Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold Island | 2025 | Peter Colt | Buy |
| 2 | The Driftwood Bones | 2026 | Peter Colt | Buy |
The Detective Tommy Kelly series is Peter Colt’s second crime fiction series, following a New England detective through cases that test his skills and his patience. Cold Island (2025) opens the series, with The Driftwood Bones (2026) continuing Tommy’s story.
Colt brings the same attention to setting and character that readers know from his Andy Roark novels, but the police procedural format gives these books a different rhythm. Tommy Kelly works within the constraints of official law enforcement, which creates its own set of tensions and complications.