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The City in Flames

The City in Flames
  • Author(s): Michael Russell
  • Location(s): Camden Town, Berlin, Ireland, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

1940. A woman lands on the Scottish coast from a German flying boat and goes to ground, hunted by British Intelligence. Suspended from the Irish police for reasons he won’t explain, Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie is working on his...

The City of Strangers

The City of Strangers
  • Author(s): Michael Russell
  • Location(s): Dublin, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1939

Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award, the eagerly awaited sequel to CITY OF SHADOWS New York, 1939: A city of hope. A city of opportunity. A city hiding dark secrets … A brutal murder in...

The City in Darkness

The City in Darkness
  • Author(s): Michael Russell
  • Location(s): Spain, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

Christmas 1939. In Europe the Phoney War hides carnage to come. In Ireland Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie keeps tabs on Irishmen joining the British Forces. It’s unpleasant work, but when an IRA raid on a military arsenal sends Garda...

The City of Lies

The City of Lies
  • Author(s): Michael Russell
  • Location(s): Berlin, Dublin
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

An IRA attack leaves two guards dead on the streets of Dublin. Two days later, a battle between warring gangs erupts at a race meeting, and on Ireland’s east coast the cremated bodies of a wealthy family of five...

The City of Shadows

The City of Shadows
  • Author(s): Michael Russell
  • Location(s): Dublin, Gdansk
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1934

Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award 2013 and shortlisted for CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger Award 2014 ‘She looked up at the terraced house, with the closed shutters and the big room at the end of...

The City Under Siege

The City Under Siege
  • Author(s): Michael Russell
  • Location(s): Ireland, England, Malta
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

1941, and Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie is ferrying documents between Dublin and war-torn London. When Ireland’s greatest actor is arrested in Soho, after the brutal murder of a gay man, Stefan extricates him from an embarrassing situation. But suddenly...

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