Irish Thrillers

This Christmas time, things are not all fine. For there's trouble at Devlin's Department Store, and it all seems to centre on the first floor. Where strangely, one can hear a cuckoo chime...T'is the season to be jolly. And Old Tom must crack the case, before he can hang up his holly.

In Angel the Assassin, Larry's father is a former military sniper who takes Larry at age 12 to be trained by ex-military snipers in the hills around Los Angeles, California. A vulnerable trans child, Larry/Lisa is supported by her mother. Lisa becomes a strong, successful, courageous, loving, and dangerous woman. When drug runners kill her father, Lisa vows revenge. After her first hit, she is recruited by the CIA to assassinate drug lords traveling to many countries around the world.

In this gothic, virtuoso debut collection, Mike McCormack dispenses nightmares both stylish and macabre. "A Is for Ax" offers alphabetized look at the killing of a parent, while the title story tracks a chilling sibling rivalry. Other works here offer multiple-quiz on the road to Calvary, a door-to-door saleswoman trafficking in strange and menacing feats, and a self-mutilating artist pushing himself to the limit. These sly and dangerous stories show us a young writer who was already a master of wicked formal play, and whose sly takes on life and death remain profoundly unsettling.

Saddle up for a wild ride into Saguaro Gulch! In a sleepy backwater town, three handsome brothers own the biggest spread in Arizona known as Vyro Creek. By day, the Connellys are ranchers. At night, Quinn, Connell, and Donnor patrol the desert, searching for illegal breeding nests and rogue vampires. Not only to keep the county safe but the three intriguing women who live in the neighboring LariaT Ranch. Ari is the first woman Quinn meets who refuses eternal life, and he's ready to abandon his to be with her until forced to make a decision and sacrifice what he desires most. As a rebellion ...

The Beetle tells the tale of an evil, ancient Egyptian spirit seeking revenge on an up-and-coming British politician, Paul Lessingham. The shape-shifting creature that pursues Lessingham is possessed of hypnotic powers and takes different forms, both male and female, as well as morphing into a beetle - a figure that induces terror in its victims.

A vampire with a thirst for revenge. A witch who doesn’t know she’s a witch. In this small Australian town, darkness is waiting to rise… When Holly Burke’s eccentric aunt dies, she’s drawn to the country town of Dunloe. The small community is haunted by its violent Gold Rush past, where deadly paranormal secrets lay as thick as gold in the hard quartz below their feet. Oblivious to the supernatural world, Holly soon finds herself in the middle of a war for power that’s been raging for almost two centuries. A power, according to legend, her family holds the key to. The catch? She...

With Sherlock out of the city on a case, it is up to Dr. John Watson and his new patient to help Victoria with the investigation—which may build to a fatal confrontation on a foggy Halloween night.

Karen can’t go on pulling stick-ups forever, but Rossi is getting out of prison any day now and she needs the money to keep Anna out of his hands. This new guy she’s met, Ray, just might be able to help her out, but he wants out of the kidnap game now the Slavs are bunkering in. And then there's Frank, the discredited plastic surgeon who wants his ex-wife snatched - the ex-wife being Madge, who just happens to be Karen’s best friend. But can Karen and Ray trust each other enough to carry off one last caper? Or will love, as always, ruin everything? Praise for THE BIG O: “Imagine ...

A hard-boiled tale of debauchery and murder among the rich. A vacation as the guest among the upper crust of Colonial Beach society gave Ray Irish a reason to see an old flame. However, he didn't count on helping the police to solve a murder while trying to keep himself from becoming the next victim. The Ray Irish Mystery Case Files follow a hard-boiled private detective with a chip on his shoulder and a whiskey bottle in his desk drawer. Set in in the late 1940s in the rough and tumble world of his adopted hometown, Oyster City, Irish has a reputation for his short temper and hard-headed ...

A DANGEROUS MISSION -- The Irishman is a ruthless mercenary who performs any task for the right price. His current assignment involves intercepting a dangerous package smuggled aboard the cruise liner Intrepid. If the contents reach Los Angeles, millions will die. But only if the Irishman fails. A DEADLY ATTRACTION -- When Adventure Cruise lines' security officer Skylar Davidson finds the stowaway, she recognizes him from a bloody shoot-out she witnessed at LAX airport. But rather than being frightened, she's drawn to the enigmatic Irishman, and quickly becomes embroiled in his desperate ...

