Harry Devlin
4 primary works • 6 total works
Book 1
Down-at-heel Liverpool solicitor Harry Devlin is still infatuated with his wife Liz, even though she has left him for another man. When Liz shows up at his flat, obviously frightened, Harry is only too pleased to offer shelter. But any hopes he has for reconciliation are dashed when Liz fails to meet him as planned next day. And when her corpse is discovered in a lonely alleyway, Harry's disciplined life is turned upside-down. He becomes the number one suspect. Harry's search for the truth takes him into the city's sinister underbelly of shady streets and sleazy clubs, where he confronts an obsessive killer - and has his illusions about Liz shattered forever.
Book 3
Third novel in the highly-acclaimed Harry Devlin crime series When Liverpool solicitor Harry Devlin watches fire destroy the studio of his client, tattooist Finbar Rogan, he suspects it is no accident. And when a bomb is planted under Finbar's car, Harry is left in no doubt. Someone hates Finbar enough to want him dead. Meanwhile, another client is provoking Devlin's curiosity. Why should Rosemary Graham-Brown and her husband suddenly be so anxious to leave their luxurious home and emigrate to Spain? After a brutal murder occurs, the two puzzles become interlinked. Piecing the clues together, Harry finally comes face to face with the shocking truth at a fatal confrontation on a foggy Hallowe'en.
Book 5
Book 7
Harry Devlin is playing a dangerous game when he gets involved with the wife of Liverpool's most ruthless villain. But he has another reason to look over his shoulder after two lawyers are brutally killed and Harry discovers he is being stalked by a stranger with a secret obsession.
Harry Devlin is hired by his clients, the Kavanaugh Trust, to contest the will of their late patron. Instead of leaving his substantial wealth to the Trust as promised, Charles Kavanaugh has left everything to his newly-appointed housekeeper, the sinister Vera Blackhurst. Devlin employs a private investigator to discover the secrets of Blackhurst's murky past. Then the current chairman of the Kavanaugh Trust is found dead, fallen from the third floor window of a local hotel. Did he jump - or was he pushed
A notice announcing that Harry Devlin died suddenly on Mid - summer's Eve arrives at the office of his law firm one June day. Harry isn't happy to read it - especially as Midsummer's Eve is less than a week away. His partner Jim Crusoe treats the message as a joke, but Harry isn't so sure. From that moment on, his world starts to fall apart. Who is his unknown enemy? Meanwhile, young women are being murdered in Harry's home city of Liverpool. When a friend who has asked to meet him becomes the latest victim, Harry is dragged into the investigation and becomes a suspect. He finds himself fighting for survival on two fronts. But even as he unravels the shocking secret behind the murders, the clock keeps ticking. Harry must discover and confront the enemy who wants him dead if he is to live to see Midsummer's Day. An atmospheric, fast - moving and intricate thriller, Waterloo Sunset features Harry Devlin, one of modern crime fiction's most memorable amateur detectives in the deadliest case of his life.