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A high-stakes Australian police procedural packed with cop-killer suspense, organised crime, sectarian wounds, personal grief, and a deadly feud reaching rural New South Wales.One of their own is dead. Farrell wants the truth, whatever it costs.Senior Sergeant Joel Stringer is shot dead on his own doorstep.For Detective Inspector Jason Farrell and his team, the murder is more than another case. It is a brutal strike at the heart of Kingsbrook police, leaving a grieving family behind and a squad determined to find the person who ordered the hit.But Stringer's death is only the beginning.As Farrell digs deeper, the investigation pulls him from local protection rackets to Sydney crime figures. He uncovers buried Irish secrets and a feud that has crossed oceans to reach Kingsbrook.Someone is settling old scores in Kingsbrook. And the killer has already proved that no one, not even the police, is beyond reach.A Bullet from the Past is the explosive fifth book in the Detective Jason Farrell series: a fast-paced Australian crime thriller for fans of cop-killer investigations, organised crime conspiracies, and conflicts that refuse to die.______________________________________________Praise for the Detective Jason Farrell Australian Crime Thrillers:★★★★★ “Fast-paced and gripping… will keep you hooked from first page to last.”★★★★★ “The vibrant Australian characters and setting are a welcome break.”★★★★★ “The plot twists and turns until eventually long-held secrets are revealed.”★★★★★ “A really good detective novel, well written.”★★★★★ “The clues are there. You just have to find them.”★★★★★ “They are all brilliant.”★★★★★ “A first-class mystery that you can’t tear yourself away from.”★★★★★ “His excellent prose brings the characters to life and paints a vivid picture of life in a small Australian community.”★★★★★ “He combines mystery with social commentary.”★★★★★ “David Menon has such a way of keeping his books interesting. Great storylines.”

A dark Australian police procedural packed with cold-case suspense, small-town secrets, corrupt cops, and an outsider detective who dares to challenge the powerful forces protecting a deadly truth in rural New South Wales.After forty-four years in prison, freedom comes with a bullet.Wayne Portman has always said he was innocent.Convicted of a brutal double murder in Kingsbrook, he has spent more than four decades behind bars for crimes he swore he did not commit. One of his alleged victims was his own girlfriend. Her body was never recovered.Then Wayne is released. Within hours, he is shot dead.Detective Inspector Jason Farrell has barely arrived from Sydney when he is thrown into a case nobody in Kingsbrook wants reopened. The deeper he digs, the more the past begins to bleed into the present — old lies surface, powerful enemies close in, and a cover-up protected for generations begins to crack.But someone is still killing to keep the truth buried. And in Kingsbrook, the most dangerous secrets may belong to the men wearing badges.The Final Hours is the gripping first book in the Detective Jason Farrell series: a fast-paced, gritty Australian crime thriller for fans of cold-case conspiracies, corrupt institutions, and detectives who refuse to back down._______________________________________________Praise for the Detective Jason Farrell Australian Crime Thrillers:★★★★★ “Fast-paced and gripping… will keep you hooked from first page to last.”★★★★★ “The vibrant Australian characters and setting are a welcome break.”★★★★★ “The plot twists and turns until eventually long-held secrets are revealed.”★★★★★ “A really good detective novel, well written.”★★★★★ “The clues are there. You just have to find them.”★★★★★ “They are all brilliant.”★★★★★ “A first-class mystery that you can’t tear yourself away from.”★★★★★ “His excellent prose brings the characters to life and paints a vivid picture of life in a small Australian community.”★★★★★ “He combines mystery with social commentary.”★★★★★ “David Menon has such a way of keeping his books interesting. Great storylines.”

A dark Australian police procedural packed with organised crime, corporate corruption, protected killers, and a small-town murder case that reaches beyond rural New South Wales.Two innocent people are dead, and the real target has vanishedGlen and Rosemary Hathaway should have been safe in their own home.Instead, the beloved retired couple are found bound and murdered in their pristine Kingsbrook living room. It has all the hallmarks of a professional hit.Detective Inspector Jason Farrell soon discovers the Hathaways were collateral damage in a conspiracy reaching far beyond Kingsbrook.Now witnesses are disappearing. Bodies are surfacing. And every lead pulls Farrell deeper into a world of money, influence, and killers protected by the law itself.He is not only hunting the killers — he is fighting the people shielding them. Farrell must uncover the truth before more lives are erased.Destined for Murder is the gripping second book in the Detective Jason Farrell series: a fast-paced Australian crime thriller for fans of organised crime conspiracies, corrupt power, and detectives who won’t be warned off._________________________________________Praise for the Detective Jason Farrell Australian Crime Thrillers:★★★★★ “Fast-paced and gripping… will keep you hooked from first page to last.”★★★★★ “The vibrant Australian characters and setting are a welcome break.”★★★★★ “The plot twists and turns until eventually long-held secrets are revealed.”★★★★★ “A really good detective novel, well written.”★★★★★ “The clues are there. You just have to find them.”★★★★★ “They are all brilliant.”★★★★★ “A first-class mystery that you can’t tear yourself away from.”★★★★★ “His excellent prose brings the characters to life and paints a vivid picture of life in a small Australian community.”★★★★★ “He combines mystery with social commentary.”★★★★★ “David Menon has such a way of keeping his books interesting. Great storylines.”

