Nobody Will Miss Them by Brian OβHare is the gripping and unsettling ninth addition to The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries. In this story, Inspector Sheehan and his Serious Crimes team find they still have plenty of darkness to uncoverβand plenty of danger waiting for them.
While investigating the tragic death of a teenage girl, they discover that something so much more sinister and darker is taking place. As they follow the evidence trying to figure out why this girl was murdered, they are also searching for a homeless man. What they find points them toward a private hospital where rampant greed and corruption take precedence over human life. As these two separate cases blend into one, a member of his team is attacked and is almost killed.
A steady sense of unease is always present in the background of the story. What Inspector Sheehan and his team are investigating turns out to be so dark and unconsciounable, showing how little regard some of those who are rich and powerful place on human lives.
Nobody Will Miss Them should appeal to readers who enjoy darker detective fiction, police procedurals, and mysteries with a strong investigative team. Fans of Inspector Sheehan will find another suspenseful and disturbing case here, while new readers may still be drawn in by the strength of the mystery and the seriousness of the themes.
Brian OβHare delivers a tense, thoughtful, and satisfying crime novel that keeps the reader guessing while also asking troubling questions about justice, corruption, and the value of human life.
If you would like to read this unputdownable mystery, Iβve provided an Amazon link for you below.
Amazon Link: Nobody Will Miss Them
Favorite Sentences:Β
There was no way they could allow her to live, not after what she had heard.
Jonesβ voice was so deep that Sheehan could almost feel the vibrations on the floor beneath his feet.
The faux animosity between her boss and Dr. Campbell was as much a part of the crime scenes they attended as were bodies, blood, and rubber gloves.
The gatekeeper stepped back as if stung, the pomposity draining from him like air from a burst balloon.
In his mid-seventies now, with a failing liver, his request for a liver transplant had been rejected by the medical authorities.
New Words Learned:
droll – amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish
flotsam – useless or unimportant items; odds and ends
irrepressible – incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable
jobsworth – informal a person in a position of minor authority who invokes the letter of the law in order to avoid any action requiring initiative, cooperation, etc
nonplussed – completely puzzled or perplexed by something unexpected
perfusion – Surgery. the passage of fluid through the lymphatic system or blood vessels to an organ or a tissue
quare – remarkable or strange; great or good
remit – to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment
truculence – the quality or attitude of being aggressively hostile; belligerence
About the Author
Brian O’Hare’s early writing was academic but when he decided to write fiction, his success surprised him. His books have won several awards and his first mystery novel, Angel of Death, led to the award-winning Inspector Sheehan Mysteries series.
Before retirement he was Assistant Director of the Southern Regional College in Northern Ireland. Married, with three children, ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, he now writes full-time. For many years he and his wife enjoyed travelling, especially in France. He also enjoys reading, chess, and plays golf twice a week.
Reviewers say that O’Hare writes with a keen eye for detail with his tales evolving at a surprisingly fast pace, that he leans towards the human side of his characters, that he imbues them with a real-world presence that is in turn witty and passionate. If you are interested in discovering whether or not there is any truth to these judgements, the novels are available on Amazon, sometimes at a reduced rate.
