Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nameless Night / Identity | 2008 | G.M. Ford | Buy |
| 2 | The Nature of the Beast | 2013 | G.M. Ford | Buy |
| 3 | Threshold | 2015 | G.M. Ford | Buy |
G.M. Ford published three standalone novels between 2008 and 2015, written alongside and after his Leo Waterman and Frank Corso series. Each book is self-contained and explores territory outside his two main series.
Nameless Night (2008), published as Identity in the UK, follows Paul Hardy, an amnesiac who has spent seven years in a group home after being found near death. A car accident triggers fragmented memories and sends him on a cross-country search for his past, which turns out to involve a sprawling government conspiracy. The Nature of the Beast (2013) is a tighter action thriller, while Threshold (2015) puts Seattle detective Mickey Dolan on the trail of a missing family with a secret that powerful people want kept hidden. Dolan is a cop dealing with the fallout of a messy divorce and brutality allegations, and the case forces him into moral territory he is not prepared for.
These standalones show Ford’s range as a crime writer. Where the Waterman books lean on humor and the Corso novels on journalism, these three books experiment with amnesia thrillers, conspiracy plots, and ethical dilemmas. Readers who have finished Ford’s series work will find these a natural next step.