Adam Croft

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2011
  • Latest Book:
    December 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Kempston Hardwick Mystery

1 - Exit Stage Left (Dec-2011)
2 - The Westerlea House Mystery (Aug-2013)
3 - Death Under The Sun (Mar-2014)
4 - The Thirteenth Room (Feb-2015)
5 - The Wrong Man (May-2019)

Knight & Culverhouse

1 - Too Close for Comfort (Mar-2011)
2 - Guilty as Sin (Jun-2011)
3 - Jack Be Nimble (Jul-2015)
4 - Rough Justice (Oct-2015)
5 - In Too Deep (Jul-2016)
6 - In the Name of the Father (Nov-2016)
7 - With A Vengeance (Jul-2017)
8 - Dead & Buried (May-2018)
9 - In Plain Sight (Dec-2019)
10 - Snakes and Ladders (Jan-2021)

Rutland

1 - What Lies Beneath (Aug-2020)
2 - On Borrowed Time (Oct-2020)
3 - In Cold Blood (Jun-2021)
4 - Kiss of Death (May-2022)

Sam Barker

1 - Absolution (Nov-2019)
2 - Betrayal (Apr-2020)

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • Too Close for Comfort

    Knight & Culverhouse - 1

    What if the serial killer you were investigating was someone you knew?Wendy Knight needs to solve her first murder case. The killer needs her dead.Mildenheath CID is creaking at the seams and Wendy is left to fend for herself. But she soon comes to r...

  • Guilty as Sin

    Knight & Culverhouse - 2

    When seventeen-year-old Danielle Levy goes missing one lunchtime, DS Wendy Knight and DCI Jack Culverhouse believe they have a routine case on their hands. Later, when a prominent local businessman is found dead in his warehouse, however, the case ta...

  • Exit Stage Left

    A Kempston Hardwick Mystery - 1

    Charlie Sparks had it all. A former primetime television personality, his outdated style has seen him relegated to the scrapheap. When he collapses and dies during a stand-up routine at a local pub, mysterious bystander Kempston Hardwick is compelled...

  • The Westerlea House Mystery

    A Kempston Hardwick Mystery - 2

    Oscar Whitehouse predicted his own death on live TV.

    Hours later he was found murdered.

    The quaint English market town of Tollinghill isn’t quite as charming as it seems. Beneath the picturesque façade is a community caught u...

  • Death Under The Sun

    A Kempston Hardwick Mystery - 3

    Sun, sea, sand… and murder.

    A relaxing break on the Greek island of Friktos should be the perfect tonic for amateur sleuth Kempston Hardwick. That is until someone brutally murders one of his fellow tourists.

    The assembled guests c...

  • The Thirteenth Room

    A Kempston Hardwick Mystery - 4

    A killer needs to be stopped.

    But no-one believes there's been a murder.

    A suicide at the Manor Hotel upset leaves the locals shaken. But not Kempston Hardwick. He's suspicious.

    The more he learns, the more sure he is that whatev...

  • Jack Be Nimble

    Knight & Culverhouse - 3

    They know when he will kill again... but not who he will kill

    A killer is loose on the streets of Mildenheath, and his barbaric crimes seem a little too familiar...

    As the body count begins to rise, DS Wendy Knight and DCI Jack Culve...

  • Rough Justice

    Knight & Culverhouse - 4

    When a man is found dead, mutilated in his house, DS Wendy Knight and DCI Jack Culverhouse soon realise that Jeff Brelsford was killed for one reason: he was a paedophile.

    As Wendy does her job and tries to find the killer, Culverhouse is le...

  • In Too Deep

    Knight & Culverhouse - 5

    No clues. No time. Once chance to expose a terrifying secret.

    A journalist with her finger on the pulse of Mildenheath’s corrupt underbelly is left for dead on her own doorstep. The only witness is her four-year-old child.

    Someone ha...



  • Gone

    A gripping short novella with a killer twist. Stephen Lightfoot is a man of small means. He works at a supermarket, doesn't drive and has no close friends. The one thing that keeps him going is his girlfriend, Anya. So wh...

  • Her Last Tomorrow

    Could you murder your wife to save your daughter? Nick and Tasha are a couple held together by their five-year-old daughter. Until one ordinary morning, when Ellie vanishes amid the chaos of the school run. Nick knows she can’t have gone far ...

  • In the Name of the Father

    Knight & Culverhouse - 6

    An anonymous phone call reveals a horrifying secret. But can it be murder if there isn't a body?

    Father Joseph Kümmel is not just a deeply religious and spiritual man. He's the leader of a closed religious community at Hilltop Farm -- one ...

  • Only the Truth

    He's not the perfect husband. But he is the perfect suspect. Dan Cooper has never been the perfect husband to Lisa. He travels for work and plays the carefree bachelor when he can. But now, on a solo business trip, in a remote coastal hotel, he’...

