Books published by Maverick House

Biding its time. Waiting to strike. Haunted by the murder of his sister, Detective Sergeant John Lazarus scours the streets of Dublin chasing down the men who have surrendered to the darkness inside them. The monsters who prey on the most vulnerable in society are in his sights and he hunts them relentlessly. His specialist officers are fighting to protect a vulnerable young victim from vicious mobsters when they are brought in to investigate an attack on a student teacher that leaves her hovering between life and death. He has no witnesses and barely any clues - but knows he has to catch the attacker before he strikes again. Abandoned by his bosses, tormented by his past, Lazarus goes to war with a crime gang and a high profile reporter, a man who has a knack of getting under the detective''s skin - and who appears to know even more than the cops. Pretty soon, his career, reputation and marriage are all hanging by a thread as Lazarus finds himself in a desperate race against time to s

A collection of stark, brutal and courageous stories written by some of Ireland and Britain''s most renowned journalists, camera men and broadcasters. They write about how their careers impacted their mental health, left some with PTSD, others anxiety and depression - and even made some walkaway from their hard-fought for dream jobs after being worn down by a conveyor belt of trauma. These are stories of vulnerability, courage and resilience, stories that will resonate with journalists worldwide.

In a not too distant future, much of Ireland''s midwest has been flooded by rising sea water. Life goes on, people adapt, live their lives, survive. Ram and his friends spend their days scavenging and selling the scrap they find amongst the flooded world. After a stroke of good fortune, they secure a job laying fibre for a corporate contractor, but decide to take one last wade down into the glen. What appears on the surface to be an opportunity for a lucrative payday takes a dark turn when a group of armed men close in and the secrets of the glen are slowly revealed.