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Adrian Doyle

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Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

https://adriandoyle.co.uk

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Genre

Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy

Influences

Len Deighton, Ian Rankin, Iain Banks, Chris Brookmyre, JK Rowling

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July 2020

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Adrian Doyle is a writer, smallholder and author of Moss Piglet, the first in the supernatural thriller series featuring reluctant therapist, Brendan Murphy.

An experienced therapist, Adrian has, in his work, drawn on real life experience giving the characters palpable spark and depth. His latest novel, Hen Bane, is due out in late 2022 and will be the second in the Brendan Murphy series.

As well as diplomas in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Spirit Release, Adrian is a Reiki Master and holds certificates in a wide range of complementary therapies. He also has a BSc, MBA and a Diploma in Music enabling him to combine science with therapeutic, musical and supernatural themes into his writing.

Adrian lives with his wife, dogs, sheep and hens in the hi ...more

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Average rating: 4.8 · 25 ratings · 18 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Moss Piglet (Brendan Murphy #1) 4.91 avg rating — 11 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
	Hen Bane (Brendan Murphy #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Dogs Talk: Four Dogs Tell their Stories 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	This Smallholding Life: A Delicate Balance it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2020 — 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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Hen Bane published

HEN Bane front cover Hen Bane has now been published, the final draft going to the print houses on Halloween, very apt.

It also has its proper cover, designed by Steve West Design.

You can buy it via Amazon or IngramSpark.

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“Parlabane found the word 'pro-active' enormously useful, as it immediately exposed the speaker as an irredeemable arsehole, whatever previous impression might have been given. Once upon a time, he remembered, people and companies just did things. But that ceased to be impressive enough, and for a while they 'actively' did things. Now they 'pro-actively' did things, but it was still the same bloody things that they were doing when they just plain old did things. Meaningless wank-language.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, Quite Ugly One Morning

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