The First Time Ever

You’ve never met a copper like Ted Darling. He’s small, quiet. He doesn’t smoke. He’s packed in the booze. But he’s a Specialist Firearms Officer. With black belts in four martial arts.

Then a shift in circumstances makes him swap guns for the CID. His first case is the brutal murder of a teenage girl. His new boss thinks he can wrap it up easily. Ted has doubts over the suspect. Has he made the right choice in switching jobs? Or has he, as his Firearms boss warned him, committed career suicide?

Baby's Got Blue Eyes

Someone is dumping bodies on DI Ted Darling's patch and he's not happy. Ted's a good solid copper, in an old-fashioned way, with an excellent clear-up rate.

He's not at all like your average cop and has his own unique way of dealing with any prejudice his differences bring him. No heavy drinking, no failed marriage, just a steady, long-term relationship. He and his partner have cats, not kids.

But this serial killer seems to be running effortless rings round Ted and his team. Every promising lead just takes them up another frustrating blind alley. Then it starts to get personal.

Two Little Boys

In his darkest and most complex case to date, DI Ted Darling has to confront demons from his own past when investigating the brutal murder of a young boy.

As more deaths follow, he realises he’s up against powerful people who believe themselves to be above the law. It leaves him feeling out of his depth.

Just how high up in the Establishment does the corruption go? And how far will they go to keep the dark secrets?

When I'm Old and Grey

DI Ted Darling doesn't like coincidences. There are too many for comfort surrounding his latest case. They're spilling over into his private life too, when toxic family secrets are uncovered.

A serial killer appears to be targeting vulnerable elderly people in care homes and despatching them in the most cynical way. Ted and his team are struggling to get a lead on who the killer really is. It doesn't help that his newest team member is adding to his problems, rather than helping him to solve them.

Shut Up and Drive

A serial sex attacker is spreading fear in Stockport and DI Ted Darling and his team are on the case.

The man randomly targets young women and abducts them from busy supermarket car parks. He's armed with a knife and is clearly highly trained in how to handle it.

Ever-dwindling police resources make the manhunt harder, even though the attacker clearly doesn't care whether or not he's caught. All his victims say he's dead behind the eyes.

Only The Lonely

Ted Darling is back and his boss has news for him. He'll be taking on more responsibility over an expanded area, with a bigger team. Before he even has chance to take stock, he's facing his first body in what could be the most cynical murder he's ever encountered.

The corpse count rises with a separate case developing, where a savage killer appears to be selecting victims from online dating sites and dispatching them in vicious, frenzied attacks. With potentially two serial killers at work, Ted has plenty on his plate.

Black December

A senior detective’s investigation into the murder of a Benedictine monk is met with closed ranks, but events take a more sinister turn when he uncovers a decades-old crime and finds himself targeted by a ruthless adversary.

Heading About Book 2

Chris Pritchard joins the Metropolitan Police in search of a family, friends and a regular income. He is posted to a police station in London’s tough East End. Despite barely concealed contempt for her hapless new charge, his experienced instructor, WPC Dawn Matthews, puppy walks him through a journey, which is regularly amusing, frequently sad and occasionally bizarre.

The Pain of Strangers

The first book in the Eddie Collins series - and the enigmatic, aggressive CSI is called in to investigate the death of a teenager. Is he the latest victim of the Mabgate Murderer? Eddie risks his marriage and his career to pursue the truth - and gets in too deep with a local gang and a sinister, sadistic killer.