What Dies Inside

Inspector Carlyle #0.6

by James Craig

London, October 1984: Irish terrorists have blown up British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a hotel near London. Gerry Durkan, the prime suspect, is on the run in west London and Constable John Carlyle is drafted in to join the hunt to find him.

The increasingly frantic search exposes rivalries in the security services as up and coming MI5 agent Martin Palmer goes up against Special Branch veteran Mark Cahill. Palmer needs to find Durkan first, or see his embryonic career go into reverse. But the young spook has a dirty secret of his own, one that he will kill to keep.

71 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 6, 2013

About the author

James Craig has lived in London for more than thirty years, working as a journalist and consultant.

He lives in Bloomsbury with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

[Mr Kenneth L Mullen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good story

Enjoyed this book as I do with Al
Carluke novels. I especially
Like the short ones that you can read in one sitting.

[Joyce · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not like the characters. Law enforcement shouldn't sound like a bunch of thugs. They took away from the plot.

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth reading

A quick read in the life of Inspector Carlyle. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a quick fun read. Enjoy. 2014

This novella is from my local library

[David Highton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another prequel novella to the Carlyle series with rivalry between Special Branch and MI5 in the wake of the IRA mombing of the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in 1984

[Jovdb · Rating 1 out of 5]

A bit of a let down.

A completely bundled operation into finding the suspect of an IRA bombing in Brighton in the 1980's, it catalogued the incompetence of the police and the intelligence forces in Britain.

This was a total waste of time.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shorter novella that takes place when Carlyle was a constable in the 1980s in the midst of the IRA heyday. The case involves a search for the man that instigated the Brighton bombing but the story here is mostly background, mainly to add to the back story of Carlyle.