Ted Darling Books in Order

Bodies are turning up on DI Ted Darling's patch, and the steady Stockport detective is forced into a relentless hunt for a killer who stays one step ahead. As leads collapse and the case turns personal, Ted's calm method is tested hard.

Investigating the murder of a young boy, Ted is dragged toward buried memories and a web of influence that may reach far above him. More deaths follow, pressure builds at work, and the case starts to strain his life with Trevor.

A killer seems to be targeting elderly residents in care homes, and Ted cannot ignore the ugly pattern. As family secrets surface and a difficult new team member adds friction, the case edges alarmingly close to home.

Promoted into a bigger role, Ted barely has time to settle before facing a cynical murder and a second case tied to brutal attacks on dating-site users. With two killers possibly in play, he has to fight for the truth on several fronts.

Young women are being abducted from supermarket car parks by a knife-wielding attacker who seems trained, fearless, and dead-eyed. Tight resources and rising danger turn Ted's manhunt into a nerve-racking race against time.

A string of seemingly unrelated murders may point to one cold-blooded killer, while animal-cruelty investigations raise unsettling links nearby. Ted can sense the darkness, but proving it in a way that will hold up is far harder.

A badly injured teenager is found wandering naked and repeating scripture, and Ted's team learns he vanished months earlier. With similar victims emerging and Ted trapped in a separate court battle, time is running out before the abductor strikes again.

In this prequel, Ted leaves firearms work for CID and walks into the brutal murder of a teenage girl. His new boss wants a quick result, but Ted doubts the obvious suspect and starts to wonder if he has wrecked his career before it begins.

Ted is handling part of a major operation after a woman is robbed and stabbed in a car park, but the real danger may come from above. A senior officer with a grudge and a troubling face from Ted's past make a hard case worse.

What looks like a straightforward suicide quickly turns into one of Ted's trickiest cases, full of suspects who neatly protect one another. A shake-up in police leadership and a summons to a dying man's bedside make the enquiry even harder to crack.

Ted is already under scrutiny over an earlier unsolved case when a woman disappears and the clock starts ticking. A second missing person, a body, and disturbing echoes from recent investigations pull his team into a tense, connected search.

A rash of signature arsons and the scattered discovery of human remains push Ted into a grim game with a suspect who seems to enjoy the attention. To win, he may have to bend principles he normally refuses to touch.

Young girls are vanishing while chasing fame and opportunity, and Ted takes the case as an older disappearance starts to haunt him. Then a chance encounter abroad puts him face to face with a presumed abductor, with dangerous consequences.

Now heading serious crime, Ted is confronted by the scale of domestic violence on his patch when an apparent murder-suicide refuses to sit right. As one of his own becomes deeply drawn into the investigation, the emotional cost climbs.

A suspicious death leaves Ted looking hard at a young woman with special needs, but the case soon opens into something darker and more cynical. At the same time, Trevor is forced to revisit a historic assault, putting extra strain on their marriage.

A body at the foot of a waterfall looks like an accident until the post-mortem says otherwise. Press pressure, a missing farmer, and the mystery of a place called the Stones turn a quiet rural case into a knotty murder investigation.

A break in Wales turns into work when Ted encounters a sudden death that may leave his mother homeless. Back home, his team is battling a brutal child murder, and a mole may be feeding information to the wrong people.

Ted is told to rebuild women's trust in the police, then is hit with the most demanding sexual assault case of his career. A second, seemingly separate discovery gives Jo Rodriguez her own problem, until both cases begin threatening the team itself.