Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shallow Waters | 2015 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 2 | Made To Be Broken | 2016 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 3 | Three Weeks Dead | 2016 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 4 | Fighting Monsters | 2018 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 5 | The Twisted Web | 2018 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 6 | Kill For Me | 2020 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 7 | A Deeper Song | 2020 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 8 | See No Evil | 2020 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 9 | Love Lies Bleeding | 2022 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
| 10 | The Broken Places | 2022 | Rebecca Bradley | Buy |
The D.I. Hannah Robbins series is Rebecca Bradley’s flagship work, spanning ten books published between 2015 and 2022. Hannah is a detective inspector in the British police force who handles serious crimes including murder, abduction, and organized violence. Each book presents a new case while building on Hannah’s ongoing personal and professional story.
Bradley writes from experience. As a retired detective, she brings authenticity to the procedural elements that form the backbone of each investigation. The squad room dynamics, the interview techniques, and the frustrations of cases that do not break cleanly all feel grounded in real police work. Shallow Waters established the series, and books like Kill For Me, See No Evil, and The Broken Places have kept the stakes high across the full run.
The series is at its strongest when it lets Hannah’s humanity show through the professional exterior. She is not a superhero detective but someone who carries the weight of difficult cases and makes mistakes. That realism, combined with Bradley’s insider knowledge of police procedure, gives the series its identity within the crowded British crime fiction market.