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Grace O'Malley Thrillers #1
by Richard O'Rawe, Bernadette O'Rawe
Fans of British crime thrillers in the style of Mick Herron, Ian Rankin, Harlan Coben, Val McDermid and Denise Mina will binge this first in a series with a gripping plot full of shocking twists and turns.
How can you get away with murder in a city full of cameras? London's DSI Grace O'Malley must solve a puzzling case in this highly addictive blend of gritty police procedural and creepy historical horror by dynamic father-daughter duo Richard and Bernadette O'Rawe.
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live ...
Detective Superintendent Grace O'Malley of London's Metropolitan Police receives a dubious phone call. A self-proclaimed witch hunter, using the alias of Matthew Hopkins, the notorious seventeenth century witchfinder general, is leading her to his first victim.
Someone is exploiting the bloody history of the witchfinder to start a modern-day witch hunt, making sure their debut murder of a TV-medium is broadcast worldwide during Halloween night on Westminster Bridge.
The clock is ticking for this high-profile case. Grace needs to find out who is behind the premeditated crime before the witch hunter can strike again. But the more she investigates, the more she finds herself in an intricate web of lies, deceit and threats – a case even more complex and incredible than originally thought.
"Enriched by historical data, this spellbinding police procedural has a vicious sting in its tail." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The O'Rawes know how to keep readers in suspense, serving up surprising twists and copious cliffhangers on the way to a satisfying solution. This bodes well for future series installments." —Publishers Weekly
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Richard O'Rawe was born in Belfast. His first book, Blanketmen, published in 2005, was a political book about the 1981 IRA/INLA hunger strike and was an Irish best-seller. His second book, Afterlives, was published in 2010. His third book, In the Name of the Son, a biography of his life-long friend, Gerry Conlon (of the Guildford Four), was published in 2017. The first two novels of his 'Ructions O'Hare' series, Northern Heist and Goering's Gold, were published in 2018 and 2022 respectively. He is currently working on his third novel of this series. His sixth book, Stakeknife's Dirty War, another bestseller, was published in 2023.
This current book Witch Hunt is the first collaboration with his daughter, Bernadette.
Bernadette O'Rawe is a graduate of Queen's University Belfast, having attained a BA (Hons) in Criminology and sociology and an LLM, Masters of Law in Human Rights and Criminal Justice.
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