Desmond L Kelly: 4 books

  The sharks in the water may not be as bad as the sharks on Macleay Island.  That’s what Lockie finds when he clashes with hard men and stands in their way.    Peter, a hermit mariner, meets the retired Lockie and hours is found by him, murdered. Lockie with his...

Paperback 5 inches wide, 8 inches tall   Neil’s body is found on a sandbank. Murder or…?   Lockie, retired widower, works with Detective Inspector Georgia Lear again.    Another murder… two more attempts … the handsome Mrs Stone is a suspect....

It seemed such a good idea. Lockie, a retired New Zealand schoolteacher, moves to Macleay Island, in Australia's Moreton Bay after the death of his beloved wife. He settles to the subtropical island’s lifestyle and makes friends with the local characters, but his peace is disrupted when he rents...

I gripped the simple wooden casket that an hour before we had carried in – the casket containing my dear friend Richard Catlin. And a voice said coldly in my head, “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, Karl Landry? Aren’t you so ashamed of what you’ve done?” When forensic accountant...