Adam J. Wright Books In Order

Publication Order of Harbinger P.I. Books

Publication Order of Murder Force Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Adam J. Wright
Adam J. Wright writes crime and psychological thriller novels. He lives on England’s east coast with three cats and his partner in a house that is located somewhere near the Hellmouth.

Adam is a fan of most urban fantasy shows and novels, including Angel, The Originals, The Dresden Files, Buffy, Supernatural, Grimm, Moonlight, and Constantine, as well as thrillers and crime fiction.

“Dark Peak” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2017. Just how far would you go to protect a secret?

Mitch Walker was left for dead in the woods as his sister was getting kidnapped, some thirty years back. Now, circumstances pull him right back to the spot where she disappeared. He finds evidence connecting his sister to a number of girls whose disappearances are still a mystery. Mitch has to face the fact that she might have been a victim of this serial killer that is known as the Blackden Edge Murderer.

Elly Cooper, a bestselling author and former journalist, has been tasked by her agent to investigate these disappearances for a possible new book. She needs to figure out if the rumored Blackden Edge Murderer is more than merely an urban legend. It’s Elly’s last opportunity to get her failing career back on track and confront her personal demons.

However uncovering the secrets from the past can often have dangerous repercussions. Elly and Mitch are about to get drawn into a web of murder, deceit, and lies. A web which stretches on back forty years yet is still snaring its victims even today.

This story has so many turns and twists that it keeps you reading and right when you believe you know who did it, there’s another twist and another turn to throw you off.

“The Flat” is the second stand alone novel and was released in 2019. What do you when nobody believes you? Kate moves into the top floor of this rambling house on the coast hoping to begin a new life with Greg, her husband. After a pretty rough year, this move to the seaside town of Whitby is a fresh beginning, and an opportunity to forget about the past.

However Kate starts feeling that she is being watched constantly, even inside the walls of her new home. She sees a car leaving the house and driving onto the moors in the middle of the night and hears footsteps in the attic. The cops have been combing these moors for a missing woman’s body and Kate believes that she knows who may be responsible. However she has been in trouble for making fake accusations in the past so the cops won’t believe her this time around unless she can uncover some concrete evidence to back her claims up.

When she goes searching for this evidence, she finds that nothing is like it appears and the building that she lives in now hides a chilling secret.

“The Flat” is a riveting psychological thriller with a heart stopping twist. Get reading for gripping suspense and edge of your seat surprises.

“Eyes of the Wicked” is the first novel in the “Murder Force” series and was released in 2020. A new police force that tackles high profile crimes.

One bruised and bloodied girl runs out of the woods and right into the path of oncoming traffic. The cops are stunned to learn that she is a missing schoolgirl that they have been attempting to find for three weeks now. Traumatized by her ordeal, this girl is unable to tell them anything about what happened to her. A woman’s body is discovered crucified in a barn on the Yorkshire Moors. Evidence found at the scene of the crime connects her to the schoolgirl.

Detective Inspector Danica Summers, hot on the heels of a commendation for her work on a serial killer case, gets invited to join this elite task force specializing in the investigation of high profile crimes. Concerned that she has just been invited because she is good PR, Dani is desperate to prove that she is actually worth of her spot with the team.

As the case involving the missing schoolgirl and the murdered woman gets taken on by this newly formed Murder Force, she is touched by the vulnerability of the victims and is determined to capture this monster that ruined their lives. Her quest to find justice is going to take her right to the heart of darkness.

“Silence of the Bones” is the second novel in the “Murder Force” series and was released in 2020. One unsolved case from DCI Battle’s past comes back to haunt him when it appears that this killer from more than a decade ago has struck again.

Daisy Riddle disappeared 15 years back and Battle failed to keep his promise to bring her back home. Now, her corpse has been found. What happened to her, and where has she been this whole time?

Battle has to overcome his guilt in order to catch Daisy’s killer, which is a task which gets desperate when another girl gets taken.

“Remains of the Night” is the third novel in the “Murder Force” series and was released in 2021. A killer selecting random victims. A city on its knees. A detective being pushed to the breaking point.

This killer contacts the media claiming some responsibility for a series of seemingly unconnected killings with the promise of killing another victim every three days until he gets caught, the Murder Force is tasked with catching him before more lives can be taken.

“House of the Dead” is the fourth novel in the “Murder Force” series and was released in 2022. This mysterious flash drive arrives at the headquarters of the Murder Force, and the team gets unwittingly drawn into a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer that bears a grudge against one of its members.

A detective in danger, and a series of deadly traps. This will be Murder Force’s toughest case to date.

Readers found this novel to have very likable characters, and to have a realistic portrayal of police work.