Jay Nadal Books In Order

Publication Order of DI Karen Heath Books

Publication Order of DI Scott Baker Books

Publication Order of Lori Turner Books

Publication Order of Thomas Cade Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Jay Nadal
Jay Nadal has always had a strong passion for crime series, whodunnits, and books in general. The more that he immersed himself in it, the stronger his fascination grew.

In his spare time, he can be found in the gym, taking walks in the forest, reading, binge watching something on Netflix.

He’s also an avid people watcher, he just loves watching people, their mannerisms, and their way of expressing their thoughts. He could spend hours doing it. He finds it funny since watching people often gives him insights and inspiration for describing human interaction in his books.

“Time to Die” is the first novel in the “DI Scott Baker” series and was released in 2016. They believed they were done with the past, however it’s not done with them. This local criminal is killed savagely, and then another one. While the body count grows, DI Scott Baker and his team get caught in this race against time while they hunt for a serial murderer who’s both deeply disturbed and methodical.

Their investigation quickly reveals that all of the victims are connected to this horrible crime that occurred years back. Somebody’s looking to get payback, and they will not quit until everybody involved is dead, having been executed in the most brutal of ways.

Scott realizes that he is sitting on a time bomb, since he’s under relentless pressure from this mysterious assassin, Brighton’s criminal underworld threatens to blow up, bringing chaos to the city’s streets.

While the murders continue to get more savage, can Scott possibly find this killer before anybody else meets their horrific death?

“The Stolen Girls” is the second novel in the “DI Scott Baker” series and was released in 2016. This girl’s body washes up onto the beach. She needed to be silenced. However what secrets could she have taken with her to her watery grave? Secrets that were so dark that she had to be eliminated.

DI Baker and his team get thrown head first into their toughest case yet. What could this girl have known that led to her slow, violent, and painful death? While digging deeper, this evidence emerges about an organized trafficking and teen prostitution ring, where there are girls being used as commodities, with their childhoods being erased and their futures are uncertain.

The sudden death of a devoted wife and loving mom complicates this case. Could there be a connection or is this just a tragic random murder? The investigation rocks this team to their core. Emotions quickly run high while they uncover a sick, dark, and twisted web of human depravity which causes Scott to question the very notion of justice. He faces his own demons while the case stirs some deep-seated grief which he fights hard to contain. Old memories are racing to the surface making him face his tough past and look ahead to the future.

It’s now a race against the clock, can he save these girls from an unknown future of human slavery that offers a single outcome: their eventual deaths.

“The Lies They Told” is the first novel in the “DI Karen Heath” series and was released in 2019. If you thought that you got away with it, then think again.

When this notorious criminal is discovered dead in his own home, the victim of a bloody and brutal attack, DI Karen Heath gets called back from her suspension to solve this case. However with her Met police superiors watching every move that she makes, and with a few hoping she will fail, she cannot afford to make mistakes, no matter where this investigation takes her.

Another vengeful murder comes to light, it becomes obvious that there is something much more sinister going on here. Karen finds she’s racing against time to track down this murderer that is dangerous, bold, and unrelenting.

“Last One Alive” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2019. Her survival is gonna break her. His disappearance was not just an accident. This town harbors dark secrets and people that would do anything to keep the past hidden.

Amy’s life will soon change. When Aaron, her husband, goes missing while he’s fishing on Lake Payton, Amy wants to believe that her husband is still alive. However when his fishing gear and boat are found drifting, and the search fails to locate him, she begins a search of her own.

The unsettling finds mount, and the horror intensifies while she strays even further into the wilderness. She starts believing that she is not all alone in the forest, and that there was much more to Aaron’s going missing. However by then, it is far too late to escape.

She is trapped. With this killer not in much of a hurry to eliminate her, he plays this waiting game. Teasing and tormenting her, before he breaks her. One thing is for sure: she has learnt how to survive, and she will never quit fighting. However is it going to be enough?

You’re going to think twice about vacationing in the wilderness.

“Close to the Edge” is the first novel in the “Thomas Cade” series and was released in 2021. Grief may change its shape, but it never does end. It’s something that has never sat well with Thomas Cade, a seasoned Houston PD cop. He’s a beat officer, someone that lives from one day to the next, drinking at night, keeping his head down and just hopes that tomorrow’s going to be a better day.

Since his daughter died, the experience left his marriage in ruins, with his mind in turmoil and a city cop living on the edge of sanity. Having been paired up with this new partner that comes with a shadowy past of his own, so they start off on the wrong footing. The guy wants to know more about Cade, however Cade stonewalls him.

Cade knows the streets in his district just like the back of his hand, and one ordinary day of patrolling his beat gets personal once he responds to this domestic disturbance call. Neither of these officers expected this routine call to take a dangerous turn until Cade walks into this domestic dispute and finds that he’s fighting to save a child’s life.