An Irish celebration turns into an intricate and deadly puzzle for Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr of the Dublin Murder Squad.

In a remote community off the west coast of Ireland, residents inclined to gossip speculate why reclusive Clement Ford, the "Sea Wolf," has become such a generous benefactor to his neighbors. then one night, a mysterious figure from Ford's past arrives on the island, and by morning three people are murdered and Ford has disappeared. In the wake of the tragedy, Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr, and his intuitive wife, Noreen, along with his trusted...

Crime runs rampant in the picturesque town of Leixleap -- and on Ireland's famed River Shannon, where brazen thieves illegally harvest the gourmet-prized eels that flourish there. But while poaching may be something the local Eel Police division is well-equipped to handle, murder is wholly another matter. Chief Inspector Peter McGarr has been called out from Dublin to investigate a troubling double homicide. The nude body of young, pretty, and,...

The theft of the Book of Kells an exquisite ninth-century amalgam of Christian doctrine and Celtic legend from the Trinity College library is, in itself, a most shocking crime. But it is the brutal slaying of a night watchman that throws Peter McGarr of the Dublin Murder Squad into the mix. Forced to share investigative duties equally with a publicity-hungry co-Chief Superintendent, McGarr is soon entangled in a twisted web of murder, thievery, backbiting...