BELFAST. A still divided city rising from the ashes of its past.
PSNI Detective Inspector Veronica Taylor has staked her all in bringing down the corrupt magnate and paramilitary godfather, Gordon ‘Monster’ Beattie and the prosecution has ended in failure.
For Beattie, his exoneration has come at a price, indebted to a shadowy Global Organisation that seeks to exploit his insidious criminal empire for its own gain.
As Taylor seeks redemption and to salvage her career, Beattie is now motivated to secure his stranglehold over the criminal underworld and ensure his legacy.
When the murder of a ruthless criminal plunges the two opponents again into conflict, Taylor comes under increasing pressure from superiors in how to direct her case and Beattie forced to face the consequences of his newly secured freedom.
As it becomes clear the killers thirst for murder may not be randomly orientated but an organised and brutal retribution, Beattie confronts the lie that built his Empire and Taylor is forced to face her demons.
Caught between her duty to intervene and her desire to let vengeance run its bloody course she finds herself trapped between exposing a revelation that could shatter the fragile peace and plunge her City back to violence or complicit in the CODE OF SILENCE.
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A Detective Veronica Taylor Crime Thriller.
The explosive follow-up to CODE OF SILENCE
Detective Inspector Veronica Taylor is still reeling from the fallout following her last case. Although, her nemesis Gordon ‘Monster’ Beattie is now on the side-lines his influence remains with elected representatives calling on the police and other public bodies to take urgent action in the war against organised criminality.
Now tasked with finding the culprit behind a spate of vandalism targeting a prestigious developer and their client, a controversial evangelical group, Taylor resolves to move on from her pursuit of Beattie and the spectre of police collusion.
As her investigation uncovers some troubling historical allegations a tragic accident stalls her inquiries and the police ombudsman are engaged to examine the team’s actions.
With her case now at a standstill, Taylor receives assistance from an unlikely source, their information putting her on a collision course with an enemy who could not just end her career, but also her life.
Praise for THE BELFAST CRIME SERIES
★★★★★ "If you like crime thrillers, this is one to savour...."
★★★★★ "Dark, magnetic and gripping..."
★★★★★ "The city looms like a lead protagonist..."
★★★★★ "Top notch. A cracking read..."
★★★★★ "A tense and twisty police procedural..."
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Tom Shepard has unfinished business.
Having already cut a swathe of destruction through the Belfast underworld in a spate of vigilante attacks, the former soldier has set his sights on the man who orchestrated the gangland hit in which his family were tragically murdered.
His target, John Barrett, facilitator for a shadowy global criminal consortium, has fled Ireland and finds himself at the crossroads of Europe, tasked with ensuring the consortiums profits, earned off the backs of desperate people fleeing war and persecution, continue to flourish.
Thrust into the flames of a feud between bitter rivals vying for control of the lucrative illegal migration routes Barrett’s endeavours are hampered by the impulsive offspring of Serbia’s premier people trafficker: Alek Abasi.
When the indiscriminate campaign of violence draws Shepard to the region in search of an innocent caught between the warring gangs there can be no hiding place for Barrett, and for Tom Shepard now the target is in sight there can be NO GOING BACK.
Explore the historic yet infamous city of Belfast with the first three captivating crime case-files featuring Detective Inspector Veronica Taylor in this collection of tales for readers of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Simon McCleave and LJ Ross.
Follow the team as they investigate if the answers to a cold case lie in the sinister or the supernatural. Search for the truth in the aftermath of a tragic domestic incident and uncover the motives behind a mysterious disappearance when new found fortunes inspire the darkest of crimes.
