Chris O'Donoghue author

Thursday, 12 October 2017

Welcome to my new blog. I will be writing about my writing - surprisingly enough! My first detective novel, BLOOD ON THE TIDE has been selling well and is available both in paperback and as a Kindle on Amazon. Click here: Amazon.com: Chris O'Donoghue: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle

The sequel, again featuring DI Sonny Russell and his faithful Jack Russell, Aggie, will be published later this year. Titled BLOOD ON THE SHRINE, it starts with a mysterious death at a Buddhist retreat in the snow and features a mail train robbery. I'll keep you posted as to the launch date.

The third book in the 'BLOOD' series is underway. DI Sonny Russell discovers a mysterious crate, washed up on the beach and the story continues from there.

I will be updating this blog from time to time so keep returning to find out what Sonny Russell, and Aggie, have been up to.

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Mick Thornton12 October 2017 at 04:30
Looking forward to hearing about updates to the Saga Chris. Is DI Russell likely to get to be a DCI after his crime solving exploits? :-))
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capabilitychris13 October 2017 at 14:41
Sonny Russell is quite happy to remain a humble DI as he knows that promotion is likely to mean that he will be chained to a desk - the last thing that he would want.
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Blood in the Garden

Supt Stout is desperate to improve his standing in the community by joining the prestigious Nottery golf club and, when two people connected with it go missing, he sees a matchless opportunity to improve his chances. He puts DI Sonny Russell, on the job - much to the officer’s disgust. Russell has more interesting conundrums: why hasn’t dependable WPC Nettie Sharp reported for duty? An antique dealer finds a body in the boot of his car. Whose is it? Is the suspect attempting a foolhardy escape? How much does an unhelpful landowner really know about his wife’s disappearance? As all the strands gradually untwist Russell manages to solve several mysteries - with a cocktail of shocks along the way.

Blood on the Dunes

A long-buried skeleton emerges from the shifting sands at Camber during a raging storm. A badly injured man is found in a derelict warehouse at Nottery. A mixed race boy goes missing from a children’s home in Peasmarsh. Could these seemingly random occurrences possibly be connected? At first, a puzzled DI Sonny Russell can see no link but, as more horrific events unfold, he begins to detect a troubling pattern. Blood on the Dunes is a story of fractured decisions, made years before, that come back to haunt those involved and others who were left to suffer the consequences.

Blood on the Cards

A travelling fair brings fun, laughter and excitement - but when one comes Nottery Quay it brings gruesome death too. The resident fortune teller is found with her throat cut in a damp and dirty WWII pillbox near the Royal Military Canal. The owner of the fairground comes under suspicion but, when a second body is found, DI Sonny Russell begins to have his doubts. Falling foul of his bombastic boss Superintendent Stout yet again, he is taken off the case and replaced by the bumbling duo Bonnie and Clyde. However, assisted by his French opposite number, Inspecteur Guillaume Bruissement, and his ever faithful sidekick DC Weeks, he pursues his own investigation. So begins a gripping tale which criss-crosses Sussex and Kent and ends in a thriller chase along the canal, with disastrous consequences...

BLOOD ON THE STRAND

BLOOD ON THE STRAND is a story of intrigue and drama, set on the sleepy south coast in the post-war mid-fifties.In a raging gale a heavy crate is washed up on the beach near Compass Point. DI Sonny Russell and his sidekick DS Johnny Weeks happen upon it while braving the weather near Sonny’s home. Puzzled, they go to get help to recover it, but when they return it has gone. So begins a thrilling and dangerous search for stolen Nazi plunder. It leads the detectives, ably assisted by an eager young policewoman, Nettie Sharpe, on a twisting trail that encompasses Hastings fisherman, their iconic net huts, ruthless foreign criminals and the shady side of antique dealing.

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