FURY ON THE ISLAND by Stewart Giles - crime

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 FURY ON THE ISLAND by Stewart Giles - crime

When the body of a young man is found on the island brutally murdered, DI Liam O’Reilly knows he has to catch the killer fast. Guernsey isn't exactly known for scalping's and this is what has happened to the unfortunate victim. When there are more murders and an ex colleague of Liam’s is brought in as acting superintendent things are starting to hot up fast. 

I love Stewarts books. There’s characters that are now like old friends with Liam at the helm with his usual sense of justice and calling a spade a shovel at times. It's an easy read, despite the gruesome killings (there is only minimal description) and one where it's light-hearted at times with excellent background themes to make a nice balance from a very serious premise. Quite how Stewart comes up with all these scenarios is beyond me- he has a skill, a rare talent and a brilliance for putting it onto the page. A stunningly brilliant read I devoured. Five big stars.

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FURY ON THE ISLAND (Detective Liam O’Reilly #15) by Stewart Giles


From bestselling author: Stewart Giles comes another brilliant addition to the Detective Liam O’Reilly series.

The midsummer madness that hit Guernsey with a vengeance has abated, but if Detective Inspector Liam O'Reilly thought he could relax he's sorely mistaken. A fury like no other is about to take hold of the island, and O'Reilly is going to be thrown headfirst right into the middle of it.

The murder of a teenager at a party on the beach is just the beginning. Things on the island are about to get much worse.

A gang of masked phantoms on mountain bikes are hell bent on terrorizing the people of Guernsey. They strike without warning, and with a fury like no other. And O'Reilly cannot figure out why they're doing it. They attack with precision, and the brutality on display is like nothing the Irishman has ever seen before.

The fury on the island spreads far and wide as the residents gather to take the law into their own hands. The Island Police aren't doing enough, and O'Reilly faces a war on two fronts.

How do you stop a fury when you have no idea what lies behind it?

This is going to be O'Reilly's bloodiest investigation yet.

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Stewart Giles – Author Bio

After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live. 

In 2014 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later. 

3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series - the DC Harriet Taylor: Cornwall series.

The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well. 

I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results.  I therefore made the decision to self-publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series which was published in July 2018.

After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brought together the broody, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor. 

The Miranda trilogy is something totally different. A psychological thriller trilogy. It is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before. 

The Detective Jason Smith series continues to grow. I also have another series featuring an Irish detective who relocated to Guernsey, the Detective Liam O’Reilly series. There are also 3 stand alone novels.


Website: www.stewartgiles.com

Twitter: @stewartgiles

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stewart.giles.33

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