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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Their teenage daughter is missing. Why don't they want anyone looking for her? Affluent parents, a desirable London home, a new place in college. The life any young girl would covet. Not so, according to an uppity teenager who barges into Eddie Flynn's office under the madcap delusion that private investigators are there to chase down friends they've not seen for a couple of days. In this case, her privileged girlfriend. Flynn isn't in the habit of hiring out to penniless youths. And doesn't believe the said friend is in any kind of trouble she can't walk away from. Which leaves curiosity and bad judgement as the only explanations for his decision to take a quick look-see in the cause of shrugging this delusional kid from his back. And all it takes is a quick check to confirm what he expects: that the fuss is about nothing. The "missing" friend is simply laid up with a bug, as her parents have been telling everyone. End of story. Except that the parents won't let anyone ‒ friends or P.I.s ‒ actually see their daughter. And if they're lying, if the girl is actually missing, they seem determined to keep it that way... Available from House On The Hill 4th Feb 2016 Paperback ISBN 978-1522738916 Amazon kindle ASIN B01BI91AKA |
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THE DEVIL'S SNARE
Baby-killers or victims? They've hired Flynn to prove their innocence. But why are they lying? Grieving parents? Or child-killers covering their guilt with a cynical campaign to "find" their missing toddler? The police have their answer. The public has its suspicions. And the tabloids are hot in pursuit of the splash that will expose the "Killer Couple" and put them behind bars. Eddie Flynn never reads the tabloids, shuns limelight, despairs over a world addicted to media sensation. So when the couple turns to him for help his instinct is to show them the door. But what if they're telling the truth? Shouldn't someone take a look. Call it a lapse of judgment but Flynn signs up for the no-expense-spared gig. His mission: keep the couple safe from a dangerous vigilante and maybe even figure out what happened to their child. If anyone can clear the fog it's a tough ex murder detective who always delivers. So now Flynn's been sucked into the biggest media circus of the decade – and he's one of the bad guys, drawing the flak. That's no problem. He just hunkers down and concentrates on the detective work. No problem at all – until he begins to sense that his clients are hiding something... A Kirkus Reviews Recommended book Available from House On The Hill 24 January 2015 Paperback ISBN 978-1508569909 Amazon kindle ASIN B00SICIR0M |
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COLD CALL
P.I. Flynn, ex murder cop. Re-purposed to the private sector. Now the killers have caught up. Eddie Flynn has not been near a murder scene since he was pushed out of the Metropolitan Police following a failed investigation that let a serial killer known as the Diceman go free. That was seven years ago. But now without warning a bizarre phone call from a new victim drags Flynn right back into the cesspit where the killer - or his copycat - is waiting with a score to settle. A vicious serial killer. A maverick P.I. A collision course... Available from House On The Hill 15 February 2016 Paperback ISBN 978-1519275301 Amazon kindle ASIN B01BMGP2VW |
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SLOW LIGHT
Christmas Eve. Time to turn the sign and go prop up a bar. Then Flynn's phone rings. Cheating husbands. Eddie Flynn doesn't judge. He just brings back the evidence and banks the cheque. Leaves the jury work to the client. Not that the present fee is much. The young mother who contacts him right before Christmas can barely afford the bargain basement charge for a quick look-see at her husband's extra-curricular activities. But pay she will: even bad news is better than not knowing whether she still has a marriage. For Flynn the job is a nice stocking filler before he heads off for a well-earned R&R. But you can't catch a guy red handed until you find him. And the husband isn't findable. He's not been seen since he drove off with just an overnight bag, a sleazy excuse and not a hint of his intentions left with anyone who knows him. It's like the guy doesn't exist. Meaning that Flynn's plan to shut up shop for the festive season has hit the rocks. Then complications arise. Flynn is being followed. He's being threatened. And his client has stopped answering her phone. The quick investigation has just turned into the nightmare before Christmas... Available from House On The Hill 25 November 2018 Paperback ISBN 978-11729023891 Amazon kindle ASIN B07KVM51L4 |
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THE BLACK FIRE
