Roberta Kray Books in Order

Jem Byrne once sent her violent boyfriend to prison and knows he will come looking for payback. Hiding on the Mansfield estate, she crosses paths with private investigator Harry Lind as he follows two old missing-person cases and a pair of frightened children, all while a patient watcher closes in on them both.

Carmen Darby has spent her life under the thumb of her brutal crime-lord father Rex, sheltered yet complicit. When a bitter inheritance dispute turns her sisters into would-be killers and Rex makes it clear she is no longer welcome, Carmen must build a new identity fast or be framed when someone finally takes Rex down.

Cat burglar Cara Kendall thinks she is just pulling another high-end job when she slips into a Hampstead mansion. Instead she finds a corpse, hears the police closing in and becomes the prime suspect, pushing her to uncover who really staged the killing before both the law and the killer catch up with her.

Liv Anderson makes a living entrapping unfaithful men and blackmailing them, a dangerous hustle in a neighbourhood run by gangsters. When a debt to a feared crime boss forces her to go undercover as a secretary to a shady developer, Liv finds herself investigating murder and the truth about her jailed father while wondering who she can trust.

Chrissy Moss grew up on a notorious London estate and lost her mother in what everyone called a tragic accident. When a teenage girl disappears after running an errand for a local gang leader, rumours swirl and old secrets resurface, forcing Chrissy to question everything she was told and to confront a killer close to home.

After years of living in luxury, Lolly Bruce is back on familiar East End streets, using her wits to survive while her guardian Mal Fury serves time. When Mal escapes, convinced his long-lost daughter Kay may still be alive, Lolly joins forces with investigator Nick Trent to uncover what really happened to the child.

Lolly Bruce grew up on the tough Mansfield estate with a mentally ill mother and no one to rely on but herself. When crime boss Mal Fury hears of a young woman who might be linked to his daughter who vanished years ago, Lolly is dragged into a dangerous search that could rewrite her whole past.

Five years after her husband Dan’s supposed death, widow Judith Jonson spots a man who looks exactly like him fleeing a jewel robbery. Convinced Dan is alive, she dives into the East End underworld to uncover who he really was, risking new betrayals and deadly enemies in her hunt for the truth.

In the closing part of the story, Ava battles to clear Chris’s name and face what really happened to Holly. Trapped by a calculating man who believes she owes him everything, she must use all her nerve and street sense if she wants to walk away alive.

Ava’s investigation leaves two people dead and her friend Chris Street suspected of murder, while she is hiding crucial information about Holly from the police. Anonymous messages and a relentless stalker tighten the net, making it clear that Ava’s curiosity has put her at the centre of the killer’s plans.

With Holly still missing and her bloodstained coat back in Ava’s hands, Ava starts her own search when the police falter. She does not realise that the predator who has been watching Holly has now turned his sights on Ava herself, seeing her as the perfect new prize.

Night-shift cab driver Ava Gold takes pity on drunken passenger Holly and lets the girl sleep it off on her sofa. By morning Holly has vanished, a trail of blood appears, and Ava’s act of kindness pulls her into a web of missing women, murder and unwanted attention from club owner Chris Street.

Eden Chase is devoted to her quiet, private husband Tom and refuses to believe he was involved in an old robbery and killing. When Tom is arrested, Eden starts digging into his past and discovers hidden links to London’s underworld that make her question whether she ever truly knew the man she married.

In the final part of the case, Harry knows Ellen Shaw is close to breaking point and that Jess is right to fear for Sylvie. With time running out, he must uncover who has been manipulating his honeytrap operation from the shadows before another woman disappears for good.

A murdered woman, a missing friend and hostile police leave Harry Lind juggling more trouble than he can handle. As evidence mounts that Sylvie’s disappearance is tied to Ellen Shaw and a gun in the wrong hands, Harry races to work out which woman is in the greatest danger.

When fellow honeytrapper Sylvie vanishes, Harry assumes she has simply bolted from a tricky job. Meeting her worried friend Jess in a bar soon proves something is badly wrong, and Harry is forced to consider that a routine setup has turned into a deadly game involving powerful men who want Sylvie silenced.

Reluctant to use honeytraps in his struggling detective agency, Harry Lind has to step in himself when no male decoy is available. Posing as bait for a cheating husband, he runs into old acquaintance Ellen Shaw and realises her ties to feared gangster Danny Street could drag him into something far more dangerous.

Sadie Wise only wants her estranged husband to finally sign the divorce papers when she chats to a stranger on a train. Mona hears something very different, and Sadie’s throwaway conversation spirals into an obsession that brings murder, blackmail and a relentless new presence in her life.

Maddie Layne is still haunted by her sister’s unsolved murder and is raising her orphaned nephew alone. A job tending a neglected grave links Greta’s death to that of Lucy Rivers decades earlier, and Maddie’s questions put her on a collision course with Lena Gissing, matriarch of one of the East End’s most vicious families.

Ava Gold is tired of scraping by, so she takes a job as driver and minder to club owner Chris Street, prince of an old gangland family. Caught between Chris, his reckless brother Danny and a ruthless rival, Ava is pulled into a world of blackmail, murder and dangerous loyalties.

Thrown out pregnant after falling for a policeman, Lynsey Quinn leaves her feared East End crime family behind. Years later her daughter Helen is dragged back into the Quinn clan, where old grudges, power struggles and a violent past force her to decide how far she will go to survive her own blood.

Fifteen years after little Minnie Bright was murdered, everyone believes the case is closed and the killer long dead. Journalist Jess Vaughan and ex-cop turned PI Harry Lind begin asking what really happened, uncovering frightened witnesses, buried lies and someone willing to kill again to keep the past hidden.

Hope Randall’s quiet life shatters when a stranger claims she has a half-sister, Connie, who grew up in brutal poverty. To find Connie, Hope must enter the East End’s red-light world and deal with the notorious Street crime family, all while a killer targets working girls who could look a lot like her sister.

Nineteen years after her small-time villain father vanished, Iris O’Donnell returns to the East End determined to learn what happened to him. Her questions attract the attention of the violent Street brothers and draw her toward Guy Wilder, heir to a criminal matriarch whose help may cost more than she expects.

Young widow Jo Strong is trying to keep her late husband’s East End jewellery shop afloat while fending off a bullying mother-in-law. When a gangster’s teenage daughter is kidnapped, Jo is pulled into a rescue attempt alongside damaged hard-man Gabe Miller and discovers how far she will go to protect a child.

Private investigator Harry Lind dismisses talk that a missing eight-year-old girl might still be alive decades later. When a reporter friend is murdered and journalist Jess Vaughan pushes him to look again, their search for Grace Harper’s fate drags them toward one of London’s most vicious gangsters.

After her con-man father’s suicide and her brother’s imprisonment, Eve Weston is left broke, disgraced and living in a rundown flat. Desperate to keep Terry alive inside, she strikes a secret bargain with feared inmate Martin Cavelli, only to find the cost of their pact twisting every part of her life.

After eighteen years inside, London gangster Johnny Frank wants revenge on the man who informed on him. Moving into Jim Buckley’s family home, he slowly tears their lives apart, even as Jim’s daughter-in-law Simone sees a dangerous chance to escape her own failing marriage.

Written by Reggie Kray’s widow, this biography looks past the legend to the man himself, from East End childhood and violent rise to his decades as a high-security prisoner. It also traces his marriages, inner conflicts and the unlikely love story he shared with Roberta.