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Shane Dunphy
Represented By: Ivan Mulcahy
Shane Dunphy (born 18 January 1973) is the author of 26 books, both fiction and non-fiction, which have sold more than 800,000 copies. He is a child protection expert, author, journalist, documentary maker, musician and teacher.
Shane holds a Master’s degree in Sociology and is Head of the Social Science and Early Education Department at Waterford College of Further Education in the South East of Ireland.
Shane’s publishing debut, Wednesday’s Child, a memoir of a year spent as a child protection worker in rural Ireland, was an Irish number one bestseller. The the first two titles in his True Crime series, Stories From the Margins, which was published as an Audible Original and for which Shane also acted as narrator and composed and performed original music, jointly held both the number one and number two spots on the Amazon True Crime charts for a week.
Shane has written three different crime fiction series, all of which have been bestsellers. His ‘Dunnigan’ series in particular has gained acclaim for its unflinching look at Ireland’s criminal underworld and its focus on unorthodox, outsider characters.
Shane has also ghost written for number of well-known public figures, several of which have been number one bestsellers.
Represented By: Ivan Mulcahy
Shane Dunphy (born 18 January 1973) is the author of 26 books, both fiction and non-fiction, which have sold more than 800,000 copies. He is a child protection expert, author, journalist, documentary maker, musician and teacher.
Shane holds a Master’s degree in Sociology and is Head of the Social Science and Early Education Department at Waterford College of Further Education in the South East of Ireland.
Shane’s publishing debut, Wednesday’s Child, a memoir of a year spent as a child protection worker in rural Ireland, was an Irish number one bestseller. The the first two titles in his True Crime series, Stories From the Margins, which was published as an Audible Original and for which Shane also acted as narrator and composed and performed original music, jointly held both the number one and number two spots on the Amazon True Crime charts for a week.
Shane has written three different crime fiction series, all of which have been bestsellers. His ‘Dunnigan’ series in particular has gained acclaim for its unflinching look at Ireland’s criminal underworld and its focus on unorthodox, outsider characters.
Shane has also ghost written for number of well-known public figures, several of which have been number one bestsellers.
PUBLISHED WORKS
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Audiobook, Fiction, Genre Fiction
The house was like something out of a Jane Austen novel, but the truth of what lay in the shadows was more terrifying than any fictional imagining.
Shane Dunphy recalls the experience of his darkest nightmares: a young girl describing missing children as playthings at house parties, but no one was listening; a malevolent, threatening presence looming in the residence they called the Bad Place, and Shane was forced to flee.
And now, 20 years later, a mother pleads with him to find her son who vanished at age five.
Determined to redress his mistakes, Shane doggedly investigates and begins to uncover a vast international child-trafficking ring that goes to the very top of the establishment.
And behind it all there’s the Dark Man, a hideous exile from humanity who has decided Shane needs to be taught a final lesson. Recounting cases of historical child disappearances, unsolved abductions, collusion with the Catholic church and its culture of secrets, lies and cover up, Shane Dunphy builds a picture of a complex web of organised criminality.
And, in a powerful story of personal redemption, Shane attempts to confront his demons and bring the notorious ringleader to justice.
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Audiobook, Fiction, Genre Fiction
‘I know I has special needs. So does Stanley and Francis and Billy and Josh. People don’t listen to us, ’cause they thinks we’re thick in our heads.’
Charlie works at St Patrick’s residential home, where the walls are so thick no one can hear you cry. He’s asking child protection expert Shane Dunphy for help, before someone gets murdered.
Charlie tells him of mistreatment, brutality and random cruelty, and now Maisie, his girlfriend, a resident at the home, has gone missing. When Shane finds out what has happened to Maisie, he knows he’s uncovered a world of trouble.
Shane works his connections and, together with the ingenuity of the care home residents, attempts to subvert and infiltrate the system and bring the guilty to justice.
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Audiobook, Fiction, Genre Fiction
He seems like a typical 16-year-old boy except that Mikey is walking the knife edge of crime. He’s tough and good with his fists, but when journalist Shane Dunphy is offered the chance to write his story, he discovers a lost, vulnerable child, in danger and desperate for help.
Shane descends into the perilous underworld of organised crime and discovers that the glamour of gangland life is riven with brutality and murder. Far from providing a means of survival for boys from broken families, the price they pay is often with their life.
