Seamus McCree Series

Seamus McCree is in hot water. Again.   It's the first "IRA six pack" since the 1970s and The Troubles in Northern Ireland. In this second book in the Seamus McCree series, he returns home to discover his house has become a crime scene. The murder victim posed in his basement is an acquaintance who endured the six pack: bullets to his ankles, knees, and elbows. Forced to prove his innocence, Seamus uncovers a twisted trail that leads back to his Boston roots. He's stunned to learn the truth about his father's death and the resulting divorce of Boston's Irish mafia and the Provisional IRA. The more Seamus digs for the truth, the more his life unravels. As the body count climbs, all trails lead back to him, forcing Seamus underground to smoke out who is framing him — and why — before he becomes the next victim. A protagonist in the tradition of Robert B. Parker, John Sandford, and William Kent Krueger, Seamus is a good guy willing to pay a price to bring justice to the world.

Meet Seamus McCree, a single dad, amateur sleuth, champion of the little guy against those who abuse their power. In this page-turner, police can't figure out why someone murdered thirty-eight retirees at a Labor Day picnic. They enlist Seamus, a financial crimes consultant, to follow the money, taking him from behind his computer to the front lines to help investigators ask the right questions. As Seamus untangles a web of financial chicanery, those threatened hire a hit man who calls himself the Happy Reaper to take out Seamus. He'll risk his own life to bring justice, but Seamus must overcome his deepest fears when his actions endanger his son. A protagonist written in the tradition of Robert B. Parker, John Sandford, and William Kent Krueger: Seamus is a good guy willing to pay a price to bring justice to the world. Download your copy and join Seamus in his fight to save lives, including his own. The Seamus McCree Series Reading Order Ant Farm Bad Policy Cabin Fever Doubtful Relations Empty Promises False Bottom Furthermore (a novella) Low Tide at Tybee (a novella)

He wanted rest and relaxation. What he got was a mystery woman suffering from hypothermia, frostbite, high fevers, amnesia—and rope burns on her wrists and ankles.   With his house in Cincinnati in ruins, financial crimes investigator Seamus McCree retreats to the family cabin for some well-earned rest and relaxation. His plans for a quiet, contemplative winter in the wilds of Michigan's Upper Peninsula are destroyed when he discovers a naked, unconscious woman on his porch during a blizzard. Snowbound at the cabin, without transportation or phone coverage, Seamus struggles to keep the woman alive and find a way to get an SOS message out. What he doesn't know is that a domestic paramilitary organization dedicated to overthrowing the government is hunting for an escaped female prisoner—and closing in on his isolated refuge. A thriller that captures nature as a character will appeal to fans of William Kent Krueger, Steve Hamilton, and Nevada Barr.   Order your copy now and join Seamus in his fight to save the country from home-grown terrorism.   The Seamus McCree Series   Novels:   Ant Farm Bad Policy Cabin Fever Doubtful Relations Empty Promises False Bottom Granite Oath   Novellas:   Furthermore Low Tide at Tybee

This short read is packed with twists and turns.   With hidden money and connections to reach past his prison walls, the Happy Reaper threatens to avenge his capture and eliminate the entire McCree clan. Seamus must neutralize him, but how? DNA can answer the question of who's included in the McCree clan. Every family has secrets. Who has the right to know? Download your copy and join Seamus in this suspenseful adventure.

If you love the suspense and plot twists of domestic thrillers, this page-turner will be for you.   Seamus McCree's first assignment hiding a witness goes from bad to worse. His client disappears. His granddog finds a buried human bone. Police find a fresh human body. Paranoia and Promises His client is to testify in a Chicago money laundering trial. He's paranoid that with a price on his head, if the police know where he's staying, the information will leak. Seamus promised his business partner and lover, Abigail Hancock, that he'd keep the witness safe at the McCree family camp located deep in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan's woods. Deserted by friends and family Abigail is furious at his incompetence and their relationship flounders. Even his often-helpful son, Paddy, must put family safety ahead of helping his father. Seamus risks his own safety and freedom to turn amateur sleuth in hopes he can solve the crimes, fulfill his promise of protection, and win back Abigail. Wit and grit are on his side in this fifth book in the Seamus McCree series, but the clock is ticking . . . and the hit man is on his way.   Download your copy and join Seamus as he risks everything to keep his promises.  

