DI Brian Brandon is back, December 14 2025
WIth Friends Like These…
He thought he had it figured out, until it went up in flames
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Back from the dead
The award-nominated thriller that introduces the Strathburgh crime universe
‘One of the best reads I have had in a long time (and I read A LOT)’
‘I'm not normally a fan of crime fiction but Back From The Dead may have converted me.’
Hapless Bertie Haig wakes up with a killer hangover… and a very dead stranger in his bed.
Mercurial gangster Al Edwards must turn his back on the only life he's ever known.
DI Kris Hendrie is torn between family loyalty and duty to the job.
Three unlikely heroes, living very different lives, until the machinations of a mysterious figure force them to make impossible choices.
Vanity Project
The first DI Brian Brandon murder thriller
‘A spellbinding book with characters and a story that I could really care about.’
‘Especially towards the end, I just couldn't put this down.’
Cybersecurity consultant Ray Higgins is dead. Was it a love triangle turned deadly? Or is there something more at play?
As DI Brian Brandon digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a trail of blackmail and betrayal that leads straight to Strathburgh's elite.
But Brian is battling more than a killer hell-bent on silencing anyone who gets too close to the truth. A traumatic past and a drinking habit that's spiraling out of control threaten to derail the investigation and get him killed.
Hello ‘Ello ‘Ello
Growing up, most of my mates spent their free time playing Sensible Soccer on Amiga (IYKYK), kicking a ball around, or watching inappropriately violent Japanese cartoons on telly.
Me? In between 'tattooing' my arms with a green Stabilo pen and air-guitaring on broomsticks, I was copying out Enid Blyton stories by hand. For fun.
By age 12, I'd graduated to writing my own stuff. But, several short stories and a terrible novel later, life got in the way.
I worked as an English teacher, an insurance claims adjuster, a solicitor, a bartender, and a copywriter. On the eve of my fortieth birthday, I began what would become Back From The Dead, and I haven't stopped since.
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