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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2005
  • Latest Book:
    March 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A DI Tom Mariner Mystery

1 - The Worm in the Bud (Sep-2005)
2 - Blood of the Innocents (Apr-2005)
3 - Written In Blood (Jun-2006)
4 - Blood Money (Dec-2007)
5 - Stalked by Shadows (Jul-2010)
6 - Blood and Stone (Oct-2013)
7 - Dead of Night (Jan-2015)
8 - A Good Death (Feb-2017)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • When two teenagers go missing on the same day on Mariner's patch, it seems to be nothing more than a coincidence. Yasmin Akram is the talented grammar-school educated daughter of devout Muslim professionals. Ricky Skeet disappears after storming out ...



  • Journalist Edward Barham is found dead in his home, a puncture wound testimony to his death by lethal injection. A cryptic note by his side seems to suggest suicide, but Detective Inspector Tom Mariner feels there is something a little too staged abo...



  • For the first time in his life, DI Tom Mariner's home life is beginning to look settled. There's talk of a move to the country and even kids, and while Anna is doing the talking, for once Mariner isn’t trying to evade commitment. The couple’s ...



  • Just when he is prepared to take a well-earned leave of absence, DI Tom Mariner is called back to the case when six-week-old Jessica Klinnemann is abducted from a local day nursery. What at first appears to be a random kidnapping gradually reveals...



  • LUCY JARRETT IS TERRIFIED. She's convinced that somebody is watching her, following her home from work and lurking in shadows. But when she looks, there's nobody there. The phone calls are real enough, even if the caller never speaks, although they n...



  • rieving the death of his ex-lover Anna Barham, Detective Inspector Tom Mariner has taken two weeks’ leave to recuperate, seeking peace and solitude in a remote corner of Wales. The last thing he imagined was being caught up in a murder investigatio...



  • When a young woman disappears on her way home from work, Detective Inspector Tom Mariner tackles his most challenging investigation yet 18-year-old Grace Clifton vanishes on her way home from work in the center of Birmingham late at night, the cas...



  • Detective Inspector Tom Mariner investigates a suspected arson attack and a missing bridegroom in this latest intriguing mystery. When an elderly man dies in a house fire, the investigating officers are left baffled as to whether the blaze was ac...



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  • Secrets, lies, bodies. Nothing stays buried forever . . .It starts on an abandoned campsite in Norfolk.Developers unearth a human skeleton. The remains of an eighteen-year-old girl.Robina Scanlon - a blast from the past that shocks Detective Tom Mari...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Chris Collett has published 10 books.

Chris Collett does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, MIDNIGHT LIES, was published in March 2022.

The first book by Chris Collett, Blood of the Innocents, was published in April 2005.

Yes. Chris Collett has 1 series.