title: Peter Turnbull (author)
text: # Peter Turnbull (author)
  
  Peter John Turnbull was born 23 October 1950, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England), son of John Colin, an engineer, and Patricia Turnbull, a nurse. He attended Richmond College of Fine Arts; Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, B.A., 1974; University of Huddersfield, M.A.; Cardiff University, Wales, C.Q.S.W. (certificate in social work), 1978. Religion: Anglican. He worked as a government social worker at Strathclyde Regional Council, Glasgow, Scotland, from 1978-1995. He also worked as a steelworker and crematorium assistant in Sheffield and London, and has done social work in Brooklyn, NY, before becoming a full-time writer in 1995 and returning to his native Yorkshire, where he currently resides.
  
  ## Books
  
  He has produced books in 3 series, as well as other, non-series books.
  
  Glasgow P Division (set in Glasgow, Scotland)
  
  * Deep and Crisp and Even (1981) (finalist for the New Blood Dagger Award in 1981.)
  * Dead Knock (1982)
  * Fair Friday (1983)
  * Big Money (1984)
  * Two Way Cut (1988)
  * Condition Purple (1989)
  * And Did Murder Him (1991)
  * Long Day Monday (1992)
  * The Killing Floor (1994)
  * The Man With No Face (1998)
  
  Hennessey and Yellich (set in York, England)
  
  * Fear of Drowning (1999)
  * Deathtrap (2000)
  * Perils and Dangers (2001)
  * The Return (2001)
  * After the Flood (2002)
  * Dark Secrets (2002)
  * All Roads Leadeth (2003)
  * Treasure Trove (2003)
  * The Dance Master (2004)
  * Hopes and Fears (2004)
  * The Chill Factor (2005)
  * The Legacy (2005)
  * False Knight (2006)
  * Fire Burn (2006)
  * Chelsea Smile (2007)
  * Once a Biker (2007)
  * No Stone Unturned (2007)
  * Turning Point (2008)
  * Informed Consent (2009)
  * Deliver Us from Evil (2011)
  * Aftermath (2010)
  * The Altered Case (2012)
  * Gift Wrapped (2013)
  * A Dreadful Past (2016)
  
  Harry Vicary (set in London, England)
  
  * Improving the Silence (2009)
  * Deep Cover (2011)
  * The Garden Party (2012)
  * Denial of Murder (2014)
  * In Vino Veritas (2015)
  
  Maurice Mundy (set in London)
  
  * A Cold Case (2016)
  
  Other novels
  
  * The Claws of the Gryphon (1986)
  * The Justice Game (1990)
  * Embracing Skeletons (1996)
  * Reality Checkpoint (2004)
  * Sweet Humphrey (2005)
  * The Trophy Wife (2005)
  
  Non-fiction
  
  * The Killer Who Never Was (1996): About Jack the Ripper; says they were a series of unrelated murders.
  