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The Dublin Homicides
Series · 4 books · 2020

Books in series

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#1

A Deadly Dividend

2020

A promising young banker is killed in a Dublin alleyway. Two very different detectives try to find the murderer. A night out turns into a nightmare for a young man who is killed in Dublin’s city centre. Once a street brawl or mugging is ruled out, it begins to look like he was targeted. But why? DI Aidan Burke struggles to get anything useful out of the man’s friends and family, so the investigation leads to his workplace. It is here that they establish he was in a relationship with a co-worker. And when his girlfriend is attacked in her home and narrowly escapes with her life, detectives become certain the death was not random. The inquiry meets a brick wall of financial secrecy. To no avail, DI Burke tries unconventional methods to break it. Could the softer touch of his sergeant, the unassuming DS Fiona Moore, provide the key? What did the victim know that required his death? And just how far will the criminals responsible go to protect their secrets?
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#2

A Fatal Liaison

2020

Two dead bodies in the Dublin mountains. What’s the connection between them? A man is found in his car, having met a painful death. Another man is found in the woods, clearly murdered. DI Aidan Burke seeks to establish the connection between these deaths. The first man is a wealthy property developer. Little is known about the second victim. Burke’s sergeant, DS Fiona Moore, sets to work gathering evidence. But the investigation turns up some unusual findings that point to serious organised criminal activity. Soon the race is on to collar suspects who are escaping to mainland Europe and out of their reach. Will the mix of DI Burke’s unconventional methods and DS Moore’s steady police work catch the culprits?
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#3

The China Chapter

2020

A man is found dead after a house fire. Detective Fiona Moore suspects foul play. It’s not the charred remains of Tony Phelan that really trouble Dublin law enforcement or the traces of accelerant, so much as the bullet hole in his chest. When a weapon is recovered at the back of the still-smouldering house, it will be the first clue that the death is connected to China. And when Phelan is identified as an airport worker, the investigation begins to focus on suspicious goings-on in relation to a regular A300 freight flight from Shanghai. But pointing the finger at the Chinese is all the rage and maybe detectives have just been led up the garden path. Could the proximity of the victim’s house to prime development land be more relevant? Someone has clearly sought to gain from Phelan’s death, but the detectives’ job would be easier if they could clarify the motive. Enter a mysterious agent from the US and this case gets enormously tricky for detectives Fiona Moore and Aidan Burke to solve.
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#4

Lethal in Small Doses

2020

DUBLIN DETECTIVES RACE TO TRACK A SERIAL KILLER TARGETTING CARE HOMES When an elderly resident of a care home passes away during the night, little is thought of it. But when a routine investigation turns up an anomaly, suspicions are raised. DI Fiona Moore follows her instincts that it is death by foul play and launches a murder inquiry. It is not long before there is a similar death. Concerned that they have a serial killer on their hands, DI Moore is nudged off her central role by her boss. Frustrated, but determined to bring the care home killer to justice, she pursues her lines of inquiry. Unfortunately, DI Moore is up against a particularly reckless individual. Having established their identity, if not their motive, the race is on to stop them acting again.

Author

David Pearson
David Pearson
Author · 23 books

Author of the best selling Galway Homicide series, now with 13 books published, all featuring Michael Hays and Maureen Lyons. Now with a new gripping crime/fiction series set in Dublin featuring DI Aidan Burke and DS Fiona Moore. The fictional Hays & Lyons detective series based in Galway, brings a host of intriguing stories to the reader as the detectives wrestle with a surprising amount of crime in the region. The new series is a bit grittier, but should still appeal to readers who don't like too much gore! Look out for boxed sets (great value) and special offers on Amazon.

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