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Over 2000 pages of dark, gritty British crime fiction. Gripping, twisty and impossible to forget. Discover why readers are hooked on Detective Stewart Gardener. Yorkshire’s finest. The series has 1000s of five-star reviews.
Leeds, West Yorkshire — a city haunted by shadows and secrets. In the quiet of the night or the crush of the crowd, death comes without warning — and no one sees it coming.
Detective Inspector Stewart Gardener is no stranger to horror. His wife’s murder still scars him. But when bodies start turning up in grotesque, inexplicable circumstances, even Gardener’s hardened team are shaken. A man reduced to a skin-sack. A killer who vanishes into fog. A message etched into flesh. Nothing is as it seems — and no one is safe.
With his loyal partner DS Sean Reilly, Gardener must navigate a city where corruption runs deep, and every clue only tightens the noose. Each case pushes him closer to a truth he may not survive. Because this killer isn’t just clever — he’s watching.
BRILLIANTLY PLOTTED AND DISTURBINGLY INVENTIVE, THIS ADDICTIVE SERIES WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT. FANS OF STUART MACBRIDE, ANGELA MARSONS, AND JAMES OSWALD WON’T BE ABLE TO STOP TURNING THE PAGES.
THE SETTING
The series unfolds across the gritty streets and shadowy corners of Leeds and its surrounding towns, but many of the darkest cases lead into the windswept moorlands, abandoned quarries, and isolated villages of Yorkshire. From the fog-drenched paths of Ilkley Moor to the crumbling stone walls near Burley in Wharfedale, the landscape is as much a character as the detectives themselves — bleak, brooding, and soaked in secrets.
Books included:
- Impurity
- Imperfection
- Implant
- Impression
- Imposition
- Imposture
- Impassive
- Impious
- Implication
Perfect for fans of gritty police procedurals with a psychological edge.
DETECTIVE PROFILE: DI STEWART GARDENER
DI Stewart Gardener is a seasoned, sharp-witted Leeds detective with a personal tragedy that fuels his relentless pursuit of justice. Haunted by the murder of his wife, he throws himself into his work with obsessive dedication. Calm under pressure and fiercely intelligent, Gardener combines traditional gut instinct with a deep understanding of the darkest corners of human nature.
Though grief has left him scarred, he is loyal to his team and quietly protective of the vulnerable. With his distinctive grey Australian leather hat — a gift from his late wife — and a no-nonsense approach to policing, Gardener is respected by colleagues and feared by killers.
DETECTIVE SERGEANT SEAN REILLY
DS Sean Reilly is Gardener’s closest ally — a 6'6" Ulsterman with a sharp tongue, a loyal heart, and a bone-deep sense of justice. With long, scruffy brown hair and probing brown eyes, Reilly has a no-nonsense presence and a healthy scepticism that makes him an excellent interrogator. His methods are direct, occasionally aggressive, but always effective.
Together, they make an unshakeable team: intellect and instinct, head and heart, fighting for truth in the darkest corners of Leeds.