Hi there! I’m Alex Smith, the author of the DCI Robert Kett thrillers, which are now up to book twenty (I can barely believe it myself)! Until Death, the 20th Kett book, is out in September. You can preorder it here. The paperback and audio versions will be released in December by Canelo.
My brand-new series, starring DI Harrison Baird, is out now! You can read A Long-Dead Thing, Open Wounds and Mad Dogs, here.
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.
If you’d like to know anything about my books, feel free to get in touch, or sign up to my mailing list.
And whatever you do, don’t let DI Porter make the tea…
THE DCI ROBERT KETT THRILLERS
After his wife is kidnapped, Met detective Robert Kett moves his young daughters to Norwich hoping to find peace. What he gets instead is one of the darkest cases of his career… and a whole lot more.
The internationally bestselling series from award-winning author Alex Smith. Relentless action, compulsive mystery and side-splitting humour abound in the books that Thrilling Fiction calls "heart-stoppingly gripping!" from the author that James Patterson describes as "fresh and ferocious!" With nearly two million copies sold across the series. Start with Paper Girls and work your way through all twenty books!
NOTE: The books are being reissued by Canelo, which is why some of the covers look different!
Until Death is released on the 24th September!
THE DI HARRISON BAIRD THRILLERS
After botching a case in Aberdeen, rebellious policeman DI Harrison Baird is relocated to the quaint seaside town of Southwold. Gritty drama, compulsive mystery and belly laughs, starting with A Long-Dead Thing—oh, and DCI Kett is here too!
OUT NOW ON KINDLE, IN PAPERBACK, AND AS AUDIOBOOKS!
LATEST NEWS!
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Canelo Takes on DCI Kett!
03.09.2026
I am so excited to reveal a new deal with incredible publisher Canelo, who will be releasing all of the DCI Kett books in paperback and audio over the next year. Their new covers are fantastic, and I can’t wait to share them with you.
More information coming soon!
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Mad Dogs is Out in Audio!
01.09.2026
Mad Dogs is now available to listen to as an audiobook, narrated by the incredible lungs of Angus King. I absolutely love this book, it's one of my favourites, and Angus has done a wonderful job. Let me know what you think!
Available now from Audible (click the link below), but also from anywhere else you listen.