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Patrick Shea Mystery
Series · 5 books · 2012-2015

Books in series

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#1

Three's a Crowd

2012

In Three’s A Crowd, we are introduced to Patrick Shea, a young detective sergeant with the Hampden Criminal Investigation Department, whose career is being fast-tracked by the Metropolitan Police in London. With an eye to an appointment with a murder investigation team at New Scotland Yard, Shea is doing everything by the book. Unfortunately, his love life is a bit of a mess and gets messier when he learns his former lover, Annie Jameson, has been assaulted on someone else’s patch. Will Shea’s involvement in the under-the-radar investigation of his ex-girlfriend put his career in jeopardy and possibly her life as well? This novella is the first in the Patrick Shea Mystery Series.
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#2

A Killing in Kensington

2012

Detective Sergeant Patrick Shea of London's Metropolitan Police and his new partner, Detective Chief Inspector Tommy Boyle, have been handed a high-profile murder case. In the penthouse of Kensington Tower, playboy Clifton Trentmore lay dead with his head bashed in, and the investigation reveals a man who was loathed by both sexes. With too few clues and too many suspects, Shea and Boyle must determine who hated Trentmore enough to kill him. But as Patrick digs deeper, he finds his suspects have secrets of their own. A Killing in Kensington is the second in the Patrick Shea mystery series. If you enjoy Law and Order UK, you will enjoy A Killing in Kensington.
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#3

A Death in Hampden

2013

When pop rock star, Derek Prince, is found dead in his London mansion, the case is assigned to Detective Chief Inspector Tommy Boyle and his sergeant, DS Patrick Shea, of New Scotland Yard. Although Prince's ex-girlfriend, Chloe Hastert, was found walking Hampden's High Street drenched in the singer's blood and carrying the knife that killed him, there is something about the case that doesn't sit right with DS Shea. With everyone believing Prince's killer is already in custody and with pressure from above to close the case, it falls to the two detectives to make sure they have got it right. A Death in Hampden is the third book in the Patrick Shea mystery series. Also available are Three's A Crowd and A Killing in Kensington.
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#4

Dying to Write

A Patrick Shea Mystery

2014

In need of a break from his job at Scotland Yard, Detective Sergeant Patrick Shea of London's Metropolitan Police is looking forward to some quiet time at a timeshare in rural Devon in England's West Country. However, when he arrives at The Woodlands, Patrick finds himself in the midst of a Jane Austen conference. Despite their Regency Era dresses, bonnets, and parasols, a deep divide exists between the Jane Austen fan-fiction community – those who enjoy expanding on the author's work by writing re-imaginings, and the Janeites – those devotees who think anyone who tampers with the original novels is committing a sacrilege. When one of the conference speakers is found dead in her condo, Patrick is back on the job trying to find out who murdered her. Is it possible that the victim was actually killed because of a book?
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#5

Murder by Moonlighting

2015

When a woman's body is found in an alley in the City of London, Scotland Yard is asked to investigate. Initially, it appears that the deceased, a suburban housewife moonlighting as a prostitute, was killed by one of her clients. However, as DS Patrick Shea and DCI Tommy Boyle investigate, the enquiry uncovers the operations of an East European crime syndicate involved in human trafficking, drugs, and prostitution, and their only lead is a Polish prostitute. In order to secure her cooperation, it will be necessary for Patrick to take the greatest risk of his career. Murder by Moonlighting is the fifth novel in the Patrick Shea mystery series. Also available are Three's A Crowd, A Killing in Kensington, A Death in Hampden, and Dying to Write.

Author

Mary Lydon Simonsen
Mary Lydon Simonsen
Author · 32 books

I am the authors of several Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion re-imaginings. I have also written a modern love story, The Second Date, Love Italian-American Style, and three British mysteries, Three's A Crowd, A Killing in Kensington, A Death in Hampden, Dying to Write, and Murder by Moonlighting. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, volunteer, reader, writer, serious recycler. When I read for relaxation, I read mysteries. My greatest love is history. When I am doing the research for a new book, I love digging for historical nuggets.

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