David J. Gatward

Edinburgh has Rebus. The Highlands have Logan. Now Yorkshire has Grimm ... Welcome to Wensleydale, where the cheese is famous, the scenery beautiful, and the locals have murder on their minds … Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is forced to take leave from Bristol’s Major Investigations...

When Harry and Grace decide to marry in a quiet joint ceremony with Ben and Liz, they expect little more than to sign the register and share a bottle of champagne. But in Hawes, nothing important stays small for long. A stag do is arranged. Bunting is strung.

Gordy Haig is looking forward to a few days of rest, but her peace is shattered when the mutilated body of a local hedgelayer is discovered in a Somerset field on the day of the spring equinox.

When a book launch party turns murderous, can he capture a killer before they escape justice? DCI Harry Grimm has a sneaking suspicion the bleak Yorkshire Dales are growing on him. Though shadows from his big-city past still loom, he's finding his place among the quirky townsfolk and their...

A vanished couple. A disoriented treasure hunter. A body with suspicious injuries. Harry Grimm is starting to feel like a local – almost. But when his quiet happiness is interrupted by a confused eighty-year-old detectorist claiming to have seen Medieval knights fighting in a nearby ruined...

A tragic farm accident… or so it seems. Can this former big-city detective defeat the human monsters lurking in the Yorkshire Dales? DCI Harry Grimm’s happy emotions are confusing the hell out of him. Enjoying the company of his new girlfriend and furry black dog, the usually gruff detective...

A mysterious red sports car. A bloodied animal corpse. He's caught the scent of a brutal crime, and he won't stop until it's solved. DCI Harry Grimm is weary of humanity's evil. Dragged to the middle of nowhere during the darkest of hours, he’s enraged by grisly evidence of a horrific illegal...

Christmas in Wensleydale is just around the corner, and a beautiful blanket of snow covers the fells. But then a blizzard hits, and everyone knows that a white Christmas in the Dales spells danger for farmers and remote communities.

Trouble in the Dales. A brutal gang of poachers. When one of the unsavories is killed, can a DCI stop a river of revenge from overflowing with blood? Detective Harry Grimm is reaching another milestone in the Dales. As he completes the purchase of his new house, his plans for moving in are...

DCI Harry Grimm is still grappling with the Yorkshire Dales custom of eating cheese with cake. But the seasoned big-city cop has more than enough experience getting pulled out of bed in the middle of the night for the grisliest crimes....

Are you ready for another darkly thrilling case for DCI Harry Grimm and the team?

Victims lost after a storm sweeps the moors. A distracting flood of fans and journalists. Is he tracking down a tragic accident or gruesome murder? Harry Grimm views change with a wary eye. But as the usually steadfast boss struggles with upheavals among his team, he answers a call about a...

North Yorkshire, England. Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is reluctantly easing into life in the dales. As he gradually acclimatizes to the slower pace of the countryside while he awaits a return to the city, he's called out to inspect a farmer's crushed body.

"A murderous puzzle. A compromised crime scene. One DCI whose determination to nail the killer could cost him his life … Detective Harry Grimm can’t catch a break. When his much-needed vacation is interrupted by a call reporting a decomposed corpse, he races home to examine the gruesome...

Is the body found hanging from the arches of Appersett Viaduct a case of suicide or murder?

A murder game. A real dead body. Can he help a friend through a torrent of danger? DCI Harry Grimm smells trouble brewing. As the chief inspector and his team prepare for a harsh winter storm, a call comes in from an old pal that a remote PI training session in the Dales he is attending has...

When a grave is desecrated and a ghostly figure appears in a quiet Somerset market town, DI Gordanian Haig must separate truth from superstition—before another life is lost.

Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm has the keys to hope. Excited but nervous over claiming his new house, he’s tying himself even tighter to his adopted community....

The next thrilling instalment in the DCI Harry Grimm crime thrillers series...

The second book in the thrilling new DI Haig crime series, by best-selling author David J. Gatward.