Robert McCracken Books in Order

Approaching fifty, Robbie Wishart confronts family tensions, suspicions about his marriage, and a close friend’s illness. Memories of the girlfriend he was too shy to kiss draw him toward a reunion that might help him understand his unsettled life.

Investigating a Liverpool woman’s death, Tara Grogan meets a recluse offering information in exchange for help with his family’s suspicious deaths. Their shared Oxford past draws her into his story, even as mounting contradictions make trusting him increasingly dangerous.

While Liverpool reels from a series of poisonings, Tara Grogan is assigned a company executive’s apparent suicide. Signs of wrongdoing at a food business suggest a connection to the larger case, but pursuing it blurs her professional and personal boundaries.

A murdered journalist’s records reveal intimate knowledge of missing women in Belfast and Liverpool. Investigating his death, Tara Grogan must determine whether the supposed exposer of corruption was a serial killer himself and who might have stopped him first.

Missing people and concealed bodies lead DI Tara Grogan to an estate whose residents refuse to help police. Joining a choir under an assumed identity gives her access to the community, but her chosen cover story threatens to expose her.

Father-and-daughter investigators Sidney and Ursula take an interest when a suspect is murdered in the Mourne Mountains. Their inquiries draw attention from police, criminals, and powerful figures who may be willing to kill again to protect their secrets.

The murder of a recently released prisoner prompts Tara Grogan to question his earlier conviction for killing a student. Her colleagues favor his prison connections, forcing her to risk her career by pursuing doubts they refuse to entertain.

A killing near a troubled Liverpool estate leads Tara Grogan to a wealthy businessman returning to the city. His ambitious investments and numerous enemies complicate her attempt to determine whether his connection to the victim conceals a motive.

A romantic stay in a Lake District cottage collapses when Alex Chase overhears a disturbing conversation. Determined to escape an abusive relationship and reach France, she faces obstacles that push her toward desperate action and thoughts of revenge.

A series of decapitations draws DI Tara Grogan into an investigation linked to a decades-old killing and a secretive religious group. Meanwhile, a recently paroled man who once abducted her plans to resume his crimes and settle their unfinished business.

Serial killer James Guy hopes marriage and fatherhood will mark a new beginning, until Tara Grogan reappears. Mistaking her gangland investigation for a pursuit of him, he decides to eliminate her amid Liverpool’s escalating criminal violence.

Thrown out by his wife, reporter Charlie Geddis becomes determined to expose the wealthy property developer who has replaced him. Reviving his investigative skills draws him into bribes, infidelity, and possible murder as he tries to reclaim his marriage.