The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 10 books · 1999 to 2025 · Set in London

Tony Parsons

Crime and mysteryLiterary and generalPolice proceduralFamily and book club

DC Max Wolfe works murders out of West End Central in London while raising his daughter Scout with the help of their dog Stan. Before crime, Parsons wrote the Harry Silver novels about fatherhood, starting with Man and Boy.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. His other standalone novels and the short Max Wolfe e-book stories (Dead Time, Fresh Blood and Tell Him He’s Dead) are left out because they have no recurring cast or are not novels.

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Tony Parsons books in order

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Max Wolfe

7 books · Set in LondonPolice procedural
  1. 1The Murder Bag2014With Max WolfeBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Slaughter Man2015With Max WolfeBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Hanging Club2016With Max WolfeBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Die Last2017With Max WolfeBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Girl on Fire2018With Max WolfeBuy on Amazon
  6. 6#taken2019With Max WolfeBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Murder for Busy People2025With Max WolfeBuy on Amazon

Harry Silver

3 books · Set in LondonFamily and book club
  1. 1Man and Boy1999With Harry SilverBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Man and Wife2001With Harry SilverBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Men from the Boys2010With Harry SilverBuy on Amazon

Characters

10 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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Max Wolfe

Detective Constable in Homicide and Serious Crime at West End Central, and a single father

7 books · 2014 to 2025First appears in The Murder Bag
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