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DCI Kett Crime Thrillers Books in Order

by Alex SmithMystery, Thriller & Suspense

9 books so far (book 10 is due December 3, 2026). They run from Paper Girls (2020) to Jaw Breaker (2025). Rated 4.5 across 917 listener reviews.

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Reading order

  1. Paper Girls

    Book 1 2020 4.4 (295)

    Haunted by his inability to track down and save his missing wife, DCI Robert Kett leaves the Metropolitan Police behind and moves to Norwich with his three young children, hoping to heal their broken family.

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  2. Bad Dog

    Book 2 2021 4.4 (164)

    When a young woman is brutally murdered in the Norfolk countryside, the locals blame Black Shuck - a legendary wild dog. There’s only one problem: The wounds weren’t made by an animal....

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  3. Three Little Pigs

    Book 3 2021 4.6 (150)

    He will find the truth. Even if it kills him. Five months ago, DCI Robert Kett’s wife Billie was snatched from a London street. Five months of no leads, no evidence, and no suspects. Until now....

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  4. Whip Crack

    Book 4 2022 4.6 (131)

    Every time you hear his voice, another child will die. DCI Robert Kett’s family may be whole, but he is a broken man. Suspended from duty, he takes his girls out of the city for a holiday on the Norfolk Coast.

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  5. Run Rabbit Run

    Book 5 2023 4.5 (61)

    For years, DCI Robert Kett has tracked down the country’s most dangerous kidnappers and serial killers, earning a reputation as the best man to call to catch the worst men. The tables are about to turn....

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  6. Stone Cold Dead

    Book 6 2023 4.4 (28)

    In the middle of one of Norfolk’s most brutal winters, a frozen body is discovered on the legendary Stone of Lyng. With Robert Kett out of action, the case falls to DC Kate Savage and DI Pete Porter, and it quickly becomes clear to them…

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  7. Every Mother's Son

    Book 7 2023 4.6 (40)

    DCI Robert Kett’s efforts to return to a normal life are dashed after he receives a phone call from his mother, Mary—a woman he hasn’t spoken to in almost two decades....

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  8. Sweet Briar Rose

    Book 8 2024 4.6 (25)

    DCI Kett is back, heading Norfolk Constabulary’s brand-new Extreme Crime Task Force. And it’s just in time. The body of a woman bound in thorns has been discovered in Norwich’s historic Cow Tower.

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  9. Jaw Breaker

    Book 9 2025 4.7 (23)

    After the horrors of their last case, DCI Kett and the rest of Norfolk Constabulary’s Extreme Crime Task Force are in need of a break.

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  10. Knock Knock

    Book 10 Out December 3, 2026

    Whatever you do, don’t open the door… When a severed foot is delivered to the unsuspecting residents of a student house in Norwich, DCI Kett’s Extreme Crime Task Force begins one of the most gruesome investigations of its career.

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  11. King Rat

    Book 11 Out December 3, 2026

    When you find yourself in hell, it pays to be a Devil. DCI Kett’s worst nightmares have finally come true, the mysterious group known as Hollenbeck, have resurfaced.

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  12. Knuckle Bones

    Book 12 Out December 3, 2026

    When a chamber of horrors is revealed during building work at Norfolk’s County Hall, dozens of bones arranged in an arcane pattern inside a long-forgotten cellar, everybody expects the worst—until a forensic team discovers that the human…

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  13. Lucky Number Seven

    Book 13 Out January 14, 2027

    Sometimes You Win. Sometimes You Die. When seven packages are delivered to the staff of an insurance company in Norwich, the unthinkable happens: one of the packages explodes. Six people survive, the seventh does not.

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  14. Unholy Saints

    Book 14 Out February 11, 2027

    Evil waits in the dead of winter... Christmas is just days away, and DCI Kett and the Extreme Crime Task Force are preparing to celebrate the festive season with some well-earned peace and quiet.

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  15. Truly Madly Deadly

    Book 15 Out March 11, 2027

    Love Can Be Murder… It’s Valentine’s Day, and DCI Robert Kett and the Extreme Crime Task Force are preparing to join in the romantic celebrations when a shocking confession throws the city into chaos.

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  16. Every Last Devil

    Book 16 Out April 8, 2027

    Hell is empty, and all the devils are here... While filming a school project inside a ruined church, three teenagers make a horrific discovery: a severed head, left as part of a demonic ritual.

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  17. Red Line

    Book 17 Out May 13, 2027

    Some lines should never be crossed… On a cold November morning, the body of a teenage boy is discovered in a remote playground – not just murdered, but butchered. To DCI Kett and his team, it looks like an open and shut case.

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  18. Cold Iron Kills

    Book 18 Out June 10, 2027

    His reign of terror must be stopped – for good. After years of searching, DCI Kett has finally found Joseph Maynard, one of the last members of Hollenbeck.

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  19. Until Death

    Book 20 Out December 1, 2026

    Death comes for us all. In the glorious heat of a Norfolk summer, the Extreme Crime Task Force is facing its biggest case yet: organising DS Kate Savage and PC Aaron Duke’s wedding. It should be a joyous escape after months of heartbreak.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for DCI Kett Crime Thrillers is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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