Reedsy Reviews – Scuffed Granny

Code to Murder (DCI Ben Fitzpatrick Book One) by Pat McTaggart

A new fictional police detective is here – smart, determined, a great team leader but is DCI Ben Fitzpatrick battling more than just crime?

Quiet goodness and guidance is passed on in these stories of people, in many different situations, told with thoughtfulness and meaning

A reflection on a life, looking at the influence of family and how coming to terms with experiences in the past provide peace in the present

Tension mounts as the Catholic Church comes under attack in this ecumenical thriller but where is the threat coming from? Is it from within?

This is a bloody psychological wild ride of a book, set in 70s’ Chicago, and centred on crime, families and power plays

If there were such a book as a manual for life and how to approach it, then this should be it: straight-talking sense, sharply delivered.

Love, passion, acceptance – all of these themes permeate through this English/Italian collection with intensity, humour and honesty

A short book of poems, some prose, some stream-of-consciousness musings, forming an eclectic collection, delivered in the same erudite voice

A memoir of a life which begins troubled but shows the true power of resilience and the importance of having the right support

A book which begins with a family in tragedy but gradually, through faith and healing and the support of others, the way is shown to them