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The Mac Maguire Detective Mysteries #8
The Chancer
Mac is on his way back to Ireland for a funeral when a body is found at the airport. A man has been stabbed three times in the back and Mac volunteers to help his police colleagues. The dead man was ‘a chancer and romancer’ and Mac has his work cut out delving into his numerous, and mostly nefarious, dealings in the North of Ireland. With the help of a troubled colleague from the Irish Police Mac soon discovers that the murder in the airport has set off a ticking time bomb that will soon explode.
289 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 28, 2018
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About the author
Patrick C. Walsh
17 books45 followersBorn 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 not going to be a rock star anytime soon and so became a quality professional in the automotive industry. In trying to place quality systems online I became interested in websites and information architecture and eventually got invited to apply for a job at the BBC where I worked as a business analyst for Radio and Music. I am now retired and writing full-time.
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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 not going to be a rock star anytime soon and so became a quality professional in the automotive industry. In trying to place quality systems online I became interested in websites and information architecture and eventually got invited to apply for a job at the BBC where I worked as a business analyst for Radio and Music. I am now retired and writing full-time.
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May 21, 2020
Love all the books
Good twisty plots and good characters that are believable in the context of the books. Even the current book only characters are well-drawn.
Good twisty plots and good characters that are believable in the context of the books. Even the current book only characters are well-drawn.
September 27, 2020
Good British detective series
March 11, 2021
Entertaining and imaginative, with well drawn and likeable characters. The mystery was good with some interesting twists. Quick, easy read.
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