Brian O'Hare

Prominent figures in Belfast are being murdered. The bodies are left naked and posed in grotesquely distorted shapes. No clues are left at the forensically immaculate crime scenes except odd theatrical props and some random numbers and letters concealed at each scene by the killer. How are the victims linked? What is the connection between these killings and a famous mediaeval painting of The Last Judgement? Chief Inspector Jim Sheehan is baffled. Faced with one of the most complex cases of his career, he turns to an eminent professor at Queen’s University and a senior cleric who is a biblical expert. With their help, Sheehan begins to piece together some understanding of the killer’s psychopathy but can he learn enough to identify the killer and put an end the murders?

Lin Hui and Cheung Mingzhu win scholarships to study at Queen’s University in Belfast. Alina Balauru departs a poor farm in Romania for well paid work in Northern Ireland. Three lives harbouring long-cherished dreams. Three lives headed for tragedy. Sheehan and his Serious Crimes Unit discover the body of one of the young women in the garden of an upmarket residence. Confronted with violent Chinese racketeers, brutal human-traffickers and a fiendishly clever killer called The Shadow, they are baffled by a case that seems to lead in two entirely different directions. Can they find out who The Shadow is in time to save the other two victims?

Read the spellbinding second book in the award winning Inspector Sheehan series"An explosive mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end, riddled with twists and breathless suspense!"Angela Martin, Angela's Book Blogs"I stayed up all night to finish this book! Inspector Jim Sheehan you are here to stay!" - Goodreads RevieweThree people are murdered on separate Tuesday evenings at precisely 11.05.Why 11.05pm for each killing?Who is the violent stalker who twice nearly kills Inspector Sheehan?There are no answers, and the peaceful community of West Belfast is once again ripped apart by these vicious murders. As Inspctor Sheehan investigates, with his new sergeant Denise Stewart, long held secrets of the past are exposed, secrets that many would die to protect.When one of his team is kidnapped, Inspector Sheehan knows its the last straw. With only minutes to save his colleague's life, has he left it too late?The first thing I thought after reading this book why isn't Brian O'Hare better known in the crime writing world? This man is extremely talented, and his book a wonderful ‘whodunnit’ that left me guessing until the end. [Joseph Sousa, Crime-writer]Head and shoulders above most mystery authors who are published today, Brian O’Hare deserves far wider recognition. You won’t regret purchasing his books.[CBT, Amazon Reviewer]Brian O’Hare is an intelligent and compassionate storyteller who takes his chosen genre a decent literary distance beyond your average ‘whodunnit’.[Robin Chambers, author]**Previously published as The 11.05 Murders by Crimson Cloak Publishing."