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Harpur & Iles Series

36 primary works • 36 total works

Book 1

You'd Better Believe It
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3.55 · 109 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1985 · 10 editions
When one of his men is missing and two narcs are m…

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    Book 2

    The Lolita Man
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    3.71     · 87 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1987 · 11 editions
    Harpur matches wits with a deadly killer: the "Lol…

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    Book 3

    Halo Parade
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    4.03     · 60 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1987 · 9 editions
    “Crackling dialogue and seamy people race a no-hol…

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    Book 4

    Protezione
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    3.51     · 49 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1988 · 15 editions
    Il maestro dei maestri del poliziesco nero, quel J…

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    Book 5

    Come Clean
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    3.73     · 66 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1989 · 11 editions
    "Le Carré-like psychological ambiguities and fierc…

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    Book 6

    Take
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    3.80     · 35 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1990 · 6 editions
    Bill James's Come Clean , the fifth novel in his s…

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    Book 7

    Club
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    3.88     · 49 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1992 · 8 editions
    While trying to rescue a posh club owner from a ba…

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    Book 8

    Astride a Grave
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    3.90     · 42 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1995 · 6 editions
    A darkly comic mystery in which Chief Supt. Colin …

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    Book 9

    Gospel
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    4.03     · 39 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1992 · 7 editions
    Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur is a s…

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    Book 10

    Roses, Roses
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    3.96     · 69 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1991 · 2 editions
    The mystery series continues with the stabbing dea…

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    Book 11

    In Good Hands
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    3.81     · 47 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1994 · 6 editions
    “An unconventional and spicy tour de force. . . . …

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    Book 12

    The Detective Is Dead
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    3.80     · 50 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1995 · 11 editions
    THE DETECTIVE IS DEAD

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    Book 13

    Top Banana
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    3.96     · 50 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1996 · 15 editions
    Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur invest…

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    Book 14

    Panicking Ralph
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    3.96     · 55 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1998 · 11 editions
    Ralph Ember, the owner of the shady drinking club …

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    Book 15

    Lovely Mover
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    4.02     · 43 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1998 · 12 editions
    Up-and-coming drug lord Keith Vine likes the fine …

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    Book 16

    Eton Crop
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    3.65     · 46 Ratings · published 1999 · 11 editions
    In the latest gripping Harpur & Iles mystery, the …

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    Book 17

    Kill Me
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    3.74     · 34 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2000 · 10 editions
    "[A] terrific series.... Get these books; settle i…

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    Book 18

    Pay Days
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    4.11     · 28 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2001 · 11 editions
    A tale of fear, greed, and murder by "one of the k…

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    Book 19

    Naked at the Window
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    3.97     · 35 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2002 · 12 editions
    The latest dark suspense from "the Elmore Leonard …

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    Book 20

    The Girl with the Long Back
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    3.76     · 37 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2003 · 11 editions
    Harpur and Iles are back on the scene, and this ti…

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    Book 21

    Easy Streets
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    3.69     · 45 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2004 · 8 editions
    "A brilliant combination of almost Jacobean savage…

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    Book 22

    Wolves of Memory
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    3.71     · 35 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2005 · 10 editions
    "Savagely comic and expertly choreographed." ―The …

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    Book 23

    Girls
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    3.85     · 41 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2006 · 7 editions
    "[Bill James'] strangely compelling series offers …

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    Book 24

    Pix
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    3.90     · 39 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2007 · 7 editions
    DCI Harpur & his boss ACC Desmond Iles find their …

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    Book 25

    In the Absence of Iles
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    3.44     · 36 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2008 · 7 editions
    The 25th installment of the acclaimed Harpur & Ile…

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    Book 26

    Hotbed
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    3.54     · 26 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2009 · 11 editions
    Drugs barons Ember and Shale have co-existed peace…

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    Book 27

    I Am Gold
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    3.78     · 40 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2010 · 7 editions
    A street shooting leaves a mother and child dead o…

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    Book 28

    Vacuum
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    3.80     · 41 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2011 · 8 editions
    The brand-new Harpur and Iles police procedural fr…

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    Book 29

    Undercover
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    3.65     · 34 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2012 · 8 editions
    When Harpur and Iles are called in to investigate …

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    Book 30

    Play Dead
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    3.25     · 28 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    Harpur and Iles may have uncovered corruption, …

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    Book 31

    Disclosures
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    3.48     · 27 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and hi…

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    Book 32

    Blaze Away
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    3.37     · 27 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2015 · 5 editions
    Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur feels …

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    Book 33

    First Fix Your Alibi
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    3.64     · 36 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2016 · 5 editions
    When a major drugs dealer seeks vengeance for the …

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    Book 34

    Close
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    3.24     · 17 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 4 editions
    Harpur & Iles to uncover a trail of illegal art tr…

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    Book 35

    Hitmen I Have Known
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    3.93     · 28 Ratings · 11 Reviews · 4 editions
    Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself su…

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    Book 36

    Low Pastures
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    3.78     · 23 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2022 · 4 editions
    A well-dressed corpse found shot in the sand and g…

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