Bonus content for VIP fans of DCI Harry Grimm. Thrilling mysteries set in the spectacular landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.
These short stories are available to download for free. They’re available at the back of the DCI Grimm books and I have also sent them out to subscribers in my newsletter. If you missed any of them, then you can find them all here!
Spoiler Warning: Be sure to read the descriptions, though, because some of them should only be read after you’ve reached a certain point in the series (no one wants to stumble across a spoiler by accident).
You’ve probably read this one already. It’s the classic tale of how a young Corporal Harry Grimm came to leave the Paratroopers and join the police force. Put simply, it’s Harry’s origin story (to borrow a term from the Marvel Universe). So you can read this at any point in the series to find out how it all began….
This light-hearted tale comes at the back Unquiet Bones and should best read after that to avoid any spoilers. It takes place on a cold and snowy Christmas Eve in Hawes, with the village preparing for the annual Christingle service. Although it’s far removed from the grisly goings-on of Unquiet Bones, there’s still drama aplenty courtesy of Dave Calvert’s goats. There’s even a guest appearance from Hawes’ very own star butcher, Dave Cockett.
A short story that takes you back to Harry’s first day in the Dales. Find out how the newly arrived DCI and PCSO Jim Metcalfe tackle their most formidable foe yet – a Swaledale tup
After an already busy evening, Police Constable Jadyn Okri heads over to Swaledale to help find a missing farmer. It’s very loosely based on an old newspaper report from around 100 years ago about a farmer who disappeared while out shooting rabbits. In this modern-day retelling, Constable Okri and DS Dinsdale are the ones who come to the rescue.
This is a scene I cut from Silent Ruin, as I felt it didn’t add to the story or move the action along. However, I thought it was too good a tale to leave on the cutting room floor, so I turned it into a free short story.
This was originally planned as a chapter for book 18, Ashes of Betrayal. But I found it so emotional to write that it dominated the story, and it became hard to focus on the unfolding murder plot. So, I lifted the chapter from the book and created Dust to Dust, which I think fully deserves to stand alone.
If you haven’t read See No Evil (book 17) or Ashes of Betrayal (book 18) yet, then don’t read Dust to Dust: it contains a huge spoiler!
I wrote New Beginnings as an exclusive for the annual Harry Grimm Event, held in Hawes in 2024. Aubrey Parsons, our wonderful Grimm series narrator, read the story for the first time, live, in front of 70 Grimm fans in the back room of The Fountain Hotel. It’s slightly longer than my usual short stories and is a humorous episode that sits alongside book 19, Blood Fountain. I hope you have fun with it – I know I did!
