The Private Investigator Gus Keane Trilogy
Gripping Private Eye detective stories set in the industrial North. Three books in one!
With the atmosphere of urban decline and inner-city violence, these three murder mysteries are set in the metropolitan area of Salford, Manchester – one of the most deprived areas in England.
Ex-rugby player turned social worker Gus Keane is a man who, faced with the disinterest of the Police, becomes a private investigator in order to find out who murdered his boss. Not surprisingly, law enforcement don’t want someone meddling in the case, but increasingly they turn to Keane’s local knowledge to bring the culprit to justice.
Three related detective mysteries in one bumper volume on Kindle
As reviewers have remarked, these books form a trilogy but each can be read on its own, without having read the others. This is partly because Gus Keane is an immediately likeable detective: he has his faults, and is always getting into trouble; but he has a way of getting the truth out of people and, hardened to the rough world of Salford, his local knowledge is key.
THE THREE BOOKS IN THE TRILOGY
TACKLING DEATH: A pacey pulp Private Eye thriller set in a northern English town
Ex-rugby football player turned social worker Gus Keane is getting ready for retirement when his boss gets murdered. Finding himself under suspicion, Keane turns private detective to find out the truth. But when he closes in on the killer will Keane come out on top or fall victim to the murderer’s desperate moves?
DEAD CERTAINTY: Social worker turned Private Eye Gus Keane returns in this gripping murder mystery
If something happens in Salford, Manchester, it is generally bad news and when two dead bodies turn up within a few hours of one another, it is no exception. With the local force stretched to the limits and firing blanks ex-rugby player Gus Keane is asked to step in to help find the culprits. What follows is an ever thickening plot as Keane gradually begins to unravel a mystery from Salford’s shady past.
FALLING FOUL: Private investigator Gus Keane is back with a difficult new case to solve
With his ex-wife appearing back on the scene and relations with his girlfriend Marti troubled, the murder of one of Gus Keane’s colleagues comes at a really bad time. Yet when his friend Jimmy is accused of the murder, he really must step up to the plate. With his knowledge of the local area, and a healthy suspicion that nothing anyone says is true, private investigator Keane must find the killer before Jimmy is convicted.
These books are also available as individual titles on Kindle and are FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
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When a person is at the end of their rope, the only thing left to do is survive. That is exactly what Emma Atwood had been doing for most of her life. Finally getting a break, she gets hired as a maid at a ritzy hotel, but finds that it is still not enough. Tired of living the life she was handed, she does the one thing that she soon regrets. Greed soon turns into tragedy when her mistake begins taking lives.
Reminded of the memories of his past, the only thing that Lou Gainer wanted to do was clear his mind. His thoughts get the best of him and he ends up running into a mysterious woman. Captivated by her beauty, he does everything he can to get close to Emma Atwood. Opportunity knocks when Jagged Edge is hired as additional security at the hotel she works at. Pieces begin to fall into place when Lou finally learns the truth about Emma and what she has been hiding. Will his love for her be strong enough to keep her secrets or will his need to tell the truth prevail?
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Evil isn’t always learned… sometimes it’s IN OUR BLOOD. Nearly thirty years ago, Detective Jake Hawksworth and best-selling author Drew McCauley were brought together by a horrific crime. Jake, still reeling from the unsolved hit-and-run death of his wife, and Drew will be reunited once again when a crime from Drew’s novel-in-the-making becomes a devastating reality. Is the kidnapping of Drew’s son somehow linked to the murder Jake is investigating? Was Jake’s wife’s death really an accident? And could the person who has haunted both men for decades be responsible for these seemingly unrelated events? As Jake races to protect Drew’s family, they find themselves on a collision course with fate – derailed by a series of breakneck twists and turns that culminates at an isolated, snow-ravaged house. It is here that long-buried secrets are unearthed and Jake realizes, to his horror, that his hunches are not always right. That the keys to solving his wife’s death and a heinous, decades-old crime have been under his nose all along.
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John MacDonald commissions Paul Mackenzie, an investigative journalist and former FBI agent to look into the death of his elder son Jonathan after he is bitten and killed by his pet snake.
Would MacDonald hand over his second and only remaining son Johan to be jailed if proved guilty? His two sons are the brain behind MacTech10, a company in which Macdonald has invested his savings.
This book tells about the intrigue, injustice, rivalry, jealousy, conspiracy theories and twists and turns in Thelma’s love affair with Jonathan and her role in his murder.
It is a story that takes you from Austin, Texas to South Africa and back. Indeed, money and blood taste sweeter than justice.
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I was born a fighter.
Destined for the ring. Cold. Hard. Focused.
I never expected to have to run from my enemies and hide out, but it’s not just me anymore.
My little girl deserves more than the life I have to offer. The least I can do is keep her safe from the mad man after me.
At first, we find serenity in the small town I tucked us away in, but nothing is that easy.
A beautiful girl next door grabs my attention, and for a moment, I believe love might be possible–again.
How wrong I was.
Inviting this hot woman into my world was the biggest mistake I’ve made.
One minute, she’s there, and the next, she’s gone.
Kidnapped. Taken from me.
Good damn thing I was born a fighter.
I’ll never give up.
Never.
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