Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Huntsmen | 2021 | Tony J. Forder | Buy |
| 2 | The Predators | 2023 | Tony J. Forder | Buy |
The DS Royston Chase series is Tony J. Forder’s second detective series. The Huntsmen (2021) and The Predators (2023) follow DS Chase through cases that operate in a different register from the DI Bliss novels.
The Huntsmen introduces Chase as a detective investigating a case where the hunters become the hunted. The Predators picks up two years later with a new investigation that tests Chase’s instincts and resolve. Forder keeps the pacing tight in both books, with enough twists to hold attention.
Readers who know Forder from his DI Bliss series, which has run for several books, will notice a different tone here. The Royston Chase books are darker and more compressed. The two-book series can be read independently of the DI Bliss novels, though both are set in the same British crime fiction landscape.