She had to give up a career that paid rather well to get her books out, and her husband was more than happy to support her choices in this area.

The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery (The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 18) The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery (The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 18)

Murder and mystery combine with a sprinkling of romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit.It is worth noting that while the DCI Ryan books are a series featuring recurring characters like DCI Ryan, his girlfriend Anna Taylor and veteran DS Frank Phillips, many of the novels can be read as standalones. A few days into his sabbatical, the tranquility is broken when the body of a young woman is discovered abandoned on the ruins of the nearby monastery buildings.

The DCI Ryan Mysteries (20 book series) Kindle edition The DCI Ryan Mysteries (20 book series) Kindle edition

Anna Taylor arrives back on the island as a police consultant, old memories swim to the surface making her confront her difficult past. I wasn’t expecting The Infirmary to be a prequel and I cannot understand why having gone through the whole saga about Gregson why the need to resurrect him again? To uncover the truth, Ryan must delve deeper into the hearts of those around him to find what lies beneath. Her husband also has permanent recognition on every book cover in her choice of attribution as a tribute to his support. The series begins with him being the only member of an elite criminal profiling unit to escape from a storm of scandal and mismanagement.Anyone that has read crime fiction will recognize the style and themes present in the DCI Ryan books. When they receive an invitation to attend the staff summer party — a Victorian murder mystery evening — it’s all a joke until the lights go out and an elderly man turns up dead. After his climactic battle with notorious serial killer,The Hacker, DCI Ryan is spending the summer with his fiancée within the grounds of Cragside. However, even as Ryan is a southerner, the north fits him just fine as he has very few quirks of character.

The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery (The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 18)

Notorious serial killer, The Hacker,has escaped prison and kidnapped one of his best detectives from her own home. Ross soon grew so confident in her abilities that when traditional publishers came knocking and made her an offer, she turned it down, choosing to remain rooted in the self-publishing field.However, each new book provides enough snippets of information about what happened in the past that readers can jump aboard at any moment. The DCI Ryan Mysteries are set in Northumberland, which is a region of England that the author is particularly familiar with, given that she grew up there. Gregory galivants across the world in this series, from Ireland to France to New York City and more.

The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery (The DCI Ryan Mysteries

While the books have been advertised as intense thrillers, they are hardly the darkest psychological dramas in the world. Book 10 Frank doesn’t smoke and has been married 6 months , book 11 he’s having a cigarette and still why with makenzie!She seems stuck on characters curling their lips— who in the world has used that phrase in the last 60 years? While The Infirmary, the eleventh publication, is a prequel, it should not be read before you read at least the first five books and the character of DCI Ryan is established.