Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Grifter | 2021 | Sean Campbell | Buy |
Published in 2021, The Grifter marks a departure from Sean Campbell’s long-running DCI Morton procedural series. Rather than following a detective working a case, the book shifts perspective to explore deception from the inside, giving readers a closer look at how confidence tricks and manipulation work. It’s a change of register without being a change of quality.
For readers who’ve been through the Morton books and want more from Campbell, or for anyone looking for a crime thriller without a detective protagonist, The Grifter is an accessible standalone. It shares the series’ clean, efficient plotting and attention to the mechanics of crime, but trades the procedural frame for something more character-driven.