The Yorkshire Murders Books in Order

Seeking to recover her focus after a colleague's death, DCI Emma Gardner transfers to Yorkshire and immediately faces another murder. Her troubled new partner's connection to an earlier case complicates the inquiry and raises fears that an old pattern is returning.

After following a child he believes is in danger, DI Paul Riddick becomes implicated in the child's death. DCI Emma Gardner tries to clear him while similarities to an old investigation suggest someone is deliberately setting him up.

A girl's body is discovered beside a remote lake, and evidence points to the elderly recluse living nearby. DCI Emma Gardner and DI Paul Riddick suspect a setup, uncovering community secrets that threaten their own lives.

The disturbed grave of a girl killed forty years earlier draws DCI Emma Gardner into a cold case. As more bodies appear, she must decide whether she can trust Paul Riddick, whose increasingly erratic behavior threatens their investigation.

A human skull found in a Yorkshire pub forces DCI Emma Gardner to investigate while Paul Riddick remains missing. Further discoveries expose disturbing connections to a home for unmarried mothers and secrets protected by powerful people.

With Paul Riddick critically ill, Emma Gardner struggles to concentrate on a suspicious death. While her team investigates, her troubled brother pursues grievances of his own, creating a danger much closer to Emma's family.

Emma Gardner has left North Yorkshire for Salisbury, hoping to rebuild her life. Murders of journalists and whistleblowers draw her back into danger, and two assassins targeting her family force her to fight for both survival and the truth.

Desperate to save his daughter, Graham Blanks leaves an escalating trail of violence through York. Still recovering from illness, DI Paul Riddick must stop him, confronting a father's desperation that he understands only too well.