With skill and empathy, and no little courage, Shane attempts to rescue Mikey from the clutches of warring gangland leaders and to restore the love and harmony of Mikey’s family which has been shattered by poverty and bad blood.
For fans of Peaky Blinders, Bleak Alley is the first in a series of true crime stories from the heart of Irish gangland life. The author provides extensive historical analysis of the rise of Irish street gangs and their outlaw Celtic culture, as well as original Irish folksongs.
Bleak Alley examines serious issues of social deprivation, state indifference and lawlessness with the pace and intrigue of a high-class thriller.
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Fiction, Genre Fiction
Little Rosie Blake has been taken. Since going missing from the hospital where she was being treated for cancer, Rosie’s distraught parents haven’t heard a word. And time is swiftly running out. They have to find her, and right away, because Rosie can only survive for ten days without her medication.
With the police unable to find any leads at all, criminal behaviourist Jessie Boyle and her team are brought in to help. Who would be so evil as to steal a sick child? Narrowing down on a suspect, Jessie quickly moves to arrest them, only to discover the suspect’s dead body instead… And with no Rosie in sight, the case becomes even more desperate.
Who killed their chief suspect, and where is Rosie now? And is Rosie’s disappearance linked to the sudden revival of Dublin’s Hellfire Club, an ancient and terrifying cult obsessed with death and human sacrifice?
As the race to find Rosie intensifies, her heartbroken parents know their little girl’s time is running out. The clock is ticking, but Jessie clings on to the hope of finding her safe. Then her search leads her to Ireland’s remote mountains… Will Jessie be able to survive the deadly threat that awaits her, rescue Rosie, and get her back to safety, before it’s too late?
An utterly compelling crime thriller that will have you hooked from the very first line. Fans of Patricia Gibney, Lisa Gardner and Lisa Regan will not want to miss this.
“Awesome roller-coaster ride of the book. I love this team of Boyle and Keneally. The character development is just wonderful and gets better and better with each book. Can't wait to read more!”
- Amazon Reviewer“This series DOES NOT disappoint. I love these characters - their relationship with each other, their growth and humanity - realistic and every day problems are not hidden. The writing has me literally on the edge of my seat, trying to sneak in another page before life pulls me back to reality…”
- Amazon Reviewer“There are a few authors that I will want their books without reading the blurb, and Shane is among those authors. A compelling read, brilliantly written.”
- Amazon Reviewer
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Fiction, Genre Fiction
When single father Joe Keenan and his young son Finbar make camp for the night in the ancient forest of Leitrim, little do they imagine their rural escape is about to turn into a nightmare. For deep in the woods they find a corpse…
As the remains of dozens more victims are uncovered by police, it becomes clear this is the burial site of a serial killer who has obviously been active, unnoticed, for years.
Arrested for the murders, while his beloved son is sent into care, Joe pleads his innocence to no avail. But criminal behaviourist Jessie Boyle is convinced the killer is still out there. Determined to reunite Joe and his son, Jessie’s investigation turns towards the local community. Who knows the shadowy depths of the forest well enough to hide not just one, but many bodies?
Then someone else goes missing, and the situation takes a terrifying turn: it’s clear the killer is escalating their gruesome spree. Forced to enter the woods alone to save a life, Jessie runs from a killer so skilled at hiding and so clever at hunting, it will take every ounce of her strength to make it out alive…
A gripping, nail-biting crime thriller that will have you hooked from the first page to the final line. Fans of Patricia Gibney, Lisa Gardner and Lisa Regan will not want to miss this.
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Fiction, Genre Fiction
A totally breathtaking and chilling crime thriller that will keep you gripped to the very last page, perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, A.J. Rivers, Tana French and Lisa Gardner.
She had taken only one step towards the hotel when she heard the car door opening, and then something had her by the shoulders in a grip like steel. Penny tried to fight, but it was no good. The last thing she heard as consciousness drifted away was the whisper of a familiar song…
On a cold night in October a pretty, blonde girl named Penny O’Dwyer is snatched from the quiet main street of a small, coastal town in the west of Ireland. No one saw anything, and a desperate search leads nowhere… Until her abductor sends a video declaring Penny only has ten days to live and a deadly countdown begins.
