Nick Louth Books in Order

Police and Crime Commissioner Lionel Hall-Hartington and a farm worker are shot dead at his rural home, while his wife is discovered hanging upside down in a cellar well. With the crime scene ransacked and CCTV disabled, Talantire follows a bizarre trail that stretches far beyond the isolated farm.

On Boxing Day a woman in a wetsuit washes up dead beneath Teignmouth Pier, poisoned by heavy metals. While Talantire fights to save her career after accusing a powerful commander of abuse, she follows a trail that links the victim's life to corruption at the very top.

A body lies at the foot of one of Devon's highest cliffs and DI Jan Talantire is first on the scene. Asked to lead what should be a simple inquiry, she soon realises the victim's work and relationships hide motives that turn a fall into a carefully staged killing.

In a cottage above Ilfracombe, a woman is found murdered, impaled with a crucifix and identified as Ruth Lyle. DI Jan Talantire knows that name already belongs to a teenager killed in the same house fifty years earlier, and must explain how one woman can die twice.

A stolen car full of teenagers careers off the road at the edge of Bodmin Moor. As Talantire deals with the wreckage, a mother reports her daughter Jade missing and a witness mentions a figure running from the crash, forcing Jan to untangle friendship, fear and possible murder.

A young man who recently clashed with Gillard's pregnant partner Sam is found dead under a motorway flyover. At the same time the Flying Squad hears whispers of a planned half billion pound heist, and Gillard must prove how the killing and the robbery crew connect.

With a new home and a baby on the way, Gillard hopes for calm until retired sergeant Ken Stapleford is stabbed in his living room. The next day Gillard witnesses a jogger's murder in nearby Nightingale Park, and eerie forensic links suggest a single killer closing in on his family.

Property lawyer and money launderer Jonathan Hale has just returned from a brutal spell in a United States prison and knows a gangster called the Reptile wants him dead. When the protection around Hale starts to unravel, Gillard races to stop an international vendetta spilling into quiet Surrey streets.

Workmen excavating an Anglo Saxon burial site on the River Wey uncover a modern corpse with dental fillings and a shard of ancient dagger in his neck. Gillard's search for the dead man's identity leads into local family feuds and a lethal mix of greed and history.

After defending a violent enforcer in a major drug case, junior barrister Julia McGann suffers a break in and a scared young girl arrives at her door. Months later a respected headmaster is found murdered in his car, and Gillard must link blood spattered gloves to events buried on the moors decades ago.

Russian oligarch Alexander Volkov is shot in the library of his Surrey mansion during a lavish party, his ex wife wounded and her new partner killed beside him. With no sign of an intruder and every guest holding an alibi, Gillard confronts a locked room puzzle on a global scale.

When a talented musician vanishes from a train, it first looks like stage fright. Then Gillard learns her father is Germany's Justice Minister and political pressure soars. As he investigates, the missing woman becomes bait in a much larger game that soon targets Gillard himself.

A body is discovered on a small island in the Thames, asphyxiated and marked with strange symbols. While Gillard struggles to identify the victim, a notorious serial killer he once helped catch prepares for parole, and old crimes begin to bleed into the new case.

A young detective out jogging on a winter morning witnesses the drive by murder of Tanvi Roy, head of a hugely successful food empire. Gillard's inquiry into the wealthy Roy family exposes rivalries, secrets and dangers that follow him back into his own home life.

In Manchester, two armed gang members hijack Catherine Blake and her one year old son, trapping them in the back of a van while police close in. After years of IVF, Ethan is everything to her, and she must outthink her captors to keep him alive.

Promising architect Peter Young is shot dead at his desk in what looks like a professional hit. Two weeks later an unidentified, branded corpse washes up on a windswept beach, drawing Gillard into a case that links commuter belt respectability with dangerous forces willing to kill children.

On a foggy Exmoor lane, a man with no ID is killed in a brutal hit and run. When the car is traced to Gillard's aunt, he finds himself unpicking old family tensions and a present day conspiracy that turns the case painfully personal.

DCI Craig Gillard is called in when criminologist Martin Knight's wife, Liz, disappears and Martin flees. Liz is Gillard's former girlfriend, and as he investigates he uncovers secrets that suggest this is far more than a routine missing person case.

Twenty three year old model Mira Roskova has been voted the world's most beautiful woman and lives her life in front of millions of online followers. Behind the glamour she faces abuse, stalking and a secret admirer inside a high security hospital whose obsession is turning deadly.

Louth walks new investors through the basics of saving, investing and pensions, showing how small regular contributions can grow over decades. Using clear examples and minimal jargon, he explains shares, funds, property and tax so readers can take charge of their own financial future.

Veteran BBC reporter Chris Wyrecliffe returns to the Middle East as the Arab Spring erupts, convinced he has found the biggest story of his career. Torn between a wealthy Saudi woman he once loved and a young Palestinian refugee, he stumbles into a terrifying terrorist plot.

This practical investing guide explains how ordinary savers can use compounding, sensible asset choices and a little weekly effort to double their capital roughly every decade. Louth focuses on steady, lower risk strategies rather than trading frenzies or get rich quick promises.

Share prices crash and Bernard Jones discovers his modest portfolio can fall even faster. As the credit crunch bites, he and the Hell's Bells share club flounder, while Eunice's relentless shopping and a host of wolves in the market keep him permanently on the back foot.

Retired civil servant Bernard Jones chronicles a year of hapless share dealing, from bad bets on rail stocks to a with profits policy that never delivers. Goaded by his spendthrift wife Eunice and smug fellow investors, he finally tries to get serious.

Brilliant scientist Erica Stroud Jones is about to unveil a breakthrough against a deadly tropical disease at a conference in Amsterdam, then vanishes overnight. Her boyfriend Max Carver plunges into a web of corporate secrets, fears and political ruthlessness to find her.

Bernard Jones is edging into his mid sixties, still dreaming of market success while his overbearing wife Eunice happily spends what little he makes. Between the chaotic Hell's Bells share club and a demanding family, every attempt at financial nirvana comes with fresh disasters.