OMJ Ryan

Some murders are so perfect they just have to be done again. The body of a naked woman is discovered in a Manchester park. Her murder has all the hallmarks of a notorious killer known as the Suffolk Strangler. But there's a problem—the Strangler is serving a life sentence in prison. So is this...

A killer with a grudge and an insatiable appetite for revenge. The strangled body of Sir Walter Venables, a retired Crown Court Judge, is discovered in his Cheshire mansion. When DCI Jane Phillips and the Major Crimes team are called to investigate, they discover that Venables sent hundreds of...

A killer with a blood lust that is centuries old After a lengthy leave of absence, DCI Jane Phillips is back in Major Crimes, neck deep in the most macabre murder investigation of her career. The naked body of a famous sportsman has been laid out in a churchyard, wrapped in a white shawl...

Two identical murders, thirty years apart. Thirty years ago, gangland enforcer Archie Boothroyd was brutally slain in an apparent ritual killing. The case was never a high priority for the police—after all, it meant one less gangster on the streets—and his murderer was never caught. Now...

Two people, an online business meeting. Before it's over, one of them will be dead. On a weekly Zoom call with her most valuable client, Antonia Berry is beyond horrified when she witnesses his murder—four hundred miles away—live on her laptop screen. DCI Jane Phillips and the Major Crimes...

She knew too much. She had to die. Victoria Carpenter, a high-ranking government official, is found hanging in her garage—an apparent suicide. But her husband has another theory—he is convinced she was murdered. And when the post-mortem results confirm foul play, DCI Jane Phillips and her...

A young girl taken. Now the clock is ticking. When fifteen-year-old Hollie, daughter of the UK's biggest munitions dealer Sir Richard Hawkins, vanishes without a trace, the race is on to find her. But the family's worst nightmare is realized when they receive a video of Hollie tied to a chair...

Someone has been watching. Now the guilty will be punished. Several young women have recently drowned in Manchester's vast network of canals. A coincidence? Or something more sinister? When star detective DCI Jane Phillips begins to investigate, her finely tuned instinct tells her these are no...

A series of ritual murders...a terrible secret. DI Jane Phillips was a star detective driven by a relentless quest for justice. But then she stepped outside the law. Now, demoted and suffering with PTSD, she finds herself facing the deadliest threat of her career - a serial killer who is preying...