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Harry’s Game

Harry’s Game
  • Author(s): Gerald Seymour
  • Location(s): Belfast
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1970s

A British cabinet minister is gunned down on a London street by an IRA assassin. In the wake of national outcry, the authorities must find the hitman. But the trail is long cold, the killer gone to ground in...

Killing the Vibe

Killing the Vibe
  • Author(s): Linda Hagan
  • Location(s): Belfast
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The discovery of a man’s corpse creates public outcry and leads to divisions within the force. Belfast police are totally in the dark as to who the victim is, although strange incisions on his back suggest a personally motivated...

Lasting Influence

Lasting Influence
  • Author(s): Linda Hagan
  • Location(s): Belfast
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A kidnap, a murder, and a very tricky situation for a tough female detective… Detective Chief Inspector Gawn Girvin is called back from extended leave when a social media influencer couple goes missing on the Northern Ireland coast. One...

LETHAL DOSE

LETHAL DOSE
  • Author(s): Robert McCracken
  • Location(s): Belfast, Liverpool
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

Out of her depth, a young detective must evade a fatal jab A journalist is found brutally murdered and buried upside down on Crosby beach. Terry Lawler had exposed the secrets of powerful people and apparently got his comeuppance....

Milkman

Milkman
  • Author(s): Anna Burns
  • Location(s): Belfast
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980's

Milkman is extraordinary. I’ve been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It’s frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time.’ – Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies In this unnamed city, to be...

Murder on the Table

Murder on the Table
  • Author(s): Linda Hagan
  • Location(s): Belfast
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A sudden death turns a charity bash into chaos When DCI Gawn Girvin is invited to attend a gala dinner for Belfast’s great and good, little does she know it will mark the beginning of a new multiple murder...

Murder Sky High

Murder Sky High
  • Author(s): Linda Hagan
  • Location(s): Belfast, Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

After a plane passenger fails to reach his destination alive, DCI Gawn Girvin must once again chase a dragon. When pathology reports that a passenger found dead on arrival on a flight from Amsterdam to Belfast passed due to...

Paperboy

Paperboy
  • Author(s): Tony Macaulay
  • Location(s): Belfast
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 1970s / 2000s

It’s Belfast, 1975. The city lies under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills the air like smoke. But Tony Macaulay has just turned twelve and he’s got a new job. He’s going to be a paperboy....

That Much She Knew

That Much She Knew
  • Author(s): Linda Hagan
  • Location(s): Belfast
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A murder, a missing colleague, and a pack of lies… When DCI Gawn Girvin is called to a murder scene, she is shocked to find the victim was known to her. Harriet Hughes was a close friend of Jenny...

The Benefactors

The Benefactors
  • Author(s): Wendy Erskine
  • Location(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From the prize-winning author of Dance Move and Sweet Home, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money – and what being a parent means. Meet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast,...

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