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This page lists novels that feature the Auckland based New Zealand police detective Tito Ihaka.

Cover images, when possible, are for an early New Zealand edition and a more recent paperback or digital edition.

Old School Tie

Paul Thomas

1994

A Tito Ihaka novel. Subsequently published in some countries as Dirty Laundry.

"Strange and sinister things are happening in the City of Sails. A private eye with a briefcase full of scandalous photos is clinically assassinated in a basement car park. A businessman who seems to have it all plummets to his death from the Harbour Bridge. And a clue is discovered to the mysterious suicide of a teenage girl at an exclusive school ball. When a magazine decides to investigate, it calls on the services of occasional journalist and failed gigolo Reggie Sparks. Soon Reggie finds himself chasing a story in which blackmail and double dealing are the order of the day and some secrets are dark enough to kill for."

Inside Dope

Paul Thomas

1995

A Tito Ihaka novel.

"Duane Ricketts had planned to steer clear of drugs once he got out of the Thai jail, but it’s tough turning down a dying man’s last request – even if he’s a hardened criminal with a fatal weakness for transvestites. So now Ricketts is looking for the lost treasure of the notorious Mr Asia syndicate: ten kilos of high-grade cocaine."

Guerilla Season

Paul Thomas

1996

A Tito Ihaka novel.

"Across the Tasman Sea, the Aotearoa People’s Army is waging a bizarre offensive. A broadcaster is made to walk the plank and a journalist gets his neck rung. Counterterrorist experts think they are on top of it, but cop Tito Ihaka doesn’t believe so. Soon he is in danger of being proved right."

The Ihaka Trilogy

Paul Thomas

2010

A Tito Ihaka omnibus.

An omnibus that brings together the first three Tito Ihaka novels: Old School Tie; Inside Dope; and Guerrilla Season.

Death on Demand

Paul Thomas

2012

A Tito Ihaka novel.

"Maori cop Ihaka, unkempt, overweight, intemperate, unruly, unorthodox, and profane, is a cop unable to play the police politics necessary for promotion, but he’s a man who has a way with women, and he’s a stubborn investigator with an uncanny instinct for the truth. Tito Ihaka is in the wilderness, having fallen foul of the new regime at Auckland Central. Called back to follow up a strange twist in the unsolved case that got him into trouble in the first place, Ihaka finds himself hunting a shadowy hitman who could have several notches on his belt. His enemies want him off the case, but the bodies are piling up. Ihaka embarks on a quest to establish whether police corruption was behind the shooting of an undercover cop and—to complicate matters—he becomes involved with an enigmatic female suspect who could hold the key to everything."

Fallout

Paul Thomas

2014

A Tito Ihaka novel.

"In Fallout, the fifth Tito Ihaka novel, he investigates the unsolved killing of 17-year-old girl at a party in a ritzy villa near Auckland. Ihaka is also embroiled in a personal mystery. A journalist has stumbled across information that Ihaka’s father, a trade union firebrand, didn’t die of natural causes. The stories weave themselves into an exciting climax in an atmosphere of political intrigue."