I wanted to share a new book with you called Malign Intent by Robert Craven I received a PDF Copy of from the Author and Voracious Readers in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links if you click on the links and you make a purchase I will make a small percentage off the items you purchase.
Malign Intent is the sequel to the crime thriller ‘A Kind of Drowning’, Garda Inspector P.J. Crowe is called to investigate when a body is found swaying from a tree at the edge of a forest. His boss tells him to write off the death as a suicide, but for Crowe, ‘Suicide, not proven, and not proven meant doubt. Doubt implied a crime… He didn’t like it, but Crowe had a murder on his hands.’ Of this, only he is convinced, so he sets out himself to solve the crime.
Was Aonghus Hanafin’s death a suicide or murder? Everyone wants to accept it as a suicide, but Garda Inspector Crowe is suspicious. And when he begins to investigate the journalist’s demise, everyone, including Crowe’s boss, tells him to back off. Not to be deterred, Crowe presses on.
His investigation yields little, just random fragments of evidence. A second death. Some photos. A dinner menu. But Crowe’s suspicions linger. And to further complicate matters, Crowe’s own agency is investigating him. This is a Murder Mystery that should be turned into a murder mystery for Hallmark channel
About the book:
“Tag, bag and bury the bastard, Crowe…”
An August bank holiday should be about relaxation, taking time out to see family and friends and enjoying a beer or two. But when former gonzo journalist, Aonghus Hanafin is found hanging along a desolate estuary, the nearest SIO to the incident, Garda Inspector Pius John Crowe, is called to examine the scene.
Crowe has seen enough dead bodies in his time to suspect that Aonghus Hanafin wasn’t the hanging kind. He discovers a puzzling detail too; the late journalist had MS.
So how could Hanafin hang himself from a tree along a desolate estuary between two rural parishes?
Directed by his superiors to close off the former journalist’s death as a suicide, Crowe delves deeper and finds Hanafins death leads to a retired Chief Justice who is slated to take a prestigious appointment in Europe. Crowe gets to learn of a Swiss bank account, with over a million Euros in it that may be fuelling a lifestyle that the retired Chief Justice, Barry Gartland can barely afford.
In this contemporary neo-noir thriller, in Crowe’s investigation into how Hanafin died, loyalties blur and justice and truth are not always what they seem, placing him in the line of fire with a powerful elite…
… and may end up costing him his life …
About the author: Robert Craven
Robert Craven is an award-winning author of thrilling fiction. His novel, “Eagles Hunt Wolves,” was the winner of the 2021 Firebird Book Award for best Action/Adventure. He was born on July 2nd, 1966 in Swinton, Manchester, and now resides in Rush, Co. Dublin with his wife and family.
Robert’s passion for writing began in 1992 when he submitted a short horror story, “The Chase,” to the speculative fiction magazine FTL, which was accepted and published. Since then, he has authored several books in various genres, including the Eva series (“Get Lenin,” “Zinnman,” “A Finger of Night,” “Hollow Point,” and “Eagles Hunt Wolves”), the Steampunk novel “The Mandarin Cipher,” and the crime thriller “A Kind of Drowning.”
In addition to his novels, Robert has also had short stories published in three anthologies and two articles published in The Oslo Times online newspaper. He is also a regular reviewer of CDs for the Irish Independent Review Ireland.
Visit Robert’s website at to learn more about his work and follow him on his writing journey.
Mastadon handle – https://tooting.ch/@RobertCraven
FB – Robert Craven is a member of the Irish Writers Union
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Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
