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All Saints: Murder on the Mersey (Mersey Murder Mysteries Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Brian L. Porter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 2 of 9: Mersey Murder Mysteries

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After the discovery of two bodies, Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Detective Sergeant Izzie Drake must lead their team in a race against time to prevent further atrocities.

Clues point towards the enigmatic priest, Father Gerald Byrne, who has recently returned to the city of his birth.

But what connects Byrne to the graveyard murders, a young girl's suicide, and a former mental asylum?

Praise:

★★★★★ - "The character development is excellent, as is the interaction among the characters. If you like murder mysteries with solid police work, this one is for you."

★★★★★ - "Well crafted and exciting from the first page to the last. Highly recommended."

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"All Saints, Murder on the Mersey takes readers on a journey into the mind of a savage and sadistic killer and opens doors some would prefer to be left closed as he touches on some seriously adult themes in this superb follow up to A Mersey Killing. Graphic and frightening in its intensity, All Saints is a masterpiece of modern crime fiction." - Mario Domina, CEO, ThunderBall Films

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01ATSFE1W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Next Chapter (February 1, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 586 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 595 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #759,709 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,436 in Serial Killers
- #5,042 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #6,922 in Serial Killer Thrillers

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Winner - The Critters.org Best Mystery Novel Award 2021, The Mersey Ferry Murders

Winner - The Readfree.ly Best Indie Book, 2021 Award, Muffin, Digby and Petal, Together Forever

Winner - The Readfree.ly 'Best Book We've Read all Year, 2021 Award, June 2021 (Pestilence)

Winner - The Readfree.ly 'Best Book We've Read all Year, 2018 Award, June 2018 (A Mersey Maiden)

Writing under three different names, Brian L Porter is an Amazon best selling author, with numerous best sellers to his name, so far, titles as follows:

Sasha (As Brian L Porter), the illustrated true-life story of the author's own, very special 'Miracle Dog'. Winner of The Preditors & Editors Best Fiction Book Award, 2016, and also a 7th place finish in the 50 Best Indie Books of 2016 Awards. #1 bestseller in the UK, Australia and Italy. Sasha has also been a Top Ten bestseller in its category at Amazon in Canada and France.

Sheba, From Hell to Happiness, sequel to Sasha, the true-life story of a dog rescued from a life of hell as a bait dog for dog fighters, then left to die on a rubbish tip.

Remembering Dexter is the winner of 3 literary awards

After Armageddon (As Brian L Porter), A Post-Apocalyptic short story anthology. #1 in the USA and UK.

The Italian translated version of After Armageddon, Dopo L'Armageddon, e Altri Raccontri was a #1 Amazon bestseller in Italy.

Lest We Forget, (As Brian L Porter), an evocative collection of remembrance poetry.

Alistair the Alligator, (As Harry Porter), a pre-school children’s book, illustrated by Sharon Lewis.

Charlie the Caterpillar, (As Harry Porter), also for pre-school readers, illustrated by Bonnie Pelton.

Wolf, (As Harry Porter), a young adult/teens adventure story.

Of Aztecs and Conquistadors, (As Juan Pablo Jalisco), a superb collection of romantic poetry with a Latin American theme.

He was the winner of The Preditors & Editors readers poll for Best Author Award, 2009, and a number of his books have also received awards as follows:

A Study in Red – The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper, Preditors & Editors Best Thriller Novel Award, 2008.

Requiem for the Ripper, Preditors & Editors Best Thriller Novel Award, 2010.

Glastonbury, Preditors & Editors Best Mystery Novel Award, 2010

You can find information on the works of Harry Porter and Juan Pablo Jalisco on their individual book pages.

He is a dedicated dog lover and rescuer and he and his wife share their home with a number of rescued dogs.

