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The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favor. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and who meets their criteria.

Brian is 16 years old and lives with his mom and dad and older brother in a deprived suburb of Dublin city, Ireland. He goes to school where he is the target of bullies. His mother is an alcoholic and his dad is a gambler. At school gets into a fight with Robbo, the school bully, a grandson of the local gangster. He is also running his band with his other 'nerd' friends. His brother, who is his band manager, is using the band as cover to make deliveries for Polar Bear the local gangster.

Listen to the conversation as you sit in the corner of the snug in Mulligan's pub. The Teacher, The Sergeant, and the Parish Priest, aided by the Barman, are in session, and little of what happens in this Dublin inner city parish will escape their attention.

The god of death is allowed to take a holiday, conditional on completing a task. Eamon the Handsome Ghoul deputises, but grows to like the job. Mason, a violent misogynist detective, agrees to let the god of death assume his identity.

Joe, the golf club Honorary Treasurer, drops dead while playing a shot into the ninth green. When the autopsy reveals that Joe, a charismatic character, a gambler and womaniser, has died of cyanide poison, the question arises as to whether he has been murdered or committed suicide.

Liam, a quiet, unassuming accountant, depressed with marriage difficulties and recently made redundant, impulsively rescues two people from a knife attack. The consequences change his life forever.

Just after sunrise on a sunny day, Jill is found murdered on the centre lawn of a luxury apartment development. Jack, her boy-friend is arrested. He's had a big row with her on the morning of the murder. But there are undercurrents that emerge during the investigation….

In accountancy, every debit has a credit. Kevin McAteer, twenty-three, living in London, is about to discover that real life is different. Just qualified as a Chartered Accountant after years of penury and study, he is flying high with a new Bedsit and a new girlfriend, Paula. An audit investigation in Maidenhead leads him into danger, with fraud, people smugglers, murderers, and money laundering.

Step in for a pint and a chat. You'll meet Tracy, the Australian actress, the Tramp, and both Bruisers, senior and junior, together with Dwyer the bookie, the red Kelly, Rockette, the new recruit to the police force, the CIA agent called the Seeker, and many more....

Gerry is caught in a net and drowns in the Forty Foot sea swimming spot. Detective Madeline Curtis suspects murder. She is assigned to investigate. Marty is found hung and dead in his shop under strange circumstances.

An archaeological dig has turned up an artefact in the shape of a granite circle. Unknown to those on the dig, it is a wishing stone of ancient provenance. Wishes have unforeseen consequences, and the magic ability of the Granite Circle is discovered more by accident than design. Emma and Pauly find themselves trapped in the Arabian desert in the power of people traders. Pauly falls in love with Emma.