There are 16 books in the Hidden Norfolk series. The newest book is When Death Calls which came out in 2025.

The darkest secrets often hide in plain sight…

When a body is found on a lonely cliff top path, the angelic face of a murdered teenager lies facing the rising sun. Strangled by the hands of an unknown killer, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his fledgling team to…

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Bury Your Past

Book cover of Bury Your Past
A secret worth dying for is a secret worth killing...


When a violent storm uncovers the remains of an unknown young woman, long buried among the sand dunes, DI Tom Janssen must piece together fragmentary evidence to determine how she came to be there.


In the years she lay undiscovered…

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Kill Our Sins

Book cover of Kill Our Sins
What would you do to keep your past a secret?


When the mutilated remains of a woman are retrieved by local fisherman, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his team to identify how she came to be in the water and what put her there. Joined on the case…

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Tell No Tales

Book cover of Tell No Tales
In a world of lies, one truth remains. Dead men tell no tales...

When the body of an unidentified man is found at the foot of Sheringham cliffs with injuries inconsistent with a fall, DI Tom Janssen must piece together his final days to determine how he fell to his…

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Hear No Evil

Book cover of Hear No Evil
When the bonds of brotherhood are strained, who do you turn to?


The celebration of the Viking Festival of Scira ensures that thousands descend annually on the small coastal town of Sheringham, but when one man dies amidst the grand finale, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his team…

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The Dead Call

Book cover of The Dead Call
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time...


When a woman's body is found in the sea at Blakeney Point with a single blow to the head, DI Tom Janssen and his team must work out who wanted her dead and why? What would drive someone…

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Kill Them Cold

Book cover of Kill Them Cold

One lie requires commitment... Multiple lies require dedication...


When the remains of a young woman are discovered near to Branodunum, a Roman archaeological site on the Norfolk coast, DI Tom Janssen and his team must work to discover who she was and how she came to be buried there.

The…

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A Dark Sin

Book cover of A Dark Sin
Our darkest secrets are best left buried...

When a local journalist is found dead in an isolated spot on Roydon Common, lying beneath a hangman's noose on the anniversary of a teenager's suicide, DI Tom Janssen is asked to take on the investigation as a favour to local colleagues and…

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To Die For

Book cover of To Die For
What line would you cross for the one you love?


When the body of a man is found dead in his remote, isolated home, DI Tom Janssen and his team struggle to understand what motive there could be to murder such an inoffensive, seemingly placid local character.


The man lived…

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Fool Me Twice

Book cover of Fool Me Twice

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool Me Twice, shame on me...


When the body of a high-profile, semi-retired barrister is found brutally murdered at his Norfolk home, DI Tom Janssen and the team must work to uncover who killed him and why.


With a glittering career, spanning several decades…

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The Raven Song

The Raven Song
One song for the dying... sung by the dead...


When the body of a young woman is discovered at the home she shared with her disabled daughter, DI Tom Janssen and his team must investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.


The woman was a single mother, well regarded and popular…

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Angel of Death

Angel of Death

An innocent man has everything to fear...


When the partial remains of a young woman are unearthed during a violent storm, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his team to discover her identity and what brought her there.


A man is released from prison having been the apparent victim…

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Dead To Me

Book cover of Dead To Me
Let go of your past... or it will be the death of you...

When a man's body is discovered crammed into the boot of an abandoned car in a remote location, DI Tom Janssen and his team must unpick his life to find out how he came to be there.…

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Blood Runs Cold

Book cover of Blood Runs Cold
Believe in nothing... and kill for something...


When a man's dismembered body is discovered at an abandoned quarry on the north Norfolk coast, DI Tom Janssen and his team must wade through his secretive life to figure out how he met his end.


The victim was a quiet man, well…

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Watch and Prey

Watch and Prey
You can hide, but you can't run...

When the body of a church warden is discovered hanging from the belfry of a village church, DI Tom Janssen and his team must investigate the circumstances that led to his death.

Whilst navigating the fallout from the conclusion of their previous case,…

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When Death Calls

When Death Calls
Blood is thicker than water... and runs just as freely...

When the body of a man is discovered face down one morning in the swimming pool of his upmarket family home, the team wonder if it is the result of a tragic accident or serious foul play.

DI Tom Janssen…