Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only the Dead | 2016 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 2 | Hell’s Gate | 2016 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 3 | Flesh Evidence | 2016 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 4 | Game Point | 2017 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 5 | Dying Art | 2017 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 6 | Crossed Out | 2018 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 7 | The Third Breath | 2018 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 8 | Treble Clef | 2019 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 9 | Threadbare | 2020 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 10 | Fragments | 2021 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 11 | Uncertainty of Reason | 2021 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 12 | The Damascene Moment | 2022 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 13 | Trapped Secrets | 2023 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
| 14 | Past Promises | 2024 | DCI Cyril Bennett | Buy |
The DCI Cyril Bennett / Harrogate Crime series follows Detective Chief Inspector Cyril Bennett through fourteen cases in and around Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Written by RC Bridgestock, a husband-and-wife team with real police experience, the series started with Only the Dead in 2016. Each book brings a fresh murder or serious crime for Bennett to solve, with the procedural detail shaped by co-author Robert Bridgestock’s career as a detective.
The novels work best read in publication order, as Bennett’s character develops and relationships with colleagues evolve across the books. The Harrogate setting gives the series a strong sense of place, and the fourteen-book run offers plenty of material for readers who like to settle into a long-running procedural series.