Room 209. A budget hotel. Someone is checked in but the room is empty. No luggage, no clothes, no sign of use. No sign the guest will ever return. But there are people who need to know who they are and where they've gone. And they need this information fast. They're looking for the impossible. And they've heard of a miracle-worker called Eddie Flynn. Only Flynn smells a dirty job. Turns down the eye-watering fee. Problem is, refusal isn't an option. If the hunters must hurt people to co-opt London's sharpest detective then that's what they'll do. Starting in 48 hours. Which leaves Flynn with no choice but to sign up to an impossible assignment. An empty hotel room. A passing ghost. But Flynn had better make the impossible possible. Because in forty-eight hours the hurting starts. Available from House On The Hill 30 December 2019 Paperback ISBN 978-1670275585 Amazon kindle ASIN B0838N858N |
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DOG WALTZ
A father recalls Jill Dando. Believes only Flynn can save his celeb daughter. The media spotlight. Never the safest of places. It's a risk Sarah Locke accepts as the face of an investigative TV series that frequently treads the toes of ruthless people. But now someone's stalking her, sending threats scary enough to have her production partner call time on their biggest investigation. Threats real enough to scare her father, who isn't an easy-to-scare guy. Because he's the head of the Avon and Somerset Police. You'd think that his position as a Chief Constable would help ensure his daughter's safety. But police power doesn't work that way. And when he recalls the fate of Jill Dando he decides that he needs to get to his daughter's adversary before something bad happens. And he's heard of a London private detective who gets results. For P.I. Eddie Flynn the assignment is gold plated. He's never had a more respectable client, a more engaging protectee or a clearer mission. Or a more disastrous result. Available from House On The Hill 15 September 2021 Paperback ISBN 979-8518635340 Amazon kindle ASIN B09G74MWTS |
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SHADOW ROAD
A vanished youth. A nobody. Missed only by his family. But why are people with knives, guns and Lamborghinis watching? It's two years since college graduate Chas Abbott walked out of his family home to take time out and find direction. Two years since he's been seen. Now his family fear the worst. P.I. Eddie Flynn is good at finding people, even those who don't want to be found. But this boy is proving elusive. His trail has melted almost entirely away with the fading memories of acquaintances and strangers who barely recall his passing. But it's not the end of the road. Because Flynn has attracted onlookers who are watching his search twenty-four hours a day. People ready to step out of the shadows with bats and guns. All over an itinerant boy of interest to nobody. And if Chas Abbott is a shadow, the watchers are all too real when they move in to dissuade Flynn from continuing his fruitless quest. Available from House On The Hill 18 October 2024 Paperback ISBN 979-8862664942 Amazon kindle ASIN B0CL83FMPJ |
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THE WATCHING
It's every woman's worst nightmare... Kate Walker is a criminal lawyer with a crushing caseload and clients who rarely appreciate her efforts. But if her job is more purgatory than career she's not about to give up on it. Helping the underdog and the vulnerable is her passion. And even if the job leaves little time for herself she can't complain. After all, she has great friends, a beautiful home and a new lover. Life outside the office and courtroom is pretty good. Maybe too good ... because someone has noticed. Someone who'd like in on her perfect world. Now they're watching her, calling her, tormenting her with their increasingly dark games. And as Kate's life slides insidiously from disbelief to nightmare she realises that no-one can help. She's alone in her dangerous new world. Soon she's watching every shadow, avoiding empty places and late trains and scurrying home each night to her locks and barricades. But what if locks and barricades aren't enough? What if her tormentor, like a ghost or demon, can just walk in? Available from House On The Hill 3 May 2018 Paperback ISBN 978-1986676137 Amazon kindle ASIN B07CVCFGFC |
Praise for Michael Donovan's Eddie Flynn novels
...a real page-turner
Lytham St Annes Express
A slick, dynamic mystery... good old-fashioned detective work
Kirkus Reviews
A fantastic book: I was gripped ... I can see why Michael Donovan
was winner of the Northern Crime Competition
newbooksmag.com
...part Philip Marlowe, part Eddie Gumshoe, a likeable
wisecracking guy... very well recommended
Eurocrime
...will leave the reader shocked and thrilled by
the intensity of the writing ... escapism at its best.
Postcard Reviews
The plot's twists and turns ... kept me guessing to the end
Librarything.com
... deliciously complex ... a potentially real criminal plot, with a chillingly
indifferent ring leader ... make(s) the readers' hair stand on end.
Donovan refreshingly breaks [the tradition] with remarkable success
CuckooReview.com
... a chilling thriller crafted with a fluid narrative style...
always engaging ... wild nightmarish scenes...
Bookpleasures
Masterful... If you haven't been
introduced to Eddie Flynn yet, be prepared.
Red City Review
... complicated ... wonderful ... brilliant. I recommend anyone ...
to try this book. [It] will haunt your days and nights.
Georgia Cuthbertson, Cuckoo Review