Financial crimes investigator Seamus McCree has wife problems, and Lizzie's not even his wife anymore.   Her current husband disappeared on a business trip to Savannah. Was he kidnapped? Dispatched by his hedge fund partners? Or did he run off with another woman? Police assume he's AWOL, and Lizzie turns to Seamus for help. How far can you trust your family? Seamus has no desire to be sucked into Lizzie's drama again, but her angst is also affecting their son, Paddy. Seamus agrees to help discover the truth, a quest that soon involves the entire extended family. Long buried secrets surface and in this fourth book in the Seamus McCree series, each member must confront the question, "How far can you trust your family?" Equal parts road trip, who done what, and domestic thriller This novel takes psychological suspense to a new level. Seamus McCree fans and newcomers alike will delight in this fast-paced novel that leaves no one in the family unchanged and keeps you guessing until the very end.   Order your copy now and join Seamus in his fight to save his family.  

Secrets have a life of their own.   There's no place like home. Seamus McCree returns to his native Boston to bury his Uncle Mike, a retired Boston police captain, who was murdered. Seamus has been named executor of the estate, which is easy enough for him to settle. But he soon learns Uncle Mike left a second, secret legacy - and that triggers an earthquake's worth of problems. But wait, there's more . . . Adding to his troubles, Uncle Mike's killer is now gunning for Seamus and his family, and the family does not agree how they should respond: Run and hide? Stay and fight? Hire their own killer? In this sixth book in the Seamus McCree series, he must find a path through a labyrinth of lies and secrets stemming from his father's death more than forty years earlier and resolve all of Uncle Mike's legacies before the killer strikes again.   Download your copy and join Seamus in his fight to save his family—from killers and from themselves.  

What you don't know can kill you.   The Happy Reaper, notorious for his chilling efficiency and "Results Guaranteed" calling card, escapes prison. Instead of killing Seamus McCree on sight, he offers a diabolical bargain with a heart-stopping proviso. To live, Seamus must help the Happy Reaper find and eliminate the upstart impostor who's trashing the assassin's reputation.   And Seamus must act quickly. Should the Happy Reaper's bad heart give out or any harm come to him, the criminal underworld will wreak carnage on Seamus . . . and his loved ones.   Can Seamus outsmart the impostor and appease the Happy Reaper without staining his soul with blood? The only thing Seamus knows for sure is that time is running out for him and his family.   Download your copy now.

In  the novella "Low Tide at Tybee," Seamus McCree,  his darts-throwing mother, and his now six-year-old granddaughter, Megan, vacation on Tybee Island, Georgia to escape winter up north.   Megan spots a thief going through their beach bags, after which their vacation unravels with a series of twists and turns that will leave you guessing until the end, trying to figure out who done what.

On a Thursday afternoon, Kat Serrano leaves work early, briey returns to her remote trailer deep in Michigan's Upper Peninsula woods, and drives o with no explanation to her family. Two days later someone ransacks the trailer.     Kat is a Dreamer, and her mother won't talk to the police for fear she'll be deported and lose her 8-year-old granddaughter, Valeria. Valeria is devastated by the events. She and her best friend from summer camp, Megan McCree, employ a "Pinky-swear" to get Megan's grandfather Seamus McCree to learn what happened.     Seamus uncovers a tangled web of drugs, prostitution, and dummy corporations, and soon find himself the target of killers. Anyone sane would wash his hands of the mess or turn it over to the police.     But Seamus has given his word, his granite oath, to learn the truth . . . even if it kills him

