DS Peter Gayle books in order

The DS Peter Gayle series by Jack Slater is an eighteen-book British police procedural following detective DS Peter Gayle, published between 2017 and 2026.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Nowhere to Run 2017 Jack Slater Buy
2 No Place to Hide 2017 Jack Slater Buy
3 No Way Home 2017 Jack Slater Buy
4 No Going Back 2018 Jack Slater Buy
5 No Middle Ground 2018 Jack Slater Buy
6 No Safe Place 2019 Jack Slater Buy
7 No Compromise 2019 Jack Slater Buy
8 Nowhere to Run - The Dark Side 2020 Jack Slater Buy
9 No Compassion 2020 Jack Slater Buy
10 No Stone Unturned 2020 Jack Slater Buy
11 No Good Deed 2021 Jack Slater Buy
12 No Fair Hearing 2022 Jack Slater Buy
13 No Fear of Consequences 2022 Jack Slater Buy
14 No More Than Bones 2023 Jack Slater Buy
15 No Second Chance 2023 Jack Slater Buy
16 No Limit To Evil 2024 Jack Slater Buy
17 No Sense of Guilt 2025 Jack Slater Buy
18 No Trace Remains 2026 Jack Slater Buy

DS Peter Gayle is Jack Slater’s longest-running character, starring in 18 police procedurals since 2017. The series follows a British detective through increasingly complex cases, with each title beginning with “No” as a running convention.

Starting with Nowhere to Run, No Place to Hide, and No Way Home, the series has maintained a steady pace of releases. Recent entries include No Limit To Evil (2024), No Sense of Guilt (2025), and No Trace Remains (2026). The books have built a loyal readership among fans of British crime fiction who appreciate a reliable protagonist and procedural plotting.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the DS Peter Gayle series?

There are eighteen books in the DS Peter Gayle series, published between 2017 and 2026.

What is the first book in the DS Peter Gayle series?

The first book in the DS Peter Gayle series is Nowhere to Run, published in 2017.

What is distinctive about the DS Peter Gayle series?

Every book title in the series starts with No, from Nowhere to Run and No Place to Hide through to No Trace Remains. This consistent naming pattern has become a signature of the series across all 18 books.

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