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Dr Power
Series · 6 books · 2014-2019

Books in series

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The Darkening Sky

2014

In this first novel of a new crime series Dr Power, Consultant Psychiatrist, is recruited by Superintendent Lynch to help him solve a murder in leafy Alderley Edge. Lynch and Power are then challenged by a series of intense events and realise that they are both caught up in a desperate race against time. This is the first novel by Hugh Greene in the Power and Lynch series.
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The Fire of Love

2014

This is the second novel in the Power and Lynch series. Dr Carl Power is a psychiatrist who sleuths with his friend Superintendent Lynch. In this instalment Power is drawn into the investigation of a nuder during a fire set at Heaton Hall in Cheshire. Power is convinced that the accused is innocent and that there has been a high level cover-up. This novel follows The Darkening Sky.
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The Good Shepherd

2015

The Good Shepherd is a tense psychological thriller. This is the third novel in the Dr Power and Superintendent Lynch series. Dr Power, a consultant psychiatrist is asked to report to the Coroner on the life and death of Dr McAdams, whose body has been founded drifting in the Sea. Power comes under pressure to label the death as suicide, but suspects that the dead scientist was trying to protect the most important secret. As Power tries to uncover the secret he realises his own life and the lives of many people across the world are in the greatest danger.
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Schrödinger's God

2017

Schrödinger’s God is a tense psychological thriller and the fourth novel in the Dr Power and Superintendent Lynch series. The novel is set in Northern Spain and leafy Cheshire. A peaceful holiday walking St James' Way to Santiago del Compostela takes a tragic turn leaving Power and Lynch trying to solve two shocking murders, while unraveling secrets and a conspiracy that spans the Continent. Schrödinger’s God follows The Darkening Sky, The Fire of Love and The Good Shepherd. www.hughgreene.com Illustrations by Paul Imrie. Eduted by Judith Eddles
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Son of Darkness

2019

A Dr Power Murder Mystery. (Illustrated Edition)The farm by the dark lake at Lindow had been thought deserted for years, but after a light aircraft plunges out of the sky into the farmhouse, police make a shocking discovery and decide to call in Professor Power and Detective Lynch as expert consultants.The story of the farm at Lindow is so big that it occupies the national news for weeks.Professor Power must find the answer to the riddle of missing persons from the present and the distant past, by unearthing secrets buried deep for generations. Will he solve the mystery before ghosts from his own past catch up with him and which are threatening to either end his life - or change it forever.
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The Dr Power Mysteries

2015

The Dr Power Mysteries is a compendium volume of the acclaimed first three Dr Power novels, by Hugh Greene. They feature the psychiatrist Dr Power and his colleague Superintendent Lynch as they solve murders and crime. The volume contains The Darkening Sky, The Fire of Love and The Good Shepherd. All books feature the detective Superintendent Lynch and psychiatrist Dr Carl Power. All books have earned 4 or more stars on Goodreads.The series is illustrated by Paul Imrie.

Author

Hugh Greene
Hugh Greene
Author · 8 books
Hugh Greene was born in Chester and is a scientist and author. He has published numerous peer-reviewed books and scientific papers and brought his experience working with the police and victims of crime to bear on the popular Dr Power novels. He lives in Cheshire/Shropshire.
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