Nicholas Rhea was an English author best known for writing the Constable Nick Mystery series. Constable on the Hill was the first book in the series, released in 1979.

The name Nicholas Rhea was actually a pseudonym for the author, Peter N. Walker. He was born in Glaisdale, a North York Moors village. He would leave school at a young age to become a police cadet. After doing that for a few years, he started to write seriously and had his first short story published in a magazine. He wrote well over 100 books in his career, but the Constable Nick books were the most favored.

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Publication Order of Constable Nick Mystery Books

Constable on the Hill (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable On The Prowl (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Around the Village (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Across the Moors (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable in the Dale (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable by the Sea (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Along the Lane (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable at the Double (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Through the Meadow (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable in Disguise (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Among the Heather (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable by the Stream (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Around the Green (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heartbeat Constable on Call (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Beneath the Trees (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable in the Shrubbery (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable in Control (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Versus Greengrass (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable about the Parish (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heartbeat Constable at the Dam (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable at the Gate (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Over the Stile (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable at the Dam (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Under the Gooseberry Bush (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable in the Farmyard (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Over The Bridge (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Along The Highway (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Along The River Bank (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Goes to Market (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable in the Wilderness (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Around The Park (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Along the Trail (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable on the Coast (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable in the Country (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable on View (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable Beats the Bounds (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable at the Fair (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constable on Trial (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Constable Around the Houses (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Murder at Maddleskirk Abbey (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Confession at Maddleskirk Abbey (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Omens of Death (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Superstitious Death (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Well-Pressed Shroud (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Garland for a Dead Maiden (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Curse of the Golden Trough (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prize Murder (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Full Churchyard (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Target Criminal (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Macintyre Plot (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder After the Holiday (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Major Incident (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dovingsby Death (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sergeant Simpson's Sacrifice (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Portrait Of The North York Moors (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heartbeat of Yorkshire (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blessed Nicholas Postgate: Martyr of the Moors (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heartbeat: The Story Behind the Series (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

If You Like Nicholas Rhea Books, You’ll Love…

Constable on the Hill is the first book in the Constable Nick Mystery series. Nick Rhea has been posted to the country and moves his family to the village of Aidensfield. The area is filled with eccentric visitors and Rhea handles himself with humour, humanity, and professionalism. This book sees him being looked upon suspiciously as a newcomer, but quickly being welcomed into the city. He will deal with a variety of complaints, including dog problems, fox hunts, and a circus parade. Rhea always finds a way to solve the problems and keep the community together.

Rhea is also the author of the Assured series which begins with Some Assured. Matthew Taylor begins work as an insurance agent. He’s excited for his new job, but what he never expected is to deliver a stallion foal and kill seven pigs on his very first day. That’s the kind of work that will happen in 1950s rural Delverdale, deep in the North York Moors. As Matthew makes his home here with his wife Evelyn and baby Paul, the family is happy to oblige.

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