Peter Diamond Books in Order

A body found in a reservoir near Bristol pulls Superintendent Peter Diamond into a case involving missing Jane Austen letters and a woman accused of murder. The first Diamond novel blends literary clues with stubborn police work.

Fired from the police, Peter Diamond is working security at Harrods when he finds an abandoned Japanese girl. His search for her identity soon turns into a dangerous international chase.

Escaped prisoner John Mountjoy takes a hostage and will speak only to Peter Diamond, the detective who put him away. Diamond must reopen an old murder case before the standoff ends in more blood.

A rare stamp and a locked-room corpse connect Peter Diamond with the Bloodhounds, a club of mystery lovers. The case turns into a playful but deadly test of classic whodunit logic.

An injured amnesiac found outside a hospital may hold the key to two apparent suicides in Bath. Diamond has to connect the woman’s missing past with deaths that refuse to stay simple.

Bones unearthed beneath Bath’s Pump Room lead Diamond into a case touching Mary Shelley, art, forgery, and murder. The city’s literary past becomes a very present danger.

When Diamond’s wife is murdered, the case is too personal for him to leave alone. Ordered aside by his superiors, he digs into a possible pattern of killings targeting police spouses.

A strangled woman on a Sussex beach turns out to be a top criminal profiler. Peter Diamond’s investigation is blocked by the very agency that should want answers, forcing him to ask what they are hiding.

A missing waitress is found hanged from a children’s swing, and the suspects include the men closest to her. As more deaths follow, Diamond also has to deal with a secret admirer.

Civil War reenactors on Lansdown Hill discover a headless modern skeleton, then one of them is murdered. Diamond’s case tangles with local history, vigilantes, and his boss’s inconvenient loyalties.

A pop diva’s stage makeup is sabotaged during a Bath theater production, and the makeup artist is soon dead. Diamond must face backstage rivalries and his own unease with theaters.

A sniper is killing police officers around Bath, always staying a step ahead. Diamond looks for links between the victims while a frightening theory points toward someone inside law enforcement.

A young woman’s body is found in a canal, identified only by a music-note tattoo on a tooth. Diamond’s investigation crosses paths with a string quartet hiding old tensions and recent fears.

A medieval carving of the Wife of Bath becomes the target of an armed auction-house robbery, and a bidder is shot dead. Diamond’s team follows the stone into art crime, Chaucer lore, and fresh murder.

Sent to Sussex with his boss, Diamond examines a suspended detective’s old DNA mistake. A missing art teacher and a cold murder case begin to overlap in unsettling ways.

After a police crash, Diamond saves an injured civilian, then starts to suspect the man may be a serial killer. The case forces him to ask whether rescue and justice can collide.

A skeleton in Georgian clothing is found in a Bath attic, raising the wild possibility that it belongs to Beau Nash. Diamond must decide whether he has a historical curiosity or a modern murder.

A wedding in Bath Abbey links a deputy chief constable’s family with a crime boss’s daughter. Diamond is put in charge of discreet security, which proves almost impossible when rival gangsters circle.

During Bath’s half marathon, a reluctant runner disappears and Diamond spots an old criminal in the crowd. A cheerful public race turns into a case with tunnels, fear, and hidden cruelty.

A missing antiques dealer brings Diamond face to face with Johnny Getz, a private eye who thinks he is the next Philip Marlowe. Then a body in a locked shop changes the case.

A hit television show filming in Bath seems cursed by accidents, disappearances, and deaths. Diamond looks past the gossip for a human culprit while his own future on the force hangs uncertainly.

Diamond visits the village of Baskerville and is drawn into a possible miscarriage of justice after a death in a grain silo. Undercover among farmers and festival plans, he hunts one last killer.