Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead on Demand | 2012 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 2 | Cleaver Square | 2013 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 3 | Ten Guilty Men | 2015 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 4 | The Patient Killer | 2016 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 5 | Missing Persons | 2017 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 6 | The Evolution of a Serial Killer | 2017 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 7 | Double Blind | 2018 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 8 | Christmas Can Be Murder: A DCI Morton Novella | 2019 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
| 9 | My Hands Are Tied | 2020 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
The Morton Crime Thrillers series runs from Dead on Demand (2012) to My Hands Are Tied (2020), tracking DCI Morton through nine investigations across London. The series does what the best procedurals do: it builds a credible detective with real weight to him, then puts him through cases that test both his methods and his character. The books are well-plotted and move at a pace that makes them hard to put down without feeling rushed.
Among the highlights of the series are Ten Guilty Men (2015), which plays with legal and moral guilt in interesting ways, and The Evolution of a Serial Killer (2017), which takes a psychological angle on crime. The Christmas novella (Christmas Can Be Murder, 2019) is a lighter interlude, but it fits the series without feeling like filler. My Hands Are Tied (2020) closes the sequence with Morton in a genuinely difficult situation.
Readers who enjoy London-set crime fiction with a strong central detective, consistent quality across a long run, and cases that don’t shy away from dark material will find the Morton series satisfying from start to finish. Starting with Dead on Demand is strongly recommended.