Order of Denton Books

The Denton series by American author Kenneth Cameron presents historical mysteries centered on General Denton, a Civil War veteran and former sheriff who has relocated to London, England, where he pursues a career as a novelist at the turn of the century.

Cameron launched the Denton series in 2008 with The Frightened Man, and the series continues to this day. The books listed below follow their original publication sequence, which corresponds to their chronological timeline:

Series Overview: In The Frightened Man, the inaugural Denton novel by Kenneth M. Cameron, readers meet an American expatriate seeking to distance himself from a brutal past through his move to London. Yet anonymity proves elusive for someone recognized both as a writer of sinister fiction and as a man infamous for gunning down four individuals in the American frontier. Denton's quiet existence is disrupted when a panicked stranger arrives at his residence, convinced he's being hunted by Jack the Ripper. Initially dismissing the visitor as mentally unstable, Denton's perspective shifts when a young prostitute's corpse surfaces in the East End. Though law enforcement shows little interest in the case, Denton commits himself to tracking down the murderer—even upon learning he has become the killer's next intended victim.