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Patrick C. Walsh

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Born

in Birmingham, The United Kingdom

Website

http://patrickcwalshauthor.wordpress.com

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GardenCityInk

Genre

Crime, Mystery, Horror

Influences

Georges Simenon,
Raymond Chandler
Henning Mankell
M R James ...more

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April 2016

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Born in Birmingham too many years ago, like my main character 'Mac' Maguire I came to live in leafy Hertfordshire, ending up in a big village called Letchworth Garden City.

I have the same problems with pain as my main character and so the Mac Maguire detective mysteries were born out of a need to be doing something that wasn't a spread sheet at the weekends. However even I've been surprised at how my main character, Mac Maguire, has taken on a life of his own and I now see myself as being Mac's biographer rather than his inventor.

I've had many professions and started off as a musician. I played guitar professionally for some years before forming my own band and songwriting team. However, in my late thirties I concluded that I was probably ...more

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Average rating: 4.47 · 2,311 ratings · 106 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Body in the Boot (Mac Maguire #1) 4.26 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Squirrel (Mac Maguire #2) 4.43 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weeping Women (Mac Maguire #3) 4.42 avg rating — 219 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blackness (Mac Maguire #4) 4.54 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	23 Cold Cases (The Mac Maguire Detective Mysteries Book 5) 4.42 avg rating — 177 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Dogs (The Mac Maguire Detective Mysteries Book 6) 4.65 avg rating — 148 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Match of the Day Murders (The Mac Maguire Detective Mysteries Book 7) 4.60 avg rating — 145 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eight Bench Walk 4.63 avg rating — 128 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chancer (The Mac Maguire Detective Mysteries Book 8) 4.55 avg rating — 118 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tiger's Back (The Mac Maguire Detective Mysteries Book 9) 4.67 avg rating — 111 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Putting yourself into your book

In looking back over my books, it occurred to me that there’s a lot of me in there. Hopefully, the reader won’t notice but I have found it valuable to include many of my own experiences as being those of my hero, Mac Maguire. Besides giving him my disability, I’ve also shared my memories. I […]

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The Mac Maguire Detective Mysteries (13 books)
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