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The Strange Case of Albert Mitchell
"I loved this rip roaring detective story. Great period details and strong characters. I read it in one sitting," Chris Child
"There's a lot of action. I could imagine this making an exciting TV series." Ann Abrams
"It's great for Sherlock Holmes fans. Peter Keeley brings Manchester in 1911 to vivid life." Steve Moore
A brilliant period detective mystery
Detective James Francis Dineen and his partner John Moreland hear a gunshot during a training exercise at the London Road police station. Running over, they find one of their colleagues is dead, with an unfired gun in his hand. It looks like a disguised murder, but with no witnesses and no motive the detectives must deploy all their skills to unpick the mystery. Soon there's another corpse, and a significant new clue. Their investigation takes them across Manchester as they go from shady pubs and opium dens to the Royal Exchange.
James Dineen is inspired by Sherlock Holmes, and tries unorthodox tactics that aren't taught in training school. He's from the same rough background as the criminals he pursues, so isn't afraid to bend the rules to solve a case. While John Moreland is a church-going family man, who plays by the book.
The Strange Case of Albert Mitchell is the first of Peter Keeley's London Road mysteries, stories from the casebook of James Francis Dineen. It will appeal to all fans of early 20th century detective fiction.
Book Two of 'The London Road Mysteries' THE HEATON PARK MURDER is available on amazon now.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/HEATON-MURDER...
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"There's a lot of action. I could imagine this making an exciting TV series." Ann Abrams
"It's great for Sherlock Holmes fans. Peter Keeley brings Manchester in 1911 to vivid life." Steve Moore
A brilliant period detective mystery
Detective James Francis Dineen and his partner John Moreland hear a gunshot during a training exercise at the London Road police station. Running over, they find one of their colleagues is dead, with an unfired gun in his hand. It looks like a disguised murder, but with no witnesses and no motive the detectives must deploy all their skills to unpick the mystery. Soon there's another corpse, and a significant new clue. Their investigation takes them across Manchester as they go from shady pubs and opium dens to the Royal Exchange.
James Dineen is inspired by Sherlock Holmes, and tries unorthodox tactics that aren't taught in training school. He's from the same rough background as the criminals he pursues, so isn't afraid to bend the rules to solve a case. While John Moreland is a church-going family man, who plays by the book.
The Strange Case of Albert Mitchell is the first of Peter Keeley's London Road mysteries, stories from the casebook of James Francis Dineen. It will appeal to all fans of early 20th century detective fiction.
Book Two of 'The London Road Mysteries' THE HEATON PARK MURDER is available on amazon now.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/HEATON-MURDER...
http://www.amazon.com/HEATON-MURDER-d...
48 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 14, 2013
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August 7, 2021
Disappointed
Found it a difficult read. Descriptions of Manchester good. Too many surnames starting with same Letter. Won't recommend to friends
Found it a difficult read. Descriptions of Manchester good. Too many surnames starting with same Letter. Won't recommend to friends
December 6, 2013
Started out so well the ending was awful!!!!!
March 8, 2014
The protagonist in this story may have aspirations to be Sherlock Holmes but the author falls a a long way short of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Very poor.
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