J. P. Burke

Gabriel Solomon returned as a decorated soldier from the Great War in 1918. He was branded a criminal in 1927. Sent out to find him, private detectives Johnny Quaid and Lois Granger must answer this question: why would a veteran hero lead a gang of ex-soldiers into the underworld? From a burning barge in Providence, a shootout in New York, and the deep forests of Vermont, their investigation will unearth bizarre clues, new enemies, and a shadow war that redefines duty, heroism, and rebellion.

THE ZHANG MEDALLION Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONSDromore Island - a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland, home to an Italian cosmetics factory and a small colony of hippies.When the local community guard - only a few weeks into his first ever posting - falls to his death from a cliff, his girlfriend writes to the police commissioner claiming his death was not an accident. He had told her of his suspicions about the activities of some of the people on the island and that he was going to investigate further. A few days later, he was dead.The commissioner needs someone to go undercover to investigate. Someone to play the part of a hard drinking disgruntled guard who has no interest in doing anything but enjoying the easy life on the island. Someone who can work from behind this fa ade to get to the truth. Someone like Detective-Sergeant Scobie Tierney ...

Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS..CAULDRON of CONSPIRACYWhen the youngest daughter of the Vice-President of the United States comes to Ireland for a summer course at the Kilkenny College of Art and Design, her visit interests a lot of people.Asad Bin Shalwah, a Syrian refugee working in Dublin, whose daughter was killed in Syria, wants to deliver a message to the American president. His cousin, Jamal Oswam and his fellow members of an extreme resistance group in Syria, see it as an opportunity to strike back at the Americans.Add two remaining members of a Belfast terrorist group, a ruthless drug baron from Amsterdam and his siren of a Brazilian girlfriend, two hard bitten agents assigned to the protection of the girl and a Garda superintendent who ridicules the idea that anything could happen to her while in Ireland... and the pot begins to rapidly come to the boil.But the girl is staying in Kilbracken, and this is Scobie Tierney's neck of the woods. Nobody is better at putting the lid back on than the hard drinking, rule bending detective sergeant.

Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS Classic Imprint..A SNATCH OF TINSEL A drug courier is arrested; the drugs seized. His gang have to find a way to repay their Dublin dealer for the lost drugs. They decide to seize a Hollywood star currently in Ireland making a movie, and demand a ransom for her return.The kidnapped star is hidden while waiting for the ransom to be paid by her Studio - itself a front for a Mafia boss in Las Vegas. He has the ransom delivered by his own men as he has an ulterior motive - their job is to retrieve the money after the actress is released.A Dublin police superintendent and his crew arrive to take charge of the investigation. But Kilbracken is Scobie Tirney's territory and while they try to sideline him, he goes about things in his own inimitable way ****... ALSO BY THIS AUTHOR ... RANDOM NUMBER...This was the chance they had gambled on...The bomb was hidden deep in the hotel's basement. - Now the Washington hotel is to host a US government Middle East peace conference. Ten year-old Hussein Shaffeed's father and his stepmother are members of a group of radicals planning to activate the bomb In a small town just outside Washington DC, ten year-old Abi Swenson is at home, recovering between bouts of chemotherapy treating her cancer. A new telephone is installed to relieve her isolation and boredom. Abi experiments calling random numbers and connects with Hussein. An unlikely friendship forms.He relates words from his parents' late-night conversationsand their secretive behaviour. Soon both are certain that something evil is being planned...But who will believe two children?THE SCHIAPELLO CROSS...Santini watched in awe as his father took the Christ figure and laid it on the cross. With delicate manipulation of the plunger, he soldered the figure to the stem without allowing any excess molten gold to drip from the joint. Leaving the cross aside, he picked up the small golden band and with the same painstaking precision, attached a circle of diamonds, taking great care with each. The band was then fixed to the cross over the head of the crucified Christ. Finally, he soldered the red rubies to the body - one to each hand and another to the figure's feet. Santini knew the German officer who had commissioned the work, would soon call to collect the cross. What he did not know was that his father would never part with his masterpiece ... it was their heritage. It was the SCHIAPELLO CROSS A maelstrom of international murder and intrigue, something quite new to Detective Sergeant Scobie Tierney of the Irish police. But when it comes knocking on his door, there's no better man to take it on '*****'PETRA Murder and Injustice...Petra Kailno, a young Latvian immigrant works two jobs in Ireland to assist in supporting her family back home. When she develops strong feelings for the husband of an invalid woman, she must keep them to herself. - But when the woman is found dead in the nursing home where Petra is a cleaner, her mundane life spirals into a terrifying orbit which threatens her very existence. - 'Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody...' Mark Twain.

PUBLISHED by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS ... THE SCHIAPELLO CROSS...Santini watched in awe as his father took the Christ figure and laid it on the cross. With delicate manipulation of the plunger, he soldered the figure to the stem without allowing any excess molten gold to drip from the joint. Leaving the cross aside, he picked up the small golden band and with the same painstaking precision, attached a circle of diamonds, taking great care with each. The band was then fixed to the cross over the head of the crucified Christ. Finally, he soldered the red rubies to the body - one to each hand and another to the figure's feet. Now almost complete, he waited for the cross to cool before carefully placing it in the workshop safe. Santini knew the German officer who had commissioned the work, would soon call to collect the cross. What he did not know was that his father would never part with his masterpiece ... it was their heritage. It was the SCHIAPELLO CROSS A maelstrom of international murder and intrigue, something quite new to Detective Sergeant Scobie Tierney of the Irish police. But when it comes knocking on his door, there's no better man to take it on