Bill James: 112 books

Set during an alternative version of 1938 with Bill James' trademark satirical take on events - England,1938. War looms, but the Prime minister's talks with Hitler in Munich seem to result in a pact of peace. Now Mount, a secret service officer, is sent on an undercover mission to Berlin. But with...

Part social satire, part police procedural, Bill James returns with the stunning prequel to Tip Top - In the drug-ridden Whitsun and Temperate housing estates a connection, once made, is only ever one thing: trouble. Trouble for the journalist whose investigation into the estates leads to his murder;...

The 24th novel in the Harpur & Iles series follows DCI Harpur into an illicit narcotics ring. There’s intrigue right from the start of this new entry in Bill James’s Harpur and Iles series: A houseful of paintings is stolen and the body of a finely dressed stranger is discovered. Villainous...

Bill James is on top form in this sharply satirical black comedy set behind the scenes at a museum George Lepage, the new Director of the Hulliborn Regional Museum and Gallery, has great hopes that his tenure in the post will be short and profitable. He has visions of early retirement, and...

"[Bill James'] strangely compelling series offers its own ample rewards."—Mystery Scene For years Panicking Ralph Ember and Mansel Shale have run profitable drugs empires in peaceful cooperation with each other, and ACC Iles will blind-eye their trade as long as it keeps violence...

The fifth title in the popular Harpur and Iles series. Sarah Iles' latest young lover, Ian Aston, and the seedy gangland club he frequents both possess the intense attraction of the forbidden. When one night at the Monty they witness a fatal knifing, they unwittingly learn far too much for...

Eleri ap Vaughan, Keith Vine's best dealer, has turned to other drugs wholesalers for her supplies. Now she has to die. For the threat of invasion by rival syndicates cannot be ignored, particularly as an elegantly dressed spy from London, nicknamed Lovely Mover, is in the area. Eleri's death must...

Con 'Tip Top' Bill James, maestro della «zona grigia» tra legge e crimine, crea una nuova coppia di detective, l’esperta Esther Davidson e la più giovane Sally Bithron, gallesi, entrambe con problemi di coppia alle spalle. Si trovano alle prese con un brutto imbroglio. Justin Tully, il più prezioso...

C’è aria tesa ai vertici di polizia dell’innominata città in cui Bill James ambienta i suoi polizieschi sociologici. Si discute se e come infiltrare nelle cosche della droga una giovane agente. Lo scontro è tra due politiche opposte: il Capo, l’insicuro e paranoico Lane, vorrebbe passare...

Drug dealer Ralph Ember stumbles on a ghastly surprise when he and sidekick Beau Derek arrive at the house of yachtsman Barney Coss, his bulk supplier. Barney and his two women have been savagely murdered and the murderers, three drug rivals from London, are still in the house. Beau dies quickly...

Un quartiere di edilizia popolare, un corriere della droga di 13 anni, una consegna da effettuare, un improvviso conflitto a fuoco tra bande rivali. Due soli testimoni disposti a parlare ma che non sono del quartiere. Frequentatore per eccellenza della Zona Grigia tra la legge e il delitto, Bill James...

“James, who may be one of Britain’s most underrated crime fiction writers, produces a shocker packed with menace and very black humor.” —Booklist, starred review   Britain, 1956. A young actress seemingly tries to commit suicide over a tangled love affair, but is taken to the hospital and...

Suspects in the fatal bludgeoning of lowlife Ian Aston include his criminal pals - and Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur's superior officer Desmond Iles, whose wife, Sarah, was having an affair with Aston. As Harpur appears to take Aston's place in Sarah's affections, local club owner...

Harpur and Iles juggle a new drug kingpin and a new chief in this hilarious police procedural from “the Elmore Leonard of Britain’s underworld” (Kirkus Reviews).   After his wife and son are gunned down in what appears to be a hit gone wrong, Local drug boss Mansel Shale turns to religion,...