Colin Bateman

Walter has a rubbish job, so has Margaret. But when they meet through a dating agency, neither is who they seem....

A superbly gripping and blackly funny mystery by the king of the comic crime caper....

The hilarious new Mystery Man crime caper from the master of menace and mirth....

Dan Starkey is a young journalist in Belfast, who shares with his wife, Patricia, a prodigious appetite for drinking and dancing....

The Small Shop Keeper With No Name is back....

Michael Ryan was the author of a runaway bestseller, Space Coast, but its publication coincided with his wife's murder in a bank raid. Now he's back to face the ghosts of his past....

A media billionaire’s daughter disappears following a massacre at a Belfast student party and nobody knows if she has been kidnapped or caught in the crossfire....

When notorious gangster "Fat Sam" Mahood is murdered, the chief suspect is arrested nearby. But he seems to have suffered a breakdown....

Dan Starkey arrives on Wrathlin Island to investigate the residents' belief that the Messiah is alive, female, and about to start school there: It's not a commission that turns up everyday....

For many years Dan Starkey has been a journalist of some repute - mainly ill....

They say moving house is one of the most stressful things you can do....

Detective Martin Murphy is the law and he's back with a vengeance....

Ivan Connor's publisher has just turned down his wonderful new novel....

This city-based series of outstanding erotic stories moves on to Dublin, the birthplace of Guinness, James Joyce, and so much more....

Ex-journalist Dan Starkey is stuck in a grimy Belfast bedsit. His life is a disaster, and his only solace is the pub round the corner....

Hired to find the missing son of retired political activist Moira Doherty, Dan Starkey knows his new case is going to be challenging....

Through world wars and civil strife, the Bangor Express has never missed an issue, but now it is losing money, and Rob Cullen has absolutely no idea that he's the man to save it....

Fat Boy McMaster is a hopeless heavyweight boxer, who has somehow managed to become the champion of Ireland....