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Bestselling crime author

Dark, atmospheric crime from the coasts and islands of Britain

Over four million copies sold. Dark, atmospheric crime thrillers with a touch of Scandinavian noir, set against some of the UK’s most rugged and beautiful landscapes.

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Life & Death

A Hidden Norfolk Novella

A troubled teenager is found strangled in a graveyard, laid to rest respectfully before a headstone. What secrets did she have… and who wanted them kept?

DI Tom Janssen has barely set foot in his childhood home since returning from London before he must unmask a brutal killer stalking coastal Norfolk.

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The series

A Long Time Dead, book one of The Misty Isle series

The Misty Isle

DI Duncan McAdam · Isle of Skye

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One Lost Soul, book one of the Hidden Norfolk series

Hidden Norfolk

DI Tom Janssen · North Norfolk coast

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Divided House, book one of the Dark Yorkshire series

Dark Yorkshire

DI Nathaniel Caslin · York

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Murder in the Cathedral, book one of The Lost Orkney series

The Lost Orkney

DI Jack McNaughton · Orkney · New for 2027

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Prefer a one-off? Try the standalone psychological thrillers Family Doctor and Homewrecker.

Author J M Dalgliesh

About Jason

Jason Dalgliesh is one of the Top 10 most-read authors on Amazon UK of the last decade, with over four million sales across the Hidden Norfolk, Dark Yorkshire and Misty Isle series.

In 2026 he signed with Penguin Random House imprint Transworld. A new series set on the Orkney Isles begins in 2027 with Murder in the Cathedral.

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