  • In Her Image

    He's watching. He knows everything about you. And you don't even know he's there. No-one believes Alice Jefferson's stalker exists. But he's been in her house. And he's made sure she knows it. With the police unable to find any trace of him, Alice ...

  • Love You To Death

    When Cameron told his girlfriend he'd do anything for her, he wasn't expecting her to ask him to commit murder. Teenage love isn't always as it seems - especially when there's murder involved. Cameron's girlfriend, Leah, i...

  • With A Vengeance

    Knight & Culverhouse - 7

    Eleven years ago. A bungled armed robbery led by career criminal Freddie Galloway leaves a police officer shot in the face, fighting for his life. Present day. The shooter is released from prison, hell bent...

  • The Rookie

    Mildenheath. 1981.Jack Culverhouse's first day at Mildenheath CID wasn't what he expected. Hoping to make a good impression, he walks straight into a culture of lies and corruption. Set up for a fall by his new boss...

  • Tell Me I'm Wrong

    What if you discovered your husband was a serial killer?

    Megan Miller is an ordinary woman with a young family -- until a shocking discovery shatters her perfect world.

    When two young boys are brutally murdered in their tight-knit vi...

  • Dead & Buried

    Knight & Culverhouse - 8

    Two dead bodies are found buried beneath undergrowth just outside Mildenheath. The race is on to uncover their identities and catch their killers.

    When two young men tell police they’ve escaped with their lives from a local brothel where t...



  • The Perfect Lie

    What if you were framed for a murder you didn't commit?

    Amy Walker lives the perfect family life with her husband and two young sons. Until a knock at the door turns their lives upside down.

    It's the police. Her father-in-law is dead a...

  • The Wrong Man

    A Kempston Hardwick Mystery - 5

    Book launches are rarely exciting. The odd murder tends to spice things up a bit, though.

    When famous novelist Rupert Pearson's PA doesn't turn up for his book launch at the Freemason's Arms, he's more annoyed than upset. He certainly didn't...

  • Absolution

    Sam Barker - 1

    Could you betray your government to save your country?

    Sam Barker works in IT at the Home Office. All he wants is to get his work done and enjoy a quiet existence. But when he’s caught up in a terrorist attack on the London Underground...

  • In Plain Sight

    Knight & Culverhouse - 9

    A trail of death. A web of corruption. The ultimate betrayal.

    A series of armed robberies on local petrol stations leaves Mildenheath CID chasing their tails. But things are about to get a whole lot worse.

    When an elderly woma...

  • Closer To You

    What if your loved one wanted you dead?

    Grace wants to spend the rest of her life with Tom. She needs to. Because otherwise he'll kill her.

    He’s the perfect gentleman. He’s kind, attentive and caring. Her family love hi...

  • Betrayal

    Sam Barker - 2

    In Edinburgh, the British Prime Minister prepares to launch a worldwide project to tackle climate change. But there's a far more sinister motivation behind her plans.After successfully thwarting a terrorist attack in London a few months earlier, Sam ...

  • What Lies Beneath

    Rutland - 1

    The first in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft.A peaceful Sunday morning in Rutland is shattered when a dead body is discovered on the rocks at Normanton Church.The victim has been laid out in a ...

  • On Borrowed Time

    Rutland - 2

    Book two in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft.Each morning, the first train of the day leaves Oakham station and thunders through a tunnel under the village of Manton. But today the driver sees something that ch...

  • Snakes and Ladders

    Knight & Culverhouse - 10

    A body lies amongst the undergrowth in Mildenheath Woods. His hands are bound behind his back, and he's been killed execution-style.But the victim isn't a gangland kingpin: he's a well-liked young man, never in any trouble, who had his whole life...

  • In Cold Blood

    Rutland - 3

    Book three in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft.A body is found under Welland Viaduct on a bitterly cold winter morning. But this will be a murder investigation like no other.As DI Caroline Hills and DS Dexter A...



  • Kiss of Death

    Rutland - 4

    Book four in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft.An elderly woman collapses and dies during a Sunday morning church service in Oakham. But things aren't quite as innocent as they seem.Within hours, there's a secon...

  • Moment of Truth

    A man is found dead in the judge's chair inside the Great Hall of Oakham Castle, beaten to death with a ceremonial horseshoe.As Rutland Police investigate, they discover the victim was a charitable, public-spirited man who only ever wanted to help ot...

  • No Way Out

    In the wake of a devastating storm, a body is found on Hambleton peninsula. DI Caroline Hills is called to investigate, and is immediately plunged into a complex case of deception and murder.With the storm cutting off the only road in or out, the kil...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Adam Croft has published 32 books.

Adam Croft does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, No Way Out, was published in December 2024.

The first book by Adam Croft, Too Close for Comfort, was published in March 2011.

Yes. Adam Croft has 4 series.
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