Lucky Devil 2026

The Yorkshire Ripper is dead.

Someone is finishing what he started.

On the 50th anniversary of Peter Sutcliffe’s first murder, a young woman is found in a Trentbridge churchyard. The injuries are a forensic match. And the killer, it turns out, is only just getting started.

He calls himself Jack. He sends cassette tapes to the press.

DI Will Gleeson has fourteen dates on a whiteboard and a killer who has studied every mistake West Yorkshire Police ever made. DCI Church is too busy protecting his career to notice the force is being played. And somewhere in Trentbridge, a quiet, unremarkable figure is already choosing the next name on the list — hiding in the most obvious place imaginable.

Because this killer hasn’t just inherited the Yorkshire Ripper’s methods.

He’s improved on them.

More twists and turns than a rollercoaster, with hammer blows you won’t see coming.

Lucky Devil is the tenth instalment in the acclaimed Trentbridge crime series — a dark, unflinching British crime thriller inspired by one of the most notorious cases in modern criminal history. Perfect for readers of Mark Billingham, Peter James, Mo Hayder, and LJ Ross.

Although some characters appear in various books, each one can be read as a standalone.