Contains Books 2 - 4 of the Seamus McCree Series   BAD POLICY (#2) - Seamus McCree is in hot water. Again. It's the first "IRA six pack" since the 1970s and The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Seamus McCree returns home to discover his house has become a crime scene. The murder victim posed in his basement is an acquaintance who endured the six pack: bullets to his ankles, knees, and elbows. Forced to prove his innocence, Seamus uncovers a twisted trail that leads back to his Boston roots. He's stunned to learn the truth about his father's death.   CABIN FEVER (#3) - He wanted rest and relaxation. What he got was a mystery woman suffering from hypothermia, frostbite, high fevers, amnesia—and rope burns on her wrists and ankles.   DOUBTFUL RELATIONS (#4) - Seamus has wife problems, and Lizzie's not even his wife anymore. Her current husband disappeared on a business trip to Savannah. Was he kidnapped? Dispatched by his hedge fund partners? Or did he run off with another woman? Police assume he's AWOL, and Lizzie turns to Seamus for help.

Set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, this compendium includes unabridged versions of two of the best-loved Seamus McCree novels, and two short stories, one also featuring Seamus.   CABIN FEVER (Seamus McCree #3):   He wanted rest and relaxation. What he got was a mystery woman suffering from hypothermia, frostbite, high fevers, amnesia—and rope burns on her wrists and ankles.   With his house in Cincinnati in ruins, financial crimes investigator Seamus McCree retreats to the family cabin for some well-earned rest and relaxation. His plans for a quiet, contemplative winter in the wilds of Michigan's Upper Peninsula are destroyed when he discovers a naked, unconscious woman on his porch during a blizzard. Snowbound at the cabin, without transportation or phone coverage, Seamus struggles to keep the woman alive and find a way to get an SOS message out. What he doesn't know is that a domestic paramilitary organization dedicated to overthrowing the government is hunting for an escaped female prisoner—and closing in on his isolated refuge. A thriller that captures nature as a character will appeal to fans of William Kent Krueger, Steve Hamilton, and Nevada Barr.   EMPTY PROMISES (Seamus McCree #5):   If you love the suspense and plot twists of domestic thrillers, this page-turner will be for you.   Seamus McCree's first assignment hiding a witness goes from bad to worse. His client disappears. His granddog finds a buried human bone. Police find a fresh human body. Paranoia and Promises His client is to testify in a Chicago money laundering trial. He's paranoid that with a price on his head, if the police know where he's staying, the information will leak. Seamus promised his business partner and lover, Abigail Hancock, that he'd keep the witness safe at the McCree family camp located deep in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan's woods. Deserted by friends and family Abigail is furious at his incompetence and their relationship flounders. Even his often-helpful son, Paddy, must put family safety ahead of helping his father. Seamus risks his own safety and freedom to turn amateur sleuth in hopes he can solve the crimes, fulfill his promise of protection, and win back Abigail. Wit and grit are on his side in this fifth book in the Seamus McCree series, but the clock is ticking . . . and the hit man is on his way.   PLUS Two Bonus Short Stories:   In "Accidents Happen" Seamus investigates a series of accidental deaths at an open-pit iron ore mine. "Homework" is a coming-of-age story with a delightful twist.   Download your copy now and join Seamus in his fight to preserve what he loves best in this country.

Contains books 5, 6, and 7 in the Seamus McCree Series   EMPTY PROMISES (#5) - Seamus McCree's first assignment hiding a witness goes from bad to worse. His client disappears. His granddog finds a buried human bone. Police find a fresh human body. Seamus risks his own safety and freedom to turn amateur sleuth in hopes he can solve the crimes, fulfill his promise of protection and win back Abigail. Wit and grit are on his side but the clock is ticking . . . and the hit man is on his way.   FALSE BOTTOM (#6) - Seamus returns to his native Boston to bury his Uncle Mike, a retired Boston police captain, who was murdered. Seamus has been named executor of the estate. That's easy for him to settle. But he soon learns Uncle Mike left a second, secret legacy - and that triggers an earthquake's worth of problems.   GRANITE OATH (#7) - Seamus uncovers a tangled web of drug-dealing, prostitution, and dummy corporations He soon finds himself the target of killers. But he's given his word, his granite oath, to learn the truth . . . even if it kills him.