Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hope Road | 2011 | John Barlow | Buy |
| 2 | Father and Son | 2013 | John Barlow | Buy |
| 3 | The Communion of Saints | 2016 | John Barlow | Buy |
The LS9 series by John Barlow is a trilogy of crime thrillers set in the LS9 postcode area of Leeds, a working-class neighborhood in the east of the city. The books deal with drug crime, family loyalties, and the ways poverty and opportunity collide in urban England.
Hope Road (2011) introduces the setting and its characters, pulling readers into Leeds’s criminal networks. Father and Son (2013) deepens the family dynamics at the heart of the series, and The Communion of Saints (2016) brings the trilogy to a close. Barlow writes Leeds with the specificity of someone who knows the city well, and the LS9 postcode itself becomes as much a character as the people in it. The series will appeal to readers who enjoy British crime fiction grounded in a strong sense of place.