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Mersey Murder Mysteries
Series · 10 books · 2015-2021

Books in series

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#1

A Mersey Killing

2015

A skeleton and a missing woman. A doomed romance. A mystery spanning two generations. Liverpool, 1961. A group of young men come together seeking fame and fortune, as the fledgling sounds of the Swinging Sixties take root in the city. Soon, Liverpool becomes synonymous with the music that shapes a generation. Liverpool, 1999. Skeletal remains found in the docklands lead Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake into a journey through time, as the investigation takes them back to early days of the Mersey Beat. Whose bones laid beneath the mud of the River Mersey for over thirty years, and what links them to a young woman, missing for the entire time? Winner - Preditors & Editors Best Book Award.
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#2

All Saints

Murder on the Mersey

2016

What connects bloody graveyard murders, a former mental asylum, a young girl’s suicide and an enigmatic priest? After the discovery of a body in the graveyard of St. Matthew's Church, another corpse surfaces in St. Mark's churchyard. Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Detective Sergeant Izzie Drake must lead their team in a race against time to prevent further atrocities. But what links the dead men with an old mental hospital, now an orphanage, and the scarcely reported suicide of a teenage girl? Somehow, all clues point towards the enigmatic priest, Father Gerald Byrne, who recently returned to the city of his birth. But is it possible that the events that took place thirty years ago in Speke Hill Orphanage are connected to the murders? All Saints, Murder on the Mersey is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
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#3

A Mersey Maiden

2016

A peaceful cricket match on a warm summer’s day turns to murder and mystery, as the star player Aaron Decker is found dead in his bed, his girlfriend sleeping soundly beside him. Political implications are considered, before the case takes on a new twist with links to the disappearance of a German U-Boat and a British warship in 1945. With the mysterious Aegis Institute hovering in the background of the investigation, D.I Andy Ross and his team are dragged into their most complex case to date. With events in Britain, Germany, the U.S.A and a secret submarine base in Canada all involved, Ross and his team will need to work together with international law enforcement agencies and a respected German historian to not only solve the murder of Aaron Decker, but the strange case of the U3000's last voyage.
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#4

A Mersey Mariner

2017

Best Crime thriller and top 20 finisher in the Top 50 Best Indie Book of 2017 Awards. 5th place winner in Best Mystery Novel category, The Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Awards 2017 DEATH ARRIVES ON THE MORNING TIDE. The aging cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, enveloped in thick fog that delays her entry into the port of Liverpool. When one of the ship's passengers is found dead in his cabin, a chain of events is set in motion that leads to one of Detective Inspector Andy Ross' most baffling and complicated cases to date. The first death is soon followed by another, and Ross discovers that his case has its roots in the depths of the Amazonian Rainforest in Brazil. A billionaire entrepreneur, passengers who may not be exactly who or what they say they are, a team of medical researchers and a team of vicious mercenaries combine to confound and complicate what begins as a simple death aboard a nondescript and insignificant ship. Ross and his team from the Merseyside Police Specialist Murder Investigation team need all their skills in order to solve the case of the 'Mersey Mariner.' A Mersey Mariner is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
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#5

A Very Mersey Murder

2018

1966. England wins the soccer World Cup. The same night, a barmaid's body is discovered near an abandoned lighthouse. Two more murders follow; all remain unsolved. 2005. D.I. Andy Ross is called in when a disturbingly similar series of murders begins in the same location. If their estimates are correct, Ross and his team have one week to solve the case before the next Lighthouse Murder takes place. D.I. Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake seek to apprehend the vicious killer. But with few clues and even less evidence, can they catch him in time? ★★★★★ - "Will keep you on the edge of your seat." ★★★★★ - "Kudos to Porter for continuing to deliver quality stories with powerful messages and imagery."
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#6

Last Train to Lime Street

2018

As the midnight train from Manchester to Liverpool approaches the city, it hits the body of a man. After the police look into the case, they learn that the man was a well-known movie director - of the adult variety. Soon, they find out that the man's list of enemies is almost as long as the railway line from Manchester to Liverpool, with two ex-wives who both have a motive for murder. But is his murder personal or professional, and who is the killer? ★★★★★ - "I highly recommend this series, not only to lovers of British novels but to readers of all mystery and crime stories." ★★★★★ - "Written in Porter's upbeat, witty and British vernacular style, Last Train to Lime Street is a cracking read."
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#6.5

A Merry Mersey Christmas

Who Killed Santa Claus?

2018

As Liverpool's Special Murder Investigation Squad prepares for Christmas, Detective Inspector Andy Ross receives a phone call. Someone has murdered Santa Claus (well, a department store Santa). As the officer on call for the night, Ross attends with his sergeant Izzie Drake, and begins one of the strangest investigations of his career. With the main suspects being Santa Claus himself, in cahoots with an elf, Ross needs luck - and lots of it - as he seeks to solve the mystery of A Merry Mersey Christmas. ★★★★★ - "Oh my, Santa Claus is dead... Delightful reading." ★★★★★ - "Another exciting murder mystery by Brian Porter."
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#7

The Mersey Monastery Murders

2019

When a monk is found poisoned at St. Emma’s Priory, the Chief Constable - a friend of the Prior - insists that Andy Ross and his team handle the investigation. The case turns out to be more complex than they first thought. After a second victim is found with a pitchfork thrust through his body, Ross discovers that to solve the case, they must reopen a cold case from years ago. When connections to the old East German Secret Police - the Stasi - are revealed, Ross realizes that nothing is as it seems in The Mersey Monastery Murders.
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A Liverpool Lullaby

2020

After a woman's body is found in a local beauty spot, her heart surgically removed, D.I. Andy Ross and his team are called in to investigate. But this time, they face a criminal mastermind unlike any they have before, who soon becomes known as The Doctor. All evidence points to romantic connections between the killer and his prey, with an eerie lullaby left playing on an old tape recorder next to the victims. As one body after another is found, Andy Ross and his team race against time to identify the killer. But The Doctor is already courting his next victim...
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#9

The Mersey Ferry Murders

2021

A new serial killer is at large in Liverpool. The victims appear to have no connection to each other, and Detective Inspector Andy Ross and the Merseyside Police Force Specialist Murder Investigation Team are brought in to investigate. The victims are all middle-aged and the police are initially baffled, until a tenuous link suggests the victims were involved in a rape/murder trial fifteen years previously. Ross and his team of detectives soon realize that the killer has a 'murder list' and that unless he or she can be stopped, the city's streets will soon be awash with the blood of the innocents. The Mersey Ferry Murders is a tale of rage, revenge and retribution, as Ross' team race against time to prevent the killer from carrying out a plan of heinous proportions.

Author

Brian L. Porter
Brian L. Porter
Author · 28 books

Formerly a member of the Royal Air Force, Brian L Porter is an award-winning author, and a dedicated dog rescuer, with the distinction of having more than twenty Amazon #1 bestsellers to his name. He has written under three pseudonyms, with bestsellers coming under each of his writing guises. The majority of those have come under his Brian L Porter name with four coming under his Harry Porter and Juan Pablo Jalisco names. Nowadays, he divides his time between writing his popular Mersey Murder Mystery series of books, and his immensely successful true-life Family of Rescue Dogs series, all featuring the dogs that form part of his own family, and all having been Amazon #1 bestsellers.

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