Hi! I’m Alex Smith, the author of the DCI Robert Kett novels, which to date include Paper Girls, Bad Dog, Three Little Pigs, Whip Crack, Run Rabbit Run, Stone Cold Dead, Every Mother’s Son, Sweet Briar Rose, Jaw Breaker, Knock Knock, King Rat, Knuckle Bones, Lucky Number Seven, Unholy Saints and Truly Madly Deadly—as well as the free novella Cry Baby. I’m also the author of the Softley Softley books and Six Days, Six Hours, Six Minutes, which are all set in the Robert Kett universe.
I also write books for children and teenagers under the name Alexander Gordon Smith, and you can check out my other site here!
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And whatever you do, don’t let DI Porter make the tea…
THE DCI ROBERT KETT THRILLERS
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Latest News
15th March 2024
Truly Madly Deadly is out on the 5th April!
I’ve managed to shift the release date for Truly Madly Deadly forward by a few weeks. It will now be released on the 5th April! I can’t wait to share this one with you. You can preorder it by clicking here!
It’s Valentine’s Day, and DCI Robert Kett and the Extreme Crime Task Force are preparing to join in the romantic celebrations when a shocking confession throws the city into chaos.
A man walks into the police station and admits to brutally murdering his wife, and he claims somebody else forced him to do it.
Nobody believes his story, but when two more innocent victims vanish, the blood-drenched evidence starts pointing to a killer who gets his kicks by putting devoted couples through an unimaginable trial of terror and torture—turning them against each other in the name of an unsettling local tradition.
Love may be in the air, but this Valentine’s Day it is death that stalks the streets.
EVERY MOTHER’S SON out on Audible!
I know quite a few of you have been waiting for this, and I am delighted to let you know that Every Mother’s Son is out now on Audible! Tim Bruce does an amazing job, as always. I really hope you enjoy it!
Find it here!
A free kett novella
DCI Robert Kett is about to have the worst day of his life.
The city is a Furnace, nine million people losing their minds in an unprecedented heatwave. Somebody is strangling young men on London's buses and trains, and Kett must find the killer before the capital descends into chaos.
But that’s not all he has to worry about. An old enemy is out for revenge, and with a price on his head, danger is everywhere.
London is burning, but if Kett’s not careful then it’s his life—and the lives of those he loves most—that's about to go up in flames…
Discover the events that led to PAPER GIRLS in this official DCI Kett Novella, free to read on BookFunnel.