Books in the Jackie Shaw series

When ex-undercover agent Jackie Shaw visits northern Japan for a holiday, he is in search of relaxation, an escape from the brutality and tragedy of his past.But when a local man is butchered as he spies on a young woman in the seedy heart of Sapporo's entertainment district, Jackie is dragged into the hunt for a terrifying serial killer and begins a long and bloody battle with vicious yakuza gangs.From the twisted underbelly of one of Japan's largest cities to the vast, unforgiving wilderness of the northern territories of Hokkaido, Dry River is a uniquely menacing and compulsive thriller which will take you to places you've never been before.Under attack from Japanese killers and his own demons, will Jackie Shaw get out alive?

An explosive thriller set in the violent Belfast underworld, past and present, among the shifting loyalties and vicious feuds of the paramilitaries and the security forces struggling to contain them. Vivid and relentless, Ravenhill is one of the finest novels to emerge from the brick-hard backstreets of Belfast.