Irish Detective Mysteries

“This series has definitely hit the ground running and cannot be missed.” – InD’Tale Magazine Delve into the riveting world of the Dublin Detectives, where Irish and American characters unite in their relentless quests for truth and justice. Each book can be read as a stand-alone, and each story weaves together the enigmatic allure of mysteries with the warmth of human connections, and even a hint of romance—because cops are human too. DARE GAME: When the only clue left at a crime scene is an ace of spades, Detective John O’Sullivan needs to find out if the murder was a one-off,...

Siobhán O'Sullivan's hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot cocoa. Now instead of hunting down holiday gifts, she's pursuing a heartless killer. Seems the dead Santa was no angel either, stealing neighborhood dogs to guide his sleigh. But was it his holiday antics - or worse - that led to his death by chocolate?

July 8, 1921. Ireland. A British Officer is shot dead on a remote hillside south of Dublin. November 22, 2015. United Kingdom. Former police detective Jayne Sinclair, now working as a genealogical investigator, receives a phone call from an adopted American billionaire asking her to discover the identity of his real father. How are the two events linked? Jayne Sinclair has only three clues to help her: a photocopied birth certificate, a stolen book, and an old photograph.

In the thrilling novel "Murder in Clifden," DS Fiona Madden and Detective Sean Tracy are thrust into the heart of a picturesque but troubled town. Their mission: to unravel a perplexing mini crime wave that has gripped the community of Clifden. Yet, their task is further complicated by the presence of two distinct groups of travelers encamped nearby, casting a shadow of suspicion and unease over the investigation. The story takes a sinister turn when the morning after Clifden's annual Horse Fair, a lifeless body is discovered. The victim, brutally stabbed to death, has been stripped of all ...

Young Michael, an illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Northern Ireland is strong and fearless and clever, just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a crime boss, to join a gang of Irish thugs struggling against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city, squatters live furtively in ruined buildings, and hundreds are murdered each month.

87% 3/4/5 stars on Amazon! FREE on Kindle Unlimited Detective Inspector Dermot O'Hara enjoys life as a policeman in the small Irish coastal town of Kenmare where his greatest challenges are lost library tickets and how to find more time to fish. This peaceful idyll is disrupted when death comes to town. And not just any death... O'Hara's career is on the line after the corpse of a US Senator is found on a remote hillside. O'Hara discovers that the Senator, searching for his Irish roots, has uncovered an old, still burning hatred from the time of the Great Famine. Dermot needs all the help ...

In a town full of liars, who can you trust? When Detective Finnegan Beck is demoted from his high-powered job in Dublin and relocated in disgrace to the small Irish town of Cross Beg, he predicts boredom will be his biggest threat. But then a beautiful local teenage girl is found strangled in the cold, dark woods a mile from town. The prime suspect is the seemingly gentle drifter who found Tanya’s body. Beck seems to be the only person who can’t escape the feeling that Tanya wasn’t killed at random.

When Sinead Long trades Manhattan skyscrapers for the thatched cottages of Cloncastle, she's ready for fresh scones, familiar faces, and a slower pace of life in her Irish hometown. But her plans for peace crumble fast when she discovers her husband's affair with her old school rival, Joan. Determined to confront the woman who's destroyed her marriage, Sinead storms over to Joan's house, only to find her rival stone cold dead in her own kitchen. Before she can even process what she's seeing, the gardai arrive, and suddenly Sinead finds herself at the top of their suspect list. Now all of ...

The first novel in the addictive USA Today million-selling CSI police procedural series. 'Be warned - you won’t put it down ... ' -- LOVEREADING Forensic investigator Reilly Steel, Quantico-trained and California-born and bred, imagined Dublin to be a far cry from bustling San Francisco, a sleepy backwater where she can lay past ghosts to rest and start anew. But a serial killer soon puts paid to that idea. A young man and woman are found dead in a hotel room, the evidence initially suggesting a suicide pact. But as Reilly and the investigative team dig deeper and more bodies are ...

You are in the capital city of Ireland. Like any city, there are problems. Your job is to find Irish solutions to Irish problems. Your team includes your beautiful Russian assistant Alice and the dangerous ex-army ranger, called the PMC, who has a slightly scrambled brain. Your customers include gangsters, police, business men, politicians, and tailors each with a unique problem.

