Nick Oldham Books in Order

Henry Christie's first case begins with a devastating motorway bombing meant to kill two mob associates. As the hit goes wrong and bodies pile up, Henry faces gangsters, pressure from every side, and a chance to prove himself.

On a chaotic match day in Blackpool, Henry Christie is stretched by shootings, murder, a car chase, and mounting public panic. The real shock is that these separate crimes are part of the same dangerous conspiracy.

A child molester breaks out of prison and heads for Blackpool, where he wants revenge. As Henry Christie and DC Danny Furness scramble to stop him, a missing girl and a storm turn the city into a pressure cooker.

A wave of explosions at Blackburn police station looks like terrorism, but it is cover for something else entirely. Henry Christie is swept into robberies, an ex-KGB hitman, and a plot that reaches as far as the Royal Mint.

Shifted out of CID and back into uniform duties, Henry Christie is already unhappy when a savage murder lands on his patch. The case pushes him back toward serious investigation, where frustration and danger rise together.

When a gangster's brother is blown apart over missing laundered money, Henry Christie is dragged into a ruthless underworld of drugs, prostitution, and cross-border crime. The case is messy, violent, and far bigger than one killing.

Suspended and restless, Henry Christie agrees to quietly look into the mutilation of valuable horses. The favor leads him into a much larger web of corruption, power, and danger than he expected.

Henry Christie is brought in after a murdered Manchester drug dealer turns out to be a police informant. What looks like one brutal killing soon exposes corruption inside CID and throws Henry's return to work into chaos.

A string of savage attacks turns Blackpool tense and frightened, and Henry Christie seems unable to stop the spiral. Then a murdered girl and another abduction force him into a national spotlight and a reckoning with a killer from his past.

Henry Christie investigates the killing of an ex-cop turned private eye and finds the case widening fast. Kidnap, murder, and extremist violence pull him toward a plot with international consequences.

After his sister dies of a drug overdose, teenage Mark Carter becomes an informer for Henry Christie. His need for revenge drags him into street gangs, dealers, murder, and betrayals that could cost him his life.

Desperate to escape desk work, Henry Christie goes undercover against a London criminal who has moved north. Then an old enemy resurfaces, putting Henry's cover, his family, and the whole operation at risk.

Henry Christie agrees to hunt down three wanted criminals and expects routine legwork. Instead he uncovers a conspiracy tied to a fatal police shooting, organized crime, and enemies inside the system.

Newly promoted Henry Christie thinks he is handling a useful prison informant, until the drug dealer escapes custody. A kidnapping and a key murder trial send the case spiraling into a tense race to regain control.

A winter walking break on the moors turns ugly when Henry Christie and Karl Donaldson stumble into a snowbound stand-off. With former cop Steve Flynn in the mix, an isolated village becomes a trap full of gangsters and old scores.

A botched street mugging turns into something far worse when an elderly victim is run down and shot in Blackpool. Henry Christie and Karl Donaldson chase the truth through Mafia connections, missing witnesses, and layered betrayal.

An apparently simple inquiry sends Detective Superintendent Henry Christie into darker territory than he expects. As new leads emerge, he finds the case touching dangerous people, hidden motives, and consequences that keep widening.

Grieving and nearing retirement, Henry Christie is called out to the rape and murder of a teenage girl. The case forces him back into the darkest side of the job, where experience matters but instinct may matter even more.

Three victims, each abducted on Christmas Eve and found murdered days later, put Henry Christie on the trail of a chilling serial killer. The case soon opens into a blood-soaked turf war that tests him personally and professionally.

George's death in a shop robbery sets off a brutal chain of revenge for his son Jimmy, a military interrogator just back from Afghanistan. As Jimmy hunts the gang responsible, the body count rises and the police close in.

This prequel drops Henry Christie into the early pressure of police work, with a rapist walking free, armed robbers on the move, and an escapee causing chaos. One bad decision could wreck his career before it truly begins.

Henry Christie investigates the execution of a wealthy diamond merchant and his girlfriend, while former cop Steve Flynn is drawn into a double killing abroad. Their separate trails lead toward the same vicious criminal clan.

After one of their own is murdered by a street gang, a group of old East End gangsters decides the police are not enough. Their answer is a grim, old-school revenge campaign that turns London violent fast.

Newly freed criminal Charlie Wilder wants his old life back, then learns betrayal cost him everything. When his violent revenge collides with Henry Christie, the veteran detective is forced into a brutal fight for survival.

Near retirement, Henry Christie is hit by two linked deaths and questions about his own judgment. When a village constable's daughter is abducted, the hunt exposes old secrets and a predator Henry cannot let slip away.

Living in Ibiza and working pleasure cruises, Steve Flynn steps into a botched armed robbery and learns he may be on a hit list. As old police colleagues begin to die, he realizes a dead man's revenge is still claiming victims.

Steve Flynn thought skippering a sportfishing boat in the Canary Islands meant a quieter life. Then he is accused of murder, his ex-girlfriend is kidnapped, and he has to use his old military and police skills to survive.

Retirement at the Tawny Owl is short-lived when Henry Christie stops a kidnapping and witnesses another killing. Soon he and his family are being hunted, and a wider conspiracy turns his quiet new life into open war.

Wanted for murder and burning for revenge, Steve Flynn goes on the run after his girlfriend is killed. Hunting crime boss Viktor Bashkim across the Mediterranean, he enters a trap where every move could be his last.

Two murders that seem unrelated pull Henry Christie toward a conspiracy with rot inside the police. The deeper he digs, the harder it is to tell who is crooked, who is compromised, and who is next.

A young woman's body links Henry Christie back to the brutal case he thought was over. Teaming again with Diane Daniels, he tracks a merciless gunman through money laundering, organized crime, and a deeply personal vendetta.

During a devastating moorland fire, retired Henry Christie checks on an isolated farm and finds a horrifying crime scene. Helping the police pulls him back into Blackpool turf wars and unfinished business with old enemies.

A case from Henry Christie's early Blackpool days resurfaces when the missing boy's mother is found dead decades later. Working cold cases with Debbie Blackstone, Henry has to connect old violence, buried identities, and a murder staged as suicide.

Running the Tawny Owl should keep Henry Christie out of trouble, but two local murders say otherwise. As he looks into a developer's death, he uncovers wartime secrets that still have the power to kill.

Henry Christie and DS Debbie Blackstone follow a cold case lead and get pulled into a savage turf war between European crime gangs. What starts in Lancashire quickly turns international, bloody, and personal.

At a country fair, a missing teenage girl drags retired Henry Christie into a frantic search. When he recognizes a former child abductor among the vendors, he knows the clock is already running out.

On her first day at a Lancashire station, Sergeant Jessica Raker is called to a farm hostage incident. As she settles into rural policing after fleeing danger in London, an old man's death opens a layered local mystery.

Jessica Raker is trying to bring down crime boss Mags Horsefield when fire, family ties, and a stately home complicate everything. Rural Lancashire proves no safer than London, especially when old history and new violence meet.

Jessica Raker returns to face drug dealers, a missing crime boss, and a community already under strain. While helping a dying colleague pursue answers from a serial killer, she also has to protect her own family.