her discovery of dangerous information and friendship with a threatened magistrate create further risks.

After his wife's sudden death, Seattle journalist Anthony becomes obsessed with her earlier life and travels to Nevada to find her former husband. Their encounter draws him toward violence, family tensions, and uncertainty about his own perceptions.

Recovering from an assassination attempt, Aurelio Zen hides at a Tuscan seaside resort before testifying in a Mafia trial. When a corpse appears in his usual lounge chair, his protectors move him again as fresh dangers emerge.

Sent to Bologna to oversee the murder of an industrialist who owned a football club, Aurelio Zen anticipates a straightforward assignment. Instead, the investigation tangles with eccentric locals, an amateur detective, and a quarrel involving a celebrity chef.

A decomposed body found in an abandoned military tunnel brings Aurelio Zen to the Italian Alps. A strange tattoo and the corpse's disappearance from the morgue point toward a secret military organization and dangerous remnants of Italy's past.

An American film company's scout disappears during Aurelio Zen's posting in Calabria, where fear keeps local witnesses silent. Wealthy outsiders pursuing buried treasure further complicate his effort to uncover what happened in the remote community.