Books by M. Sean Coleman

A THRILLING, MELODICALLY CREEPY MYSTERY.Samantha Jaynes took her life in the cold lake. Now Rosie Trimble has done the same. Both claimed they had seen an angel. And they're not the only ones.A spate of teenage suicides rattles the rural community of Kirkdale, in England's Lake District. Before they died, each of the girls talked about seeing an angel. Is this collective hallucination, or is something more sinister leading these young girls to their deaths? That's a question for Dr Alex Ripley, the so-called Miracle Detective.Brought in to help the police, she finds a community rooted in fear and suspicion, bound by their strange faith, unwilling to help, unable to forgive.Because the people of Kirkdale have buried their dark past once, and they're not about to let Ripley dig it up again.The Cuckoo Wood is the first Alex Ripley Mystery.

A SUSPENSEFUL, ATMOSPHERIC THRILLER.Jane Hewitt had a miraculous healing-after one meeting with a faith healer, Jane rose from her wheelchair and walked, seemingly cured of her terminal cancer and believing that her lifetime of devoted faith had been rewarded.Jane died the next day, devastated that her God had deserted her. Her husband, Ian, blames her hastened death on the faith healer she visited, and turns to Dr Alex Ripley-the so-called Miracle Detective-for help.Fascinated by the case, Ripley finds herself on Holy Island, off the coast of North Wales, caught up in an investigation that will prove more sinister and dangerous than even she could have imagined.Ian is not the first person to complain about this particular faith healer, but he's the only one still alive. For now.The second Alex Ripley Mystery