Criminal behaviourist Jessie Boyle hoped never to work a case in Ireland again. But when her career in London is cut short by a brutal tragedy, she returns to her homeland to grieve – only for her oldest friend to call in a long overdue debt. ‘Help us catch this monster and bring Penny home. We need you, Jessie.’
Throwing herself into the investigation, Jessie makes a chilling discovery: Penny wasn’t the first girl to be taken. As her team find more missing women, she becomes convinced that a serial killer has been hiding in plain sight for years. Nothing seems to tie the victims together, until Jessie realises that each abduction site is linked to the old Irish myths she read as a child.
Time is running out for Penny, and Jessie’s only hope is to understand the killer’s twisted logic. But he is closer than she imagined… and Jessie is next in his sights.
Will she risk everything to save an innocent life?
“I opened the book yesterday morning and didn’t stop reading until I was finished… I just HAD to know how it ended!… READ THIS!! Set aside a day… because once you start, you will not want to put this book down.”
- My Novel Addiction, 5 stars“From the opening page, this book caught my attention and the rapid pace did not let up until the final page – leaving me wanting more (there is a book two, right?)… I certainly found it compelling. An absolute 5 star read for sure.”
- Maria’s Book Musings, 5 stars“Wow! That ending was tense… Bring Her Home has it all; a hideous crime and a ticking clock. I also loved the main characters… you need to read this fantastic crime thriller!”
- Griffbuck reviewer, 5 stars“Had me sitting on edge the entire time.”
- Spooky’s Maze of Books
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Fiction, Genre Fiction
SHE TOOK CONTROL OF HIS COMPUTER. NOW HE’S LOST CONTROL OF HIS LIFE . . .
Someone is always watching
James Fitzpatrick is a high-profile lawyer at a successful City firm. He’s married to Bella. She’s beautiful and clever, a teacher at a prestigious private school.
They have the perfect lives.
But then, one night, James loses a file for a multi-million pound deal he’s working on and in desperation contacts the company’s IT helpdesk. A woman named Charlotte answers his call, setting in motion a series of events set to shatter James’ and Bella’s lives.
In the weeks after, James is accused of more mistakes at work, ones he doesn’t remember making and can’t explain. Meanwhile Bella finds herself the target of vicious rumours at school – and no one seems willing to believe her side of the story.
Everything started with that one phone call.
Who is the woman at the other side of the computer screen? And why do Bella and James suddenly find their privileged existence in peril?
Works on Submission
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Fiction, Genre Fiction
Creepy horror thriller) by bestselling Irish crime novelist and true crime writer Shane Dunphy examines the place where folklore’s darkest corners spill over into the modern day.
Due to an unintended faux-pas Irish Korean TV star Eunwoo O’Rourke’s legions of fans have turned against him, sending funeral wreaths and lobbying for him to be fired from his latest TV project. After an unnerving home invasion, he flees London to a cabin in a vast forest in Staffordshire, where he finds himself tormented by terrifying spectres. Seeking the aid of former nun Mary Anthony Devlin, Eunwoo must banish the entities that stalk him while coming to terms with his own imposter syndrome. With the creeping unease of Andrew Revill’s THE RITUAL and the folkloric menace of Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, THE DARK ARCHIVE is a chilling blend of supernatural horror and psychological suspense. Dunphy has published two Irish number 1 bestsellers and achieved success and acclaim for his child protection memoirs and gritty crime fiction. His horror debut, THE DARK ARCHIVE is a thoroughly modern comment on fandoms, cancel culture, the West’s fascination with Korean music and film, the pressures of stardom and the very real horrors of growing up with a mentally ill parent.
Author: Shane Dunphy
Genres: Non-Fiction, Memoir
As a child, John Brennan wasn’t an obvious candidate for success. School was a difficult, upsetting place and he was always at the bottom of the class. His battle with dyslexia meant that he felt stigmatised by a society that didn’t understand him. Yet his determination to not be defined by his dyslexia created an ambition that has been matched by his business acumen.
Now in his mid-fifties, John’s optimism is still flowing. It is a measure of his character that, on being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the first thing he did was to buy a very uncared for Dromquinna Manor on a waterfront estate on 46 acres of overgrown grounds. Ten years later, in the midst of a world pandemic that saw hotels closed all over the world, John again bought a new hotel.
This is a fascinating account of a man with the vision to create his own life against the odds that will inspire people everywhere to find their own way too.