The DCI Brendan Moran Series

Just starting to get into these books – just love it. Would recommend to all. Well worth a read.
★★★★★ – Amazon
Every one of his books has been a pleasure to read ... gripped from start to finish...
★★★★★ – Amazon
A really good read...
★★★★★ – Amazon
The story grabbed me from the start and never let up until the final pages …
★★★★★ – Amazon
Thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish. Actually stayed up until 0230 hours in the morning to finish it lol
★★★★★ – Amazon

Characters

DI Charlie Pepper
A career-driven girl from the Midlands who has achieved a great deal for her age. She joined TVP on promotion and was soon plunged into the centre of the action for DCI Moran’s second case, ‘Creatures of Dust’. She showed great bravery and initiative when attacked at home by a would-be assassin
DS Robert Phelps
A big guy with a big personality. Born and raised in East London, he is a family man with a passion for English Literature. He is a great friend of DCI Moran’s, and despite his early retirement on health grounds, is still a regular contributor to Moran’s casebook.
DCI Brendan Moran
A loner, but not a natural loner. Born and raised initially near Cork and later in Co. Kerry after his parents moved away during his teens, he was left in the care of the Hannigan family where he met and fell in love with Janice, the Hannigans' eldest daughter.

CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Prize 2022
Popped down the M4 to Bristol yesterday to attend CrimeFest 2022 where the CWA Dagger Awards Shortlists were due to be announced along with the Margery Allingham Short Mystery Award. Very surprised and chuffed to be announced as the winner, so many thanks to the Margery Allingham Society for choosing 'Locked In', the concept for which has been flitting between my disparate neuronal junctions for quite a while. As you can imagine, I'm very glad that I finally committed it to paper – or laptop, to be more precise – and that the Society considered it to be the overall best...
CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition 2022