A unusual crime requires an unusual detective . . . 
 
Meet DCI Brendan Moran, The Irish Detective, in his first full-length novel, Black December
 
DCI Brendan Moran, world-weary veteran of 1970s Ireland, is recuperating from a near fatal car crash when a murder is reported at Charnford Abbey. 
 
The abbot and his monks are strangely uncooperative, but when a visitor from the Vatican arrives and an ancient relic goes missing the truth behind Charnford's pact of silence threatens to expose not only the abbey's haunted secrets but also the spirits of Moran's own troubled past . . . 
 
Black December is an atmospheric crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the stunning climax. This is the first in the DCI Brendan Moran crime series, one of the new breed of top British Detectives.
 
REVIEWS

'...a well-planned, well-written novel. The writer has a fertile imagination and an attractive narrative style.'

'...one of the best reads I have had this year. Gripped by the grizzled Irish detective.....plenty of twists and turns Bravo!'

'...I thoroughly enjoyed Black December - it's a very good "who done it" - and so often!'

'...Top drawer crime fiction...' 
--Amazon