A dark Australian police procedural packed with revenge, hidden grudges, undetectable murder, and a killer concealed within the community in rural New South Wales.The first murder is obvious. The rest were designed to look like nothing at all.Barry Stanton is found naked and strangled in his bed. The evidence says he had company. The pressure says the first suspect will do.But Detective Inspector Jason Farrell is not convinced. As his team digs into Stanton's private life, a quieter pattern begins to emerge across Kingsbrook: deaths that looked natural, accidents that passed unnoticed, grief that never quite settled.Someone is choosing victims with care. And they know how to make murder look like fate.With a wrongfully accused man in the frame and families hiding wounds of their own, Farrell must connect the deaths before a killer's revenge claims another life — because the most dangerous person in Kingsbrook is hiding in plain sight.The Darkness in Him is the gripping third book in the Detective Jason Farrell series: a tense Australian crime thriller for fans of psychological police procedurals, buried secrets, and revenge plots that turn ordinary lives deadly.___________________________________________Praise for the Detective Jason Farrell Australian Crime Thrillers:★★★★★ “Fast-paced and gripping… will keep you hooked from first page to last.”★★★★★ “The vibrant Australian characters and setting are a welcome break.”★★★★★ “The plot twists and turns until eventually long-held secrets are revealed.”★★★★★ “A really good detective novel, well written.”★★★★★ “The clues are there. You just have to find them.”★★★★★ “They are all brilliant.”★★★★★ “A first-class mystery that you can’t tear yourself away from.”★★★★★ “His excellent prose brings the characters to life and paints a vivid picture of life in a small Australian community.”★★★★★ “He combines mystery with social commentary.”★★★★★ “David Menon has such a way of keeping his books interesting. Great storylines.”

A chilling Australian police procedural packed with live-streamed murder, psychological terror, drug crime, calculated vengeance, and a killer turning grief into a weapon in rural New South Wales.He doesn't just kill his victims. He makes their loved ones watch.A video call connects.A loved one appears on screen.Then the murder begins.Detective Inspector Jason Farrell is called to investigate a series of vicious killings designed to inflict maximum pain on the people left behind. The victims appear to be connected to a powerful Kingsbrook businessman suspected of running one of the largest drug operations in New South Wales.But this is no ordinary gangland case.As Farrell and his team dig deeper, they uncover a trail of violence and silence — and buried crimes that someone has decided to punish.The killer is not just taking lives. He is making witnesses of the people who loved them.And as Farrell closes in on the answer, the case threatens to drag his own private life into the line of fire.Don't Answer the Phone is the gripping fourth book in the Detective Jason Farrell series: a dark, fast-paced Australian crime thriller for fans of psychological police procedurals, revenge killers, and murder cases with a vicious human edge.__________________________________________________Praise for the Detective Jason Farrell Australian Crime Thrillers:★★★★★ “Fast-paced and gripping… will keep you hooked from first page to last.”★★★★★ “The vibrant Australian characters and setting are a welcome break.”★★★★★ “The plot twists and turns until eventually long-held secrets are revealed.”★★★★★ “A really good detective novel, well written.”★★★★★ “The clues are there. You just have to find them.”★★★★★ “They are all brilliant.”★★★★★ “A first-class mystery that you can’t tear yourself away from.”★★★★★ “His excellent prose brings the characters to life and paints a vivid picture of life in a small Australian community.”★★★★★ “He combines mystery with social commentary.”★★★★★ “David Menon has such a way of keeping his books interesting. Great storylines.”

A police procedural set in a faded seaside resort, where the town behind the tourist lights hides a killer with an unsettling signature. Gritty British crime fiction of institutional pressure, prejudice inside the force and a detective with everything to prove.Two Girls Dead. One Signature. A Town That Looks Away.Behind the slot machines, the cheap booze and the seafront lights, there's a Blackpool the tourists aren't meant to see. That's the Blackpool DI Layla Khan polices.A teenage prostitute is found murdered, and the killer has taken a sample of her blood. Then a second girl is discovered with the same MO. Both victims turn out to have been HIV positive. Did the killer know? Were they chosen for it?Khan takes on the investigation whilst contending with a DS whose racism is barely veiled and a superior officer who championed her promotion and needs a quick result to justify it. A prominent local family at war with itself, corruption on the council and a threatening hand from her own past all stand between her and the killer.If Khan can't find what links the victims, a third girl will pay for it.In the Shadow of the Tower is a DI Layla Khan Blackpool crime thriller, for readers who love British police procedurals, seaside noir, detectives fighting their own force and serial cases with a signature. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, L.J. Ross and Tana French.

A politically charged British police procedural set in Blackpool, where an arson attack on an asylum hotel collides with a murder inquiry and a town’s fraying community relations. Detective-led crime fiction with a cold-case thread and a social conscience.A Town on Fire. A Killer in the Crowd.A Blackpool hotel housing asylum seekers and refugees whilst their applications are processed is deliberately set alight, and serious overcrowding turns the fire lethal.Meanwhile, DI Layla Khan and her team investigate the apparently unconnected murder of a retired teacher, a case that drags back into the light the disappearance of a Blackpool woman six years ago who's never been found.As the murder count rises, Khan becomes convinced the crimes are connected. Proving it means getting ahead of people who cover their tracks well, whilst Blackpool simmers around her.Murder of the Unwanted is a standalone Blackpool crime thriller featuring DI Layla Khan, for readers who love British police procedurals, politically charged cases and detectives who refuse to let go. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, L.J. Ross and Ian Rankin.

Paul Foster is a social worker trying to make a difference. But what links him to an aristocratic Nazi sympathiser accused of harbouring a war criminal? And what has happened to his soldier boyfriend Jake over in Afghanistan? In this, the first DCI Sara Hoyland mystery, the intrepid detective with a murky past enters a long-forgotten world of political intrigue. Long-held grudges and several families' secrets re-surface to further muddy the waters.

Canon Brendan O' Farrell of Holy Saints Catholic Church, Salford, is nearing retirement when a series of gruesome murders takes place among his congregation. In this, the second of David Menon's DCI Sara Hoyland mysteries, the trail of clues raises questions that may be a little too close to home for comfort for the investigating officers.