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Martha A. Cheves

" "The poor bloody priest" Father Gerald Byrne

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2016

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Detective Inspector Andy Ross pulled the unmarked police Mondeo to a halt, its right side wheels pulled up on the pavement outside St. Matthew's Church in Norris Green in an effort to avoid restricting the traffic flow along Brewer Street... There were already two police patrol cars parked on the street, together with another pool car identical to his own which he knew would have brought his assistant, Sergeant Clarissa, (Izzie) Drake and Detective Constable Derek McLennan to the scene... As he neared the scene, Ross could see Dr. Nugent on his knees, his assistant, Francis Lees beside him, both men obviously intent on carrying out their initial examination of the body... "Oh, my God," Ross exclaimed as he drew closer to the scene... "I told you, sir," his sergeant said, quietly. "Yes, but this... this is, well, nothing short of bloody monstrous... the victim, a man in his mid to late fifties, has been almost totally eviscerated... "Who found him, Izzie?" "The poor bloody priest"

Father Gerald Byrne, along with his sister, grew up in Speke Hill, an orphanage that was run by the Roman Catholic Church. He developed a deep interest in theology and the Church which eventually brought him into the priesthood. After years of traveling all over the world it also brought him full circle back to St. Luke's where he would be not only their priest but also the priest of Speke Hill. But, shortly after his arrival the murders started. Bodies are being placed in various cemeteries after being totally disembowel and mutilated.

This book took me down a very winding road! As much as I tried to determine who was carrying out the brutal murders, the harder it was for me to justify my suspicions. And at the end... I was totally surprised. As always, Brian L. Porter has written another book that can't be put down. I can never get enough of his books. He has a Stephen King/Dean Kunze/Jeffrey Deaver frame of mind when he writes putting him right up there in their class of authors.

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Mystifying

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024

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It took a little to get into the story. Very surprise ending. Too much blood and gore so skipped over parts.

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Berk Rourke

Murder in Merseyside, murder most foul, murder that forces the bile from the throats of experienced detectives.

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2016

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The graveyard killers strike, leaving a gutted man with parts of his anatomy missing. Detective Inspector Andy Ross, Detective Sergeant Clarissa "Izzy" Drake and the other members of the Merseyside Homicide unit are put to work trying to find a heinous killer. A second body surfaces which is killed and displayed afterward in, if it is possible, an even more heinous fashion, draped over an angel in another graveyard. A connection surfaces between the two men. They both were orphans and both went to Speke Hall as youths. One of them, named Matthew had been in prison for rape. And yet another body surfaces from a watery suicide. When Andy theorizes that the suicide is connected to the two dead men and finally theorizes that someone is killing rapists, maybe rapists from a group, the chase is on. Of course Andy and his team ferret out the murderers. But the book is about the manner in which they do so as well as weaving the tale of the monsters who are killers and those who are rapists.
Another tour de force by Brian L. Porter. This is easy to give five stars. The story progresses as it should. The bad guys are bad. The good guys are good. And knowing those things it still grabs your interest and forces you to learn more, more about this series of murders. The third murder finally leads our stalwart detectives to their prey.
What a wonderful tale this author weaves. I have reviewed a number of his books, enjoyed a number of his books and I have to say my feelings about this one are still the same. This author is a real character builder, is able to create people whose lives are real in the pages as you turn them. I enjoyed this book a great deal. I would recommend it to any reader above early teens. A great story, with great characters. Loved it.

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snave51

Terrific story

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2021

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So many typos I lost count . Not language related either .
Horrendous murders found in church cemeteries . Why. Rape related was surmised and a criminal profiler was called in and gave important suggestions that helped the police team.

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John Broughton

Not for the faint-hearted.

Reviewed in Italy on July 19, 2021

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All Saints: Murder on the Mersey is definitely not a book for the squeamish or those prone to nightmares. Having said that, Brian Porter has rung the changes magnificently whilst maintaining and deepening the characters of his murder squad. This novel is the second of the series but can be read as a stand-alone. The plot has sufficient twists and turns to keep the reader enthralled right to the satisfying end. It is hard to describe the plot without spoilers, so I’ll refrain, only saying that when people seek to take justice into their own hands, terrible things may happen!

George Knox

A Murder Mystery as Good as Ian Rankin's 'Inspector Rebus' Stories.

Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2019

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It is high praise for me to state that 'All Saints: A Murder on the Mersey' is as good a read as the popular 'Inspector Rebus' murder mysteries written by Ian Rankin. Brian Porter weaves a complex tale that begins with a murder that takes place shortly after the return of Father Byrne to his Liverpool birthplace. D.I. Ross and his team of detectives begin their investigation of the brutal murder in which a mutilated body had been discovered on display in a churchyard. When a second even more horribly butchered body is found in a different churchyard, the hunt is on for serial killers and what if anything connects them to the churches. Ross's methodical investigation gradually reveals the murders' connections to a former Roman Catholic orphanage (where Father Byrne had been a resident as a child) and both recent and historical rapes. Do former orphans have anything to do with the murders? Is it too much to think Father Byrne could be a killer? The story has enough twists and turns to keep anyone interested in finding out 'who done it'. Time for me to read the first book of the series to see where the Mersey Murder Mysteries series began.

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Great Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2018

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All Saints: Murder on the Mersey (Mersey Murder Mysteries Book 2) is yet one more excellent book from author Brian L Porter in his detective murder mystery series based in and around Liverpool.
This is Book 2 in the series. I have already read Books 1 and 3, respectively A Mersey Killing: When Liverpool Rocked, And The Music Died and A Mersey Maiden.
Allow me please to declare this: I lived on Merseyside for the first twenty something years of my life and I was also at one time a detective on Merseyside. These books are authentic. They may be fiction, but the author captures the very essence of police work and the unique nature and character of all things ‘Scouse.’
I’ll give an example of the author’s realistic writing when it comes to police officers and ‘Scouse’: Young D.C. McLennan says to his boss, D.I. Ross, “Yeah, well, I’ve been learning from the best, haven’t I, sir?” That is in response to the D.C. using his initiative and some deviousness when making a phone call to Exeter University. He implied that a student’s sister had been murdered. That wasn’t the case, but he urgently needed to speak to the student. The clever use of words persuaded the secretary to summon the potential witness from his lecture, bring him to the phone so McLennan could expedite the inquiry. D.S. Izzie Drake was impressed too as she commended the D.C. by saying, “You can be as sly as a Scottie Road scally when you want to be Derek McLennan… You worded that so she’d think just that, you clever little detective, you. Well done.”
The dialogue is real, crisp, and effective. Indeed, the dialogue in all his books I have read so far, is excellent. In many ways it drives the plot along at a fair old pace. Rarely is there a lull in these Mersey Murder Mysteries.
If you combine all that with Mr. Porter’s writing skills, you end up with a fine novel and a brilliant read. I did read a review of one of his books where the reader criticized the informal banter between detectives. Poppycock! Detectives are not much different than many other occupations. They laugh, joke, go home and tell their wives what they are doing (mostly). This author covers all of this but is a master of getting his characters to switch into serious mode. The home life of DI Andy Ross is a particularly good device of this author’s. One, it shows Ross as perfectly normal; a likeable husband and human being. Two, it introduces the thought processes of Ross when faced with investigating complex and gruesome crimes. It moves the plot along.
The author also creates other great characters besides police officers. Father Byrne plays an important role in the plot and we are introduced to him at the beginning of the book. Mr. Porter fleshes out the character to make him believable.
He also uses a criminal profiler character and does it well. With some fiction writers, I think oh, oh, as soon as I read about a profiler because off they go into an unreal world. That can really spoil a book for me. But this author has researched and creates a totally credible criminal profiler who acts appropriately always.
It’s difficult to put Brian L Porter’s books into a category and I’m unsure that’s wise anyway. They are not cozy like Ruth Rendell. In fact, parts of this book are not for the squeamish. They are far more realistic than anything by L J Ross, both in terms of plot and the characters.

I say very little about the plot in this review to avoid spoilers. You are in for a surprise or three! As a former detective, I thought I knew where it was going. Wrong! Matthew, Mark, Luke and John seem too obvious but it isn’t. Great read!

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Nanette Cormier

Needs some work

Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2021

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Some of the dialogue was painful, the relationships a little too perfect. A good edit would do wonders. Plotting a little too fabricated.

Paradise Bird

Horror story!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2021

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This indeed is a real grotesque horror story but at the same time a very gripping crime thriller that scares the reader yet holds their attention to the point of not being able to put the book down! Well written with detective characters one is able to feel an affinity with and a story well crafted although I felt the written violence was overkill so, one star rating deducted. Question now is, is book 3 as violent and, should I read it? Murders are grim certainly but all as graphic as book 2, surely not! Will try 3 tentatively!!

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