Ed James

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2012
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A DI Fenchurch Novel

1 - The Hope That Kills (Sep-2016)
2 - Worth Killing for (Oct-2016)
3 - What Doesn't Kill You (Apr-2017)
4 - In for the Kill (Apr-2018)

A Scott Cullen Mystery

1 - Ghost in the Machine (Apr-2012)
2 - Devil in the Detail (Dec-2012)
3 - Fire in the Blood (Jun-2013)
4 - Dyed in the Wool (Jul-2013)
5 - Bottleneck (Mar-2014)

Supernature

1 - Shot Through the Heart (Nov-2013)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • Ghost in the Machine

    A Scott Cullen Mystery - 1

    "Rankin for the Xbox generation"  Detective Constable Scott Cullen of Lothian & Borders CID has only been a full detective for three months. Struggling with his burning ambition, Cullen is assigned a ...

  • Devil in the Detail

    A Scott Cullen Mystery - 2

    "Rankin for the Xbox generation" The second book in a series of Edinburgh-based police procedurals starring DC Scott Cullen, the first of which which has been compared favourably with Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham and Stuart MacBride. Garleton is a typ...

  • Fire in the Blood

    A Scott Cullen Mystery - 3

    "Rankin for the Xbox generation" Book 3 in a series of Edinburgh-based police procedurals starring DC Scott Cullen which have been compared favourably with Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, Christopher Brookmyre, Ed McBain, Elmore Leonard and Stuart MacBr...

  • Dyed in the Wool

    A Scott Cullen Mystery - 4

    "Rankin for the Xbox generation" Detective Constable Scott Cullen finds his professional and private lives at opposite ends of the spectrum. While his career is stagnating - impacted by the jockeying for position ahead of the Police Scotland restruct...

  • Shot Through the Heart

    Supernature - 1

    Mark Campbell, historian and author, is desperate to finish his new book on the infamous Highland Clearances when his researcher mysteriously disappears. Abandoning his depressed wife and new baby, Mark rushes to a remote Scottish village to investig...

  • Bottleneck

    A Scott Cullen Mystery - 5

    ‘Classic Scottish noir: bad food, bad moods, too much booze and tight plots’ @ey0k1, Twitter ‘The best yet’ Amazon five-star review Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Ed McBain and Christopher Brookmyre, Bottleneck sees the return of Acting Dete...

  • Snared

    Vicky Dodds -- single mother, commitment-phobe, Detective Sergeant -- is adding Dundee, Scotland to the Tartan Noir map. When a dog breeder in and around Dundee disappears, DS Dodds and her team are tasked with finding out who is behind the attac...

  • The Hope That Kills

    A DI Fenchurch Novel - 1

    The body of a young woman is found on the streets of East London, in the shadow of the City’s gleaming towers. No ID on her, just hard-earned cash. But there is no doubting the ferocity of the attack. DI Simon Fenchurch takes charge but, as his ...

  • Worth Killing for

    A DI Fenchurch Novel - 2

    On a busy London street, a young woman is attacked in broad daylight and left bleeding to death on the pavement. Among the eyewitnesses are DI Simon Fenchurch and his wife. Fenchurch pursues the attacker through a warren of backstreets and eventua...



  • What Doesn't Kill You

    A DI Fenchurch Novel - 3

    The body of a young City lawyer is discovered on an East London building site, assaulted and brutally murdered. Initial enquiries lead DI Simon Fenchurch to a driver employed by Travis, a controversial new app-based cab company. Within days another w...

  • In for the Kill

    A DI Fenchurch Novel - 4

    A university student is found strangled to death in her bedroom, but when the embattled DI Simon Fenchurch is called in to investigate, the case strikes dangerously close to home. On the surface, the victim was a popular, high-performing student. ...

  • Kill With Kindness

    A sadistic killer. An infamous victim. A crime that gets darker and darker… The body of a young woman is found in a London hotel room, the victim of a suspected poisoning. Called in to investigate, DI Simon Fenchurch soon discovers the case is f...

  • Tell Me Lies

    FBI special agent Max Carter is on the hunt â€" he’ll stop at nothing to catch a kidnapper with a taste for danger and a need for revenge. Fans of Lee Child and David Baldacci will be gripped by this heart-racing thriller from bestselling author Ed...

  • Senseless

    THREE MISSING PEOPLE... ONE TWISTED PREDATOR.'Chilling, highly original, and highly recommended.' Caz Frear, SWEET LITTLE LIES'Just when your heart rate is getting back to normal, SENSELESS smacks you in the face with another twist' JENNY BLACKHURST...

  • Gone in Seconds

    ‘Spectacular read. It had me on the edge of my seat and I just couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars A baby missing. A family in pieces. A shocking secret that can’t be told. Landon and J...

  • Flesh and Blood

    A body in a bunker. A killer back from the past. A daughter doubting her father.When a body turns up in a golf course bunker, covered in blood and sand, DS Vicky Dodds must switch from her usual Dundee patch to search for a murderer in her home town ...

  • Before She Wakes

    She opens her eyes and focuses on the room around her. Everything is in place, yet something isn’t right. She walks towards her daughter’s room, calling her name, as she does every morning. But this morning is different. This morning there is no ...

  • Blood & Guts

    Christmas Eve. A dead teenager, another missing. One hell of a case. Settling down for a nice Christmas Eve with her daughter and her best friend, a phone call pulls DS Vicky Dodds into work and to a deadly new case. A teenage girl, her&nbs...

  • Tooth and Claw

    Meet Vicky Dodds. Single mother, commitment-phobe, Detective Sergeant.The disappearance of a Dundee-based dog breeder sets DS Vicky Dodds and her team on a desperate hunt through the city and the surrounding Tayside.But soon other crimes are committe...



  • The Last Drop

    A dead student found in a bath. A missing killer, hiding more than her location.When the body of a postgraduate student is found in an ice-cold bath, DI Scott Cullen and his team must hunt for the flat's tenant.But she doesn't want to be found, hidin...

  • A Hill To Die On

    Is this the hill you want to die on?On her first night shift, Probationary PC Chloe Fenchurch discovers a dead body at the Tower Hill Memorial in East London. Dry as a bone, but drowned, hundreds of metres from the Thames. Worse, Chloe knows the vict...

  • The Turning of our Bones

    The Serial Killer he couldn't catch is dead...Can DI Rob Marshall save his last victim before she dies too?Met cop DI Rob Marshall is hot on the trail of the serial killer known as the Chameleon, who has abducted, tortured and killed a series of youn...

  • A Lonely Place of Dying

    The merciless snow of the Scottish Borders. A case that freezes the blood.Accustomed to the bustle of London, DI Rob Marshall finds himself confronted with the unforgiving Scottish winters he had long left behind. A gruesome discovery off the high ro...

  • Where the Bodies Lie

    A serial killer's secret grave. Another murderer's victims.The case that broke Rob Marshall crashes back into his life.Ten years ago, Marshall profiled a serial killer the press had dubbed the Shadow Man, who killed six young athletes at remote sites...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ed James has published 24 books.

Ed James does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Lonely Place of Dying, was published in July 2023.

The first book by Ed James, Ghost in the Machine, was published in April 2012.

Yes. Ed James has 3 series.
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