Wall's End

Join Acting Detective Inspector Ryan Jarrod as he keeps friends and enemies close in his quest to discover a truth hidden behind a veil of police corruption.

When a young man is found dead in a disused and derelict community facility, a seemingly straightforward case of accidental overdose proves to be anything but.
The body is that of Liam Wall. Believed to have ties to a north London County Line drugs operation, Wall and Jarrod are unknown to each other - so how come the dead man has Jarrod's telephone number inked on his forearm?
Unravelling the threads which bind them together sees Jarrod join forces with the Met as they follow a trail of abuse left in the wake of a ruthless gang; a gang who, somehow, remain one step ahead of the enquiry.

Think of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with the gritty, urban twist of Ian Rankin and Peter James - that's the Ryan Jarrod series: explosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers.

What people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod series:
'Narrative so rich you can smell the Tyne'
'Crying out to be a TV series or motion picture!'
'Just when you think you've seen all the plot twists, another one comes along!'
'A Geordie Rebus'
'Colin Youngman has the uncanny knack of seamlessly blending fact with fiction. Another blinder of a novel'
'A real page-turner'
'A rollicking, edge-of-the-seat read.'

The Ryan Jarrod novels are standalone stories though are best enjoyed when read in sequential order.
Metro (Book 11)
Sand Dancer (Book 10)
The Graveyard Shift (Book 9)
Bones of Callaley (Book 8)
The Tower (Book 7)
Low Light (Book 6)
Operation Sage (Book 5)
High Level (Book 4)
The Lighthouse Keeper (Book 3)
The Girl On The Quay (Book 2)
The Angel Falls (Book 1)