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Mari Hannah

The Silent Room is the first tense police procedural in the thrilling Matthew Ryan series by Mari Hannah.

'Nobody understands the many faces of cops better than Mari Hannah' - Val McDermid

A security van sets off for Durham prison, a disgraced Special Branch officer in the back. It never arrives. En route it is hijacked by armed men, the prisoner sprung. Suspended from duty on suspicion of aiding and abetting the audacious escape of his former boss, Detective Sergeant Matthew Ryan is locked out of the manhunt.

Desperate to preserve his career and prove his innocence, he backs off. But when the official investigation falls apart, under surveillance and with his life in danger, Ryan goes dark, enlisting others in his quest to discover the truth.

When the trail leads to the suspicious death of a Norwegian national, Ryan uncovers an international conspiracy that has claimed the lives of many.

Continue the gripping crime series with The Death Messenger.

Tim Bruce

Macmillan Digital Audio

Matthew Ryan

The Silent Room

Track a stalker. Catch a killer. 

When a mysterious DVD is delivered to Northumbria Police Headquarters, DS Matthew Ryan and Detective Superintendent Eloise O’Neil are among the few to view its disturbing content. With little to go on the only lead comes from the anonymous and chilling woman’s voice narrating the blood-soaked lock-up depicted on screen. 

But with no victim visible, nor any indication of where the unidentifiable crime scene is located, Ryan and O’Neil get the distinct feeling someone is playing with them. What is certain is that the newly formed special unit has just taken on its first challenging case.

As further shocking videos start arriving at police stations around the country, the body count rises. But what connects all the victims? And why are they being targeted? As the investigation deepens, the team is brought to breaking point as secrets from the past threaten to derail their pursuit of a merciless killer . . .

The Death Messenger is a tense police procedural and follows The Silent Room in the thrilling Matthew Ryan series by Mari Hannah.

The Death Messenger

Starting with The Silent Room, Mari Hannah’s series of crime fiction novels featuring DS Matthew have been described by the Sun as ‘a rollercoaster of a ride involving corruption, surveillance and espionage . . . the author is a brilliant writer’. Ryan tackles the most sinister of cases in Newcastle, Northumbria and further afield. A former probation officer, Mari won the CWA Dagger in the Library award in 2017 and was Reader in Residence for the 2016 Harrogate International Crime Writing Festival.

Matthew Ryan - The book series

Matthew Ryan - The book series

Matthew Ryan books in order

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