Murder on Oxford Lane (Book 1)

The peace of a Midlands village is disturbed when local businessman Harry Bowers doesn’t return from choir practice. More concerned than the man’s own wife, it would seem, investigating officer Detective Sergeant Sunita Roy becomes convinced he has met a sinister end.

      For there is no trace of the man – just a litany of evidence of an ailing marriage and a nose-diving business venture.

      In charge of her first serious case, DS Roy will struggle to win the respect of her colleagues – in particular, her Brummie boss, DCI Gavin Roscoe. All that while fighting off the approaches of an increasingly desperate suitor.

      Can DS Roy unravel the case and find what has happened to the tycoon? And is she tough enough to break down the defences and prejudices of Middle England?

The Crossbow Stalker (Book 2)

Midlands police chase a serial killer who inflicts death by the new urban weapon of choice.

      Given the targets seem enveloped in love affairs and deceitful liaisons, Chief Inspector Gavin Roscoe suspects a motive of jealousy and revenge. But as the number of victims increases, the connection between them wears thin.

      Is it really a broken heart holding the crossbow? And if it’s not some crazed Cupid, who has their finger on the trigger?

      Plucky Detective Sergeant Sunita Roy doesn’t think they are looking in the right places. Yet without evidence, her theory won’t hold water. With the help of valiant and besotted DI Tom Vickers, she’ll take considerable risks to hunt down the hunter.

      Following multiple leads, the duo will need to collar the right suspect, but nothing is quite what it seems in this exciting police procedural full of twists and turns.

A man and two women walking their dogs in woods are shocked to discover the dead body of a family doctor who has only just moved back to the Midlands from Kent to care for his ailing mother.

Heart of England Police are overwhelmed by the challenges of the case and the number of suspects.. 

Every time they come close to a breakthrough the police are thwarted . . . until a valuable piece of jewellery leads DS Roy onto the trail of the killer.

Out for Revenge (Book 4)

Drug baron Tadeusz Filipowski plans to expand his Midlands drug empire on his release from prison.

Among his detractors is a corrupt detective who has previously helped him stay one step ahead of the law.

When Filipowski is murdered, Heart of England Police face a demanding case. For so many had a grudge against the gangster. As police probe the world of the bent detective, it transpires someone has been plotting revenge. A revenge set to place the life of one of the Heart of England officers in peril.

Heir to Murder (Book 5)

A FURIOUS neighbour bursts into the Warwickshire home of peer’s son Miles Kenworth in a row over noise. He is shocked to find Mr Kenworth dead with an axe embedded in his skull amid the sound of blaring music.

Then, to his dismay, police arrive and the neighbour is promptly accused of the man’s murder.

These events form the opening chapters in Tony Bassett’s latest book, HEIR TO MURDER (available on Amazon as either an eBook or paperback).

This gripping novel is BOOK 5 in the Detectives Roy and Roscoe series, set in the West Midlands and was published in December 2023 by crime fiction specialists The Book Folks.

All five novels feature Detective Chief Inspector Gavin Roscoe, an experienced detective and family man, and his sergeant, law graduate and resourceful problem-solver Sunita Roy.

AFTER a ruthless gang raid the home of a Premier League soccer star, detectives find they have both a murder and a kidnap to contend with.

The player’s stepson, Marcel, is snatched as the gang ransack the family’s rented mansion near Worcester. Then his minder is shot dead in cold blood.

As heavy rains lash the West Midlands and river levels rise, the footballer and his wife are frantic with worry for their boy’s safety.

Can detectives – led by DCI Gavin Roscoe and DS Sunita Roy – trace the whereabouts of the missing teenager before it’s too late?

And can they track down the mastermind behind the crimes and put him behind bars, where he belongs?

IT NEVER RAINS is the sixth book in the detectives Roy and Roscoe crime fiction series by Tony Bassett. 

Glamorous Lydia Squires’ happiness is complete. A new job, a new home and a new boyfriend who has become the love of her life.

But her romantic dreams are shattered after a  candlelit meal on Valentine’s Night when she is brutally attacked.

As DCI Gavin Roscoe and DS Sunita Roy set out to track down the killer, they learn the managing director’s secretary was being pestered by a stalker. Could he have attacked her in a jealous rage? Was her death the result of a burglary gone wrong or were other, more ruthless forces at play?

It quickly becomes apparent that Lydia’s boyfriend is the son of a drug baron. But the detectives will have to be on the alert. The criminals are feared to have connections high up in the police.

Voices From The Dead (Book 8)