Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Darkness | 2018 | Jim Kelly | Buy |
| 2 | The Mathematical Bridge | 2019 | Jim Kelly | Buy |
| 3 | The Night Raids | 2020 | Jim Kelly | Buy |
| 4 | The Cambridge Siren | 2025 | Jim Kelly | Buy |
The Nighthawk series takes Jim Kelly’s fenland settings back to the Second World War. Starting with The Great Darkness (2018), the four books follow investigations during wartime, when the flat landscape around Cambridge was full of military airfields, prisoner-of-war camps, and displaced people.
The wartime setting adds an extra layer of tension to Kelly’s trademark atmospheric mysteries, with blackouts, rationing, and military secrets complicating the detective work.