Jean Deveaux is a French interpreter living a solitary life in Dublin - until an old associate shows up asking for a favour that pulls him into a darker, hidden world.
Veo's niece, Maria, has vanished while begging on the streets. The police have done little, and Jean is the family's only hope of speaking to the detective in charge.
Grieving parents, secrets buried under guilt, and a city that doesn't want to look too closely - Jean never asked for this, but he's drawn in deep.
As the search for Maria intensifies, so does the pull of old ghosts and past mistakes. What begins as a translation job becomes a desperate search for redemption.
"He wanted to run from this place. He wanted to go home. Wherever that was."
A powerful literary crime novel about justice, identity, and what we owe each other - even when the past says we owe nothing at all.
Book2-Like A Stranger
Jean Deveaux is back.
He finds a room with the no-nonsense Ada, who works at the local care home - where he takes a job as a cook.
But soon he begins to notice things that don’t add up - whispers in corridors, uneasy glances, stories that change on every telling. Then there's Carmel, who says her husband can’t sleep anymore. They built over something that should have been left alone. Now he’s haunted, convinced he’s cursed.The same story as Rosemary, who everyone says is away with the fairies.
A restless conscience, and a man still running from the past - Jean never meant to get involved, but he can’t walk away.
As the whispers grow louder, so does the question he can’t escape: What really happened in France, Jean?
A lyrical, unsettling novel about guilt, memory, and the thin line between the living and the ghosts we carry.
SHADOWS IN THE FIRE - Book 3
Dublin is burning. At the heart of the unrest is Jean Deveaux, now a reluctant journalist caught between the newsroom and the streets. Sleeping with the boss’s daughter complicates things-but it’s the countrywide protests and a string of sinister messages that drag him into the centre of the action and real danger.
As tempers flare and riots ignite, one figure-Joey Doherty-fans the flames of violence. But is Joey really who he seems? Jean’s obsession with his nemesis risks consuming him, and only his sharp-witted partner may be able to pull him back from the edge.
Shadows in the Fire is a story of love, loyalty, and the danger of losing sight of what we’re really fighting for.
The Jean Deveaux Novels
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