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Thrillers by Patrick Mackeown
In my thrillers, I am trying my best to blur the lines between fact and fiction, into what I jokingly refer to as "faction". My job as a writer is to scare people, and I don't want to let my readers off the hook with the age-old, convenient get-out of 'of course, it's only fiction!' This is the reason why I weave so many genuine events into my narratives. I try to merge a worrying global trend with the experience of a fictional character. That way the reader identifies with the central character but is inexorably drawn into a scenario where bad things are about to happen to lots of people, and there isn't anything he, or she, can do about it. For me, that's what's frightening. And then, to top it off, I've done my absolute best to ensure that he, or she, can't be reassured by the comforting notion that I've made it all up! Now, I hope that's scary, because it's supposed to be.
Oil tycoon Keith Connors is found dead in the garden of his villa; undoubtedly the work of a pro. His ex-wife flees to Libya, where she is linked to the brutal murder of the White House Trade Representative. In his investigations, Inspector Hawthorne discovers a sinister web of treachery and greed in the international oil business. Read on
Posted: 1 April 2006
The Cardinal's Blood
In June of 1982, in the midst of an Italian financial crisis of epic proportions, the Vatican's most powerful financial advisor, Roberto Calvi, is found hanging by the neck beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. Subsequent autopsies and investigations prove fruitless. Nevertheless, the ensuing pattern of deaths and disappearances is murderous in the extreme. Coming soon!
Posted: 20 October 2006
The Expendability Doctrine
A thriller by Patrick Mackeown
"Highly recommended"
Midwest Book Review
