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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2017
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

DC Jake Tanner

0.5 - A Deadly Vice (May-2021)
1 - The Conspiracy (Oct-2020)
2 - The Community (Oct-2020)
3 - The Confession (Oct-2020)
4 - The Cadre (Sep-2021)
5 - The Company (Jan-2022)
6 - The Cabal (May-2022)
7 - Past the Line (May-2023)

A Detective Jake Tanner Thriller

0.5 - An Unlikely Betrayal (Aug-2017)
1 - Standstill (Jan-2018)
1.5 - The Red Viper (Sep-2018)
2 - Floor 68 (May-2019)

DS Tomek Bowen

1 - Death's Justice (Aug-2023)
2 - Death's Grip (Oct-2023)
3 - Death’s Touch (Nov-2023)
4 - Death’s Kiss (Jan-2024)
5 - Death’s Taste (Apr-2024)
6 - Death’s Angel (Jul-2024)
7 - Death’s Saviour (Oct-2024)
8 - Death’s Breath (Mar-2025)

Book List in Order: 25 titles



  • DescriptionWhen a highly successful barrister and their family are mysteriously killed in their London home, Detective Jake Tanner is unexpectedly called to the scene. Inexperienced and out of his depth - and away from his desk - Jake soon learns the...



  • TERRORISM JUST GOT PERSONAL. 


    In the oppressive London summer heat, two brothers orchestrate the deadliest terror attack the city has ever seen. Three airport-bound trains are brought to a standstill with thousands held hosta...



  • Jake Tanner is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    When a routine bank visit goes horribly wrong, Jake and his girlfriend, Elizabeth, are caught in the midst of an armed robbery.

    The criminals? They call th...



  • A deadly virus. A crusading scientist. A traumatised detective with one chance to save billions of lives...

    Jake Tanner is tormented by memories of the people he's failed to save. Hoping to give his spinning mind a break, the detective treat...



  • A killer lurking on the Dark Web, waiting to steal the light from his victims.When a young couple is found savagely murdered in the basement of their London art gallery, their bodies cleaned and dismembered, and the word LIAR inscribed on the woman's...



  • DC Jake Tanner thought he'd put the turmoil of the case that nearly killed him behind him. He was wrong.When Danny Cipriano's body is discovered buried in a concrete tomb, Jake's wounds are reopened. But one thing quickly becomes clear. The former le...



  • Jake Tanner, a trainee Detective Constable with Surrey CID, is looking to make an impression on his first day.But when a body is found in the aftermath of a robbery by masked gunmen, he finds himself propelled into a case that's every bit as personal...



  • There's no fate worse than inheriting a dead man's debt. Jake Tanner, a trainee detective constable with Croydon CID, is eager to impress his bosses. So when a body is found face-down in the city's farmlands, head crushed, split in two, Jake jumps at...



  • A gangland boss. A modern-day crucifixion. A teenager who caught it all on camera. Henry Matheson owns the drug trade in East London. To his competitors, he's feared. To his customers, he's God. To the police, he's untouchable. But when the smoulderi...






  • A detective in financial ruinA deadly human trafficking networkOne man orchestrating it allMonths have passed since Henry Matheson, one of east London's most dangerous criminals, was arrested. Since then DC Jake Tanner and the team at Stratford CID h...



  • Sometimes the darkest evils hide in plain sightEveryone thought The Cabal was dead, his empire decimated.But when Rupert Haversham, lawyer to the city's criminal underworld, is found brutally murdered in his London home, it becomes apparent to Jake T...



  • A gangland boss. A fiery crucifixion. A teenager who caught it all on camera. Henry Matheson owns the drug trade in East London. To his competitors, he's feared. To his customers, he's God. To the police, he's untouchable. But when the smouldering re...



  • A detective in financial ruin. A deadly human trafficking network. One man orchestrating it all. Months have passed since Henry Matheson, one of east London's most dangerous criminals, was arrested. Since then DC Jake Tanner and the team at Stratford...



  • The owner of a jewellery store has been kidnapped. The people responsible are known as The Crimsons, an organised crime group the police have been hunting for years. A deadly collar bomb has been attached to her neck. To save her, DC Jake Tanner, on ...



  • Dead men can't speak. When Danny Cipriano's body is discovered buried in a concrete tomb at the London Olympic Stadium, one thing becomes clear: the former leader of The Crimsons knew too much. And somebody wanted him silenced. For good. Only problem...



  • On the dark web, nobody can hear you screamInside a London art gallery, a young couple are brutally murdered in a chilling tableau: their bodies dismember, the word liar visibly inscribed on the woman's chest.DC Jake Tanner, still suffering from the ...



  • Sometimes the darkest evils hide in plain sight The Cabal is dead, his corrupt empire decimated. But when Rupert Haversham, lawyer to the city's criminal underworld, is found brutally murdered in his London home, it becomes apparent to Jake Tanner th...



  • Southend-on-Sea, Detective Sergeant Tomek Bowen -- driven, dogged, and haunted by the death of his brother -- is called to one of the most shocking crime scenes he has ever seen. A man has been ritualistically murdered and dumped in an allotment ...



  • Every family has its secrets... Annabelle Lake thought she recognised the Ford Fiesta waiting outside her school, and the driver in it. She was wrong. Her body is discovered some time later, dangling from a swing in a local playground on Canvey I...






  • When the fog clears one December morning in Essex, the body of a teenage girl is discovered lying face down in a field. The victim, Lily Monteith, was murdered in a peculiar and unique way -- so unique that it could have only happened to her. As a ...



  • darkest secrets never stay secret for long… When the body of a homeless man is discovered on Southend seafront, wedged between the beach huts of Thorpe Bay, the people of Essex don’t raise an eyebrow. But when the post-mortem reveals the i...



  • On a windy and blistering cold morning, Morgana Usyk, owner of one of DS Tomek Bowen’s favourite haunts, Morgana’s Café, visits Mulberry Harbour a little over a mile out to sea. A short while later, her body is found in the shallows, floating...



  • Every angel deserves their wings… When flight attendant Angelica Whitaker is reported missing after a night out at one of the most popular nightclubs in Southend, the case is handed to DS Tomek Bowen for the first time in his career. As soon ...



  • During the middle of a storm, a local radio DJ is savagely murdered in his Essex mansion. When the clouds and rain clear the following morning, DS Tomek Bowen and his team discover a crime scene reminiscent of something from the history books. The...



  • Mersea Island. Over 2,500 acres of farmland, marshland, and several caravan parks. Usually, it is home to 7,000 people. But for the August Bank Holiday weekend, it is home to two more DS Tomek Bowen and his daughter, Kasia, looking to make the most o...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jack Probyn has published 25 books.

The next book by Jack Probyn, Death’s Breath, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Jack Probyn, An Unlikely Betrayal, was published in August 2017.

Yes. Jack Probyn has 3 series.