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The Sleeping Season
Kelly Creighton
Book 1
Published 27 March 2020
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‘A breath of fresh air for the genre. The novel holds a spotlight to difficult societal issues.’
James Murphy
‘There is heart along the mystery and it is wrapped in a narrative that is both tight and lyrical.’
Simon Maltman
‘What I loved most about The Sleeping Season is how much of a feminist anthem it is.’
Geek Herring
Someone going missing is not an event in their life but an indicator of a problem.
Detective Inspector Harriet Sloane is plagued by nightmares while someone from her past watches from a distance.
In East Belfast, local four-year-old River vanishes from his room.
Sloane must put her own demons to bed and find the boy. Before it’s too late.
Problems with Girls
Kelly Creighton
Book 2
Published 20 November 2020
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH GIRLS:
‘So clever.’
‘The author is skilled at creating character and place.’
‘A finely written and twisty detective thriller.’
‘Timely.’
‘Possibly even better than The Sleeping Season.’
Where are the young women here?
Can you even see them?
After taking some leave, DI Harriet Sloane comes back to work at Strandtown PSNI station, East Belfast, to be faced with a murder case. A young political activist has been stabbed to death in the office of a progressive political party where she works as an intern. The killer seems to have a problem with girls, and is about to strike again.
Set in 2018, a month after the Belfast Rape Trial and the #ibelieveher rallies that took place throughout Ireland, this novel asks questions about cyberbullying, mental health and consent.
The Town Red
Kelly Creighton
Book 3
Published 29 October 2021
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE DI SLOANE SERIES:
‘This series goes from strength to strength.’
‘Unputdownable.’
‘Her characters are alive, her settings are accurate, her story moves with grip and force.’
‘I was drawn in hook, line and sinker!’
‘Amazing, simply amazing.’
‘I inhaled this book.’
‘Captivating.’
‘Packs an emotional punch.’
‘Vivid and imaginative.’
If it had been me, she would not have stopped until there was justice.
Just as DI Harriet Sloane turns forty, an old case reopens from before she was born. In the late 1970s, Karen Ward was a teenager when she was murdered just yards away from her Belfast home.
At the time, people thought they saw Karen with a man, but time has moved on and now witnesses are thin on the ground. With the help of the victim’s sister, Sloane must travel back in time, while her own family evolves and someone from her past resurfaces. Codes, and rules, need to be broken if justice will ever be served.
’Tis the Season
Kelly Creighton
A Christmas Story
Published 2 December 2022
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A Harriet Sloane Christmas story set in Belfast, 2005.
Enjoy an insight into Harry’s life before she was a DI in Strandtown with this festive story.
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