Isobel McKenzie is an experienced and intuitive psychotherapist who is on sabbatical while recovering from illness. Reluctantly she goes to London to help out an old friend, solicitor Peter Wright, who is uneasy about the partisan nature of a proposed divorce settlement. He asks her to meet the couple, Thomas and Anne Banks, to assess the situation. Is Anne, a recovering alcoholic, possibly being coerced into signing an agreement which not only gives Thomas control of all their assets but also sole custody of their son? Isobel immediately senses that something is awry and, despite herself, ...

Five books. One sprawling conspiracy. A city drowning in blood and secrets. Alderman James thought atonement would be quiet—keep his head down in Georgian Dublin, solve petty crimes, and bury the sins of his youth beneath duty and discipline. Then the Dolocher tears its first throat open in the snow-choked Liberties, and James discovers that some cases don't end when the killer hangs. They metastasize. Over five novels spanning years of murder, manipulation, and mounting dread, James descends into a nightmare where every solved mystery reveals three more lurking beneath. Copycat killers ...

In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Natalie's Bistro has always been warm and welcoming. Nowadays, 22-year-old Siobhan O'Sullivan runs the family bistro named for her mother, along with her five siblings, after the death of their parents in a car crash almost a year ago. It's been a rough year for the O'Sullivans, but it's about to get rougher. One morning, as they're opening the bistro, they discover a man seated at a table with a pair of hot pink barber scissors protruding from his chest.

New York Times bestselling author Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter, is “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post) and “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker). “Required reading for anyone who...

The bestselling debut, with over a million copies sold, that launched Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter and “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post). “Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching...

The latest in the USA Today bestselling CSI Reilly Steel series. A summer celebration. Two victims. And the perfect cover-up... When the body of a teenage boy is found beaten to death in his own bedroom, and a girl attending a party at his house reports an attempted assault, the police believe both incidents are related. But when a sweep of the crime scene throws up some truly puzzling forensic evidence, CSI Reilly Steel wonders if those initial suspicions are correct. And as the investigation deepens, and her GFU team begins to delve into the online lives of both teenage victims, even more...

When Detective Alana Mack arrives at Clonabee police station, in a small Irish seaside town on the outskirts of Dublin, she doesn't expect to find a distressed two-year-old girl sobbing on the floor. Abandoned in a local supermarket, the child tells them her name is Casey. All Alana and her team have to go on is a crumpled note begging for someone to look after the little girl. This mother doesn't want to be found.

The USA Today bestselling forensic mystery series. 'Be warned, you won't put it down.' LOVEREADING Read the clues. Decode the science. Reveal the murderer. That's Reilly Steel's mantra. Find the answers, solve the crime. But the Quantico-trained forensic investigator is finding her skills aren't enough when a ferociously intelligent killer strikes. The modus operandi is as perplexing as it is macabre. What connects two seemingly disparate, high-profile victims? The bodies refuse to give up their secrets and the crime scenes prove a forensic investigator's worst nightmare. Reilly soon ...

Everyone knows the victim. Don't they..? When a celebrity icon is attacked in his home during an apparent robbery-in-progress, the authorities are tasked with tracking down the perpetrator. Such a beloved national treasure and his equally famous wife means the investigation takes top priority, but Reilly Steel suspects there's a lot more to this than meets the eye. Was it a random attack? Or just a carefully choreographed diversion ... Could the famed family's tightly-managed media persona blind everyone to the fact that their charmed life is not quite what it seems? And that there's a LOT ...

“Connemara Girl" is a gripping tale that reintroduces DS Fiona Madden to her hometown of Galway, where she's found contentment with her partner, Ashling McGoldrick. However, tranquility eludes Fiona when a teenager vanishes without a trace, and an unexpected visitor claims to be the son she once gave up for adoption. Haunted by her past reputation in the village, Fiona remains resolute, fortified by a wall of inner strength. A martial arts expert, she swiftly confronts a local troublemaker, turning a viral video into a double-edged sword of admiration and resentment. Her actions draw the ...