Robert Phelps is 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, often consulted by the Irish Detective ‘off the record’ when the going gets tough. A crossword expert and Shakespeare scholar, Moran can always rely on Phelps to decrypt the most complex puzzles in timely fashion.