Why would suicide need a witness? On the east coast of Ireland, Victor Delahaye, one of the country's most prominent citizens, takes his business partner's son out sailing. But once at sea, Davy Clancy is horrified to witness Delahaye take out a gun and shoot himself dead. This strange event captures the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett and his friend Pathologist Doctor Quirke.

Ray Irish must save a client who escaped from a mental asylum while Andras spreads his control over a city! A Ray Irish Occult Suspense Mystery! When Irish stumbles across Florence Rice who appears ready to commit suicide, he enters a dark conspiracy. Seeking to prove his new client is sane, Ray unleashes a series of increasingly terrible events. Soon, the police accuse Ray of killing his lawyer after Florence disappears. Like a bull in a china shop, Irish saves his client from certain death. However, the shamus finds the dark secrets of others leaves him even more cynical about trusting ...

Can he survive a demon, gangsters and a corrupt police force? Ray Irish finds himself in hot water trying to keep a state senator's daughter out of the newspapers as his relationship with Orella takes a turn for the worse. Arizona, his new partner, appears more interested in a bottle than trying to stop those who helped kill Cat. On top of the daily turmoil, Oyster City is changing for the worse. Andras continues his demonic quest and he's brought forth witches to help his cause. The demon is now mayor and in control of the police who insure that Irish and Arizona must keep their guard up ...

A woman has been murdered and mutilated in her own home, with her liver cut out and a message left within it. Tasked with leading the case, DI Tudor Manx identifies several suspects, including the victim’s estranged husband. But all trails run cold. Then, another victim dies—and from the modus operandi. It seems that North Wales Police are dealing with a serial killer. But who would target the inhabitants of such a peaceful island?

Private detective Ray Irish descends into dark and twisted cases involving artists, narcotic pushers and users during the 1940s! A Ray Irish Occult Suspense Mystery! Brought in to investigate a fiendish killing, which leads to another, the hard-boiled detective tries to sort out the sinister motive. Paintings with eerie depictions of the murders hang near the bodies, and the police believe it's the work of a madman. They also suspect the involvement of his former flame, Samantha Carter. At the same time, Irish stumbles into another case. However, he can't stop the kidnapping of his new ...

Ariella always looked up to her late father, the famous Captain Red Beard. She tried to make him proud every chance she could get until that dreadful day he passed away. Now it is up to her to take over her late father's ship, the Red Dawn, and prove to her crew that she is more than just a pretty face. In this intriguing story, Captain Ariella fights off orcs while maintaining her reputation as the most wicked female captain anyone has ever known. She is fearless and has never backed down from a fight.

After four murders take place in the very heart of Dublin City, newly appointed Detective Peter Alfson and convicted hacker Cassandra Roland take the lead on the investigation. A serial killer named the Leopard Moth is leaving a trail of bodies along with the same book at every scene. Their one suspect in custody brings doubt after a fifth body is found. Detective Alfson finds himself in a race against time to uncover the meaning behind the murders and the killer's end game.

Being summoned to the home of a woman she despises, has upset the Dowager Duchess of Ashby's well-ordered life. Curiosity drives her to accept and find the house in chaos. Lady Honoria Huntington, also known as the notorious Lady Secrets, a much-hated gossip writer, has been murdered is a decidedly grisly way. Blythe Armstrong and her "nephew" Owen Kennedy take on the herculean task of finding the killer, among the hundreds of members of the ton who she has worked to destroy with her poison pen. Meanwhile, Owen must contend with his headstrong sister, who has turned his world on it's head.

Enemies become allies. Allies become enemies. And the broken are remade… Holly Burke’s life is falling apart. In the aftermath of disaster, her true enemy is unmasked and its changed everything she thought she knew about Dunloe, herself, and her family. But with mayhem erupting all over town, she finds herself doing the last thing she expected—forming an alliance with the Trine, the leaders of the powerful coven that caused her family so much suffering. Holly tries to forgive them for the damage they’ve done to her family, but it’s a tough ask. Murder, blood magic, and corruption ...

*Book Four of The Possess Saga* Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt you... Nolan and Harley have been in paradise for the last year, head over heels in love. When Nolan proposes and they find out Harley is expecting, it seems they both will have everything they ever wanted. Or will they? Nolan’s kept the horrors of his past locked away. After all, he has Harley and Finley’s Pub is doing great. None of it matters anymore, right? But when the news of nuptials and babies has the opposite intended effect with his estranged mother, the ghosts of his past come rushing back, and the ...