Rick Fuller Books in Order

Rick Fuller is the engine of Robert White's biggest action series, a former SAS soldier whose life was shattered by his wife's murder. When The Fix opens, Rick is already living in the shadows, working in Manchester's criminal underworld and carrying a need for answers that has started to harden into revenge. That mix of grief, anger, and professional skill gives the books their shape. Rick is dangerous because he knows exactly what he is doing. He is also dangerous because he has plenty to lose, and acts like he doesn't.

Manchester matters here.

White uses the city as more than backdrop. The books move through pubs, side streets, flats, back-room deals, and the meeting points where criminals, informants, and state operators overlap. From there the series pushes outward into Ireland, Albania, Pattaya, and other pressure points as Rick gets pulled into wider jobs. The tone stays gritty and streetwise even when the plot opens into espionage, weapons deals, or political intrigue.

Rick is not a clean-cut hero. He can be ruthless, stubborn, and very hard to scare, which is exactly why gangsters, intelligence people, and old associates keep dragging him into dangerous work. Across the series he works with allies such as Des Cogan and runs into handlers, agents, politicians, and crime bosses who all think they can use him. Sometimes they can. Just not for long.

The series also does a nice job of widening without losing its core. The Fix and The Fire lean heavily on Rick's past, the IRA, and the murder that broke his life open. The Fall and The Follower pull him into missing-person hunts, political scandal, and off-the-books missions. By the time you reach The Fellowship, The Fighter, Made to be Broken, and Tooth for a Tooth, the story world is juggling foreign gangs, intelligence games, revenge, and the cost of staying in this life too long.

It is not a cozy ride.

What readers usually get from Rick Fuller is pace, pressure, and a lead character who keeps going long after common sense says stop. There is plenty of action, but the appeal is not just gunfire and chases. The books keep returning to loyalty, grief, betrayal, and the awkward fact that the people claiming to protect the public are often just as compromised as the ones breaking the law. If you like thrillers where the hero knows both the criminal world and the security world from the inside, this is probably White's signature series.