Book One available now · New titles coming October 2026
If your idea of the best crime series combines political murder, forensic psychology and real London settings, follow Kiwi, Kath Adrian and Luc De Peyrac through complete cases with a continuing story.
Find the right series for you
There is no honest universal number one: the best series depends on the kind of investigation you want to enter. Readers who prefer cosy village puzzles, historical detection or serial-killer horror will make different choices.
KIWI Saga is for readers seeking a contemporary British political mystery with a psychological edge. Each book closes its central case while the investigators, their methods and the consequences continue. It is a new independent series worth discovering if you enjoy evidence, institutions and London itself shaping the mystery.
About the series
KIWI Saga is the political crime mystery series by J.B. Ashford. Its central investigator is Kiwi, a New Zealand forensic psychologist who examines not only what happened, but how institutions and influential people shape the meaning placed around evidence.
Kiwi works alongside Detective Inspector Kath Adrian and Luc De Peyrac. Each novel presents a complete investigation while their relationships, methods and unresolved questions continue across the series.
London is part of the evidence. Westminster, Hounslow, Isleworth, Brentford and Richmond are not decorative backdrops: their streets, waterways, public institutions and hidden connections help determine what can be seen—and what can remain concealed.
Reading order
Each novel presents a complete investigation while continuing the relationships between Kiwi, Kath Adrian and Luc De Peyrac.
NEW RELEASE · BOOK ONE
Power. Money. Murder. A British political mystery inspired by the atmosphere of British headlines. Kiwi looks beyond an apparently solved Westminster killing to distinguish the killer from the person who constructed the outcome.
AVAILABLE 1 OCTOBER 2026 · BOOK TWO
A death inside a West London treatment works draws Kath Adrian, Kiwi and Luc De Peyrac into a mystery of environmental responsibility, private relationships and public assurance.
Also from the KIWI World Saga
Luc De Peyrac follows four fatal warning trails through unsafe products, vanished reports and successor listings in a fictional global marketplace.
AVAILABLE 31 OCTOBER 2026 · A DE PEYRAC STORY
The listing is still live. The buyer isn't.
Four deaths. Four products. One marketplace that insists it sold none of them. A British product-safety thriller about unsafe online listings, missing warnings and the systems that make responsibility disappear.
What connects the books
THE INVESTIGATOR
A New Zealand forensic psychologist who examines not only what happened, but how people were persuaded to accept its meaning.
THE SETTING
Westminster, Hounslow, Isleworth, Brentford and Richmond are not decorative backdrops. Their public institutions, waterways and streets shape each investigation.
THE QUESTION
The obvious suspect may have committed the act. The KIWI Saga mysteries ask who supplied the opportunity, the story and the system around it.