Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Himself | 2017 | Jess Kidd | Buy |
| 2 | Mr. Flood’s Last Resort / The Hoarder | 2018 | Jess Kidd | Buy |
| 3 | Things in Jars | 2019 | Jess Kidd | Buy |
| 4 | The Night Ship | 2022 | Jess Kidd | Buy |
Himself, Kidd’s 2017 debut, is set in a small Irish village where a young man named Mahony arrives to find out what happened to his mother years before. The novel unfolds with a cast of eccentric locals, a chorus of the dead who can only be seen by Mahony, and a slow accumulation of dark secrets. It was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards and longlisted for the John Creasey Dagger.
Mr. Flood’s Last Resort (published as The Hoarder in the UK) follows Maud Drennan, a care worker sent to manage a reclusive old man and his chaotic house full of cats. Things in Jars then moves to Victorian London, where female detective Bridie Devine investigates the kidnapping of a child with unusual abilities, accompanied by a ghost boxer who serves as her unlikely companion.
The Night Ship draws on the documented history of the 1629 wreck of the Dutch vessel Batavia off the coast of Western Australia, weaving together the story of nine-year-old Mayken aboard the doomed ship and, three centuries later, a boy named Gil sent to live on the very same island.