The Fourth Victim
(2024)(The seventh book in the Inspector Sheehan Mysteries series)
A novel by Brian O'Hare
A child buried alive.
Three lawyers battered to death.
A judge murdered in his own home.
DCI Sheehan and his Serious Crimes Unit investigate the murders of the three solicitors. Revelations about the victims’ shady dealings offer Sheehan and his Serious Crimes Unit a large number of solid suspects.
Yet one suspect stands out above the others.
Evidence piles up against a grieving mother who is convinced the lawyers are behind the death of her nine-year-old daughter. The team is convinced they have their killer.
But DCI Sheehan isn’t so sure.
When a fourth victim is murdered, he is forced to look at the entire investigation with fresh eyes.
Is the evidence against the key suspect as solid as it appears?
A dark figure in the background resents Sheehan’s interference and when Sheehan’s enquiries seem to exonerate the mother,
events escalate to an explosive climax.
Filled with thrills, mystery, darkness, complex characters and an ending you definitely do not expect, this is one of the best murder novels I have ever read. [Online Book Club]
This suspenseful crime novel had me biting my nails, and was read in one sitting Brian O'Hare is definitely an author I will be reading more of. If you are fans of the likes of James Patterson and Richard Montanari, then you will love O'Hare. [George Elliott]
Genre: Mystery
Three lawyers battered to death.
A judge murdered in his own home.
DCI Sheehan and his Serious Crimes Unit investigate the murders of the three solicitors. Revelations about the victims’ shady dealings offer Sheehan and his Serious Crimes Unit a large number of solid suspects.
Yet one suspect stands out above the others.
Evidence piles up against a grieving mother who is convinced the lawyers are behind the death of her nine-year-old daughter. The team is convinced they have their killer.
But DCI Sheehan isn’t so sure.
When a fourth victim is murdered, he is forced to look at the entire investigation with fresh eyes.
Is the evidence against the key suspect as solid as it appears?
A dark figure in the background resents Sheehan’s interference and when Sheehan’s enquiries seem to exonerate the mother,
events escalate to an explosive climax.
Filled with thrills, mystery, darkness, complex characters and an ending you definitely do not expect, this is one of the best murder novels I have ever read. [Online Book Club]
This suspenseful crime novel had me biting my nails, and was read in one sitting Brian O'Hare is definitely an author I will be reading more of. If you are fans of the likes of James Patterson and Richard Montanari, then you will love O'Hare. [George Elliott]
Genre: Mystery
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