Kildevil Cove Murder Mysteries

A Kildevil Cove Murder Mystery They say trouble comes in threes. Detective Danny Quirke is already mourning his wife and mired in an internal investigation that will likely spell the end of his career. Now he must return to the Newfoundland fishing village of his youth to bury his abusive grandfather. At least his three are up. Right? Then the bones of local boy Llewellyn Single, drowned thirty years before, wash up on the beach, and secrets Danny thought were buried forever rise violently to the surface. Only two people know what really happened: Danny Quirke and his former best friend, millionaire Tadhg Heaney. Danny and Tadhg have been bitter enemies for years. But when Danny is accused of Llewellyn's murder, he needs Tadhg's help exposing the truth-before those who believe he is responsible get their revenge. After all, on an island, nothing stays secret forever…. Previously published by Dreamspinner Press as Wind and Dark Water, March 2020.

They say it never rains but it pours. Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Danny Quirke would have to agree. First, someone murders a vulnerable Kildevil Cove man and dumps him in an abandoned well. Then the body of a sex-trafficking victim washes up on a nearby beach. Danny has to get to the bottom of both deaths, but with few leads and little support from his superiors, he's spinning his wheels in a mud pit of a case. Vital resources go missing, witnesses disappear, and suspects proliferate. Each step toward the truth brings him two steps back. Help comes in the form of Scottish investigator Martin Belshawe, but he may not be who he says he is, and someone in the highest echelons of the Newfoundland Constabulary is lying to Danny. Even Danny's lover, Tadhg Heaney, whom he looks to for emotional support, seems to know more than he should about the shady characters who keep popping up in the investigation. With time running out, Danny must decide, who if anyone, he can trust- before the sex traffickers claim their next victims. But, on an island, there's no escaping the tide.

There's trouble brewing in the cold waters of Kildevil Cove, and this time Danny Quirke may be hard put to stop it. Due to his suspected association with his former boss's human trafficking organization, Danny has been demoted and is no longer in charge. To make matters worse, he's broken up with his partner, Tadhg... who may be in serious hot water himself. But then a faceless killer begins targeting Kildevil Cove's most vulnerable, and Danny can't refuse when his new boss asks him to take the case. When Danny pulls a hypothermic young woman out of a small boat in the middle of a blizzard, she whispers a cryptic phrase about a man with no face. But who is he? What is his connection to the murders? And how is Danny going to solve the mystery while he's the subject of an investigation that could end his career?