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A skeleton and a missing woman. A doomed romance. A mystery spanning two generations.

Liverpool, 1961. A group of young men come together seeking fame and fortune, as the fledgling sounds of the Swinging Sixties take root in the city. Soon, Liverpool becomes synonymous with the music that shapes a generation.

Liverpool, 1999. Skeletal remains found in the docklands lead Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake into a journey through time, as the investigation takes them back to early days of the Mersey Beat.

Whose bones laid beneath the mud of the River Mersey for over thirty years, and what links them to a young woman, missing for the entire time?

Praise:

★★★★★ - "Had me hooked from the beginning."

★★★★★ - "Brilliant plot... mystery writing at its best."

★★★★★ - "A trip across time... well done, Mr. Porter."

★★★★★ - "Solid crime series with likable protagonists and a great story."

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."

A peaceful cricket match turns to mystery, when star player Aaron Decker is found dead. Somehow, the case is connected to the disappearance of a German U-Boat in 1945.

With events in Britain, Germany, U.S and Canada all connected, D.I. Andy Ross and his team must work together with international law enforcement and a respected German historian.

But can they solve the murder of Aaron Decker, and the strange case of U3000's last voyage?

Winner, Best Book We've Read All Year Award 2018 (Readfree.ly)

Praise:

★★★★★ - "Great characters and loads of twists and turns. Excellent reading for mystery lovers."

★★★★★ - "A rousing tale of mystery and intrigue."

Soon after the cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, one of the ship’s passengers is found dead, leading into Detective Inspector Andy Ross’s most baffling case to date.

Another death soon follows, and Ross discovers that the case has its roots in the depths of the Amazon Rainforest. A billionaire entrepreneur, mysterious passengers, a team of researchers and a band of vicious mercenaries all have their part to play.

Working the case, Ross and his team from the Merseyside Police Specialist Murder Investigation team will need all their skills and resolve. But can they solve the mystery of the Mersey Mariner?

Praise:

★★★★★ - "A great police procedural that will keep you entertained throughout."

★★★★★ - "Good depth to the characters. Interesting. Very well written places and descriptions. The solutions will surprise you right up to end."

★★★★★ - "A truly multi-layered mystery that keeps the reader on the edge of their seats."

1966. England wins the soccer World Cup. The same night, a barmaid's body is discovered near an abandoned lighthouse. Two more murders follow; all remain unsolved.

2005. D.I. Andy Ross is called in when a disturbingly similar series of murders begins in the same location. If their estimates are correct, Ross and his team have one week to solve the case before the next Lighthouse Murder takes place.

D.I. Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake seek to apprehend the vicious killer. But with few clues and even less evidence, can they catch him in time?

Praise:

★★★★★ - "Will keep you on the edge of your seat."

★★★★★ - "Kudos to Porter for continuing to deliver quality stories with powerful messages and imagery."

As the midnight train from Manchester to Liverpool approaches the city, it hits the body of a man. After the police look into the case, they learn that the man was a well-known movie director - of the adult variety.

Soon, they find out that the man's list of enemies is almost as long as the railway line from Manchester to Liverpool, with two ex-wives who both have a motive for murder.

But is his murder personal or professional, and who is the killer?

Praise:

★★★★★ - "I highly recommend this series, not only to lovers of British novels but to readers of all mystery and crime stories."

★★★★★ - "Written in Porter's upbeat, witty and British vernacular style, Last Train to Lime Street is a cracking read."

When a monk is found poisoned at St. Emma’s Priory, the Chief Constable - a friend of the Prior - insists that Andy Ross and his team handle the investigation.

The case turns out to be more complex than they first thought. After a second victim is found with a pitchfork thrust through his body, Ross discovers that to solve the case, they must reopen a cold case from years ago.

When connections to the old East German Secret Police - the Stasi - are revealed, Ross realizes that nothing is as it seems in The Mersey Monastery Murders.

After a woman's body is found in a local beauty spot, her heart surgically removed, D.I. Andy Ross and his team are called in to investigate.

But this time, they face a criminal mastermind unlike any they have before, who soon becomes known as The Doctor. All evidence points to romantic connections between the killer and his prey, with an eerie lullaby left playing on an old tape recorder next to the victims.

As one body after another is found, Andy Ross and his team race against time to identify the killer. But The Doctor is already courting his next victim...

A new serial killer is at large in Liverpool. The victims appear to have no connection to each other, and Detective Inspector Andy Ross and the Merseyside Police Force Specialist Murder Investigation Team are brought in to investigate.

The victims are all middle-aged and the police are initially baffled, until a tenuous link suggests the victims were involved in a rape/murder trial fifteen years previously. Ross and his team of detectives soon realize that the killer has a ‘murder list’ and that unless he or she can be stopped, the city’s streets will soon be awash with the blood of the innocents.

The Mersey Ferry Murders is a tale of rage, revenge and retribution, as Ross’s team race against time to prevent the killer from carrying out a plan of heinous proportions.