A Mersey Mariner

Soon after the cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, one of the ship's passengers is found dead, leading into Detective Inspector Andy Ross's most baffling case to date. Another death soon follows, and Ross discovers that the case has its roots in the depths of the Amazon Rainforest. A billionaire entrepreneur, mysterious passengers, a team of researchers and a band of vicious mercenaries all have their part to play. Working the case, Ross and his team from the Merseyside Police Specialist Murder Investigation team will need all their skills and resolve. But can they solve the mystery of the Mersey Mariner?

This book illustrates seafaring history in the Mersey area, from sail to steam.

Soon after the cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, one of the ship's passengers is found dead, leading into Detective Inspector Andy Ross's most baffling case to date. Another death soon follows, and Ross discovers that the case has its roots in the depths of the Amazon Rainforest. A billionaire entrepreneur, mysterious passengers, a team of researchers and a band of vicious mercenaries all have their part to play. Working the case, Ross and his team from the Merseyside Police Specialist Murder Investigation team will need all their skills and resolve. But can they solve the mystery of the Mersey Mariner?

Soon after the cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, one of the ship's passengers is found dead, leading into Detective Inspector Andy Ross's most baffling case to date. Another death soon follows, and Ross discovers that the case has its roots in the depths of the Amazon Rainforest. A billionaire entrepreneur, mysterious passengers, a team of researchers and a band of vicious mercenaries all have their part to play. Working the case, Ross and his team from the Merseyside Police Specialist Murder Investigation team will need all their skills and resolve. But can they solve the mystery of the Mersey Mariner?

A peaceful cricket match turns to mystery, when star player Aaron Decker is found dead. Somehow, the case is connected to the disappearance of a German U-Boat in 1945. With events in Britain, Germany, U.S and Canada all connected, D.I. Andy Ross and his team must work together with international law enforcement and a respected German historian. But can they solve the murder of Aaron Decker, and the strange case of U3000's last voyage?

A new serial killer is at large in Liverpool. The victims appear to have no connection to each other, and Detective Inspector Andy Ross and the Merseyside Police Force Specialist Murder Investigation Team are brought in to investigate. The victims are all middle-aged and the police are initially baffled, until a tenuous link suggests the victims were involved in a rape/murder trial fifteen years previously. Ross and his team of detectives soon realize that the killer has a 'murder list' and that unless he or she can be stopped, the city's streets will soon be awash with the blood of the innocents. The Mersey Ferry Murders is a tale of rage, revenge and retribution, as Ross's team race against time to prevent the killer from carrying out a plan of heinous proportions.

As Liverpool's Special Murder Investigation Squad prepares for Christmas, Detective Inspector Andy Ross receives a phone call. Someone has murdered Santa Claus (well, a department store Santa). As the officer on call for the night, Ross attends with his sergeant Izzie Drake, and begins one of the strangest investigations of his career. With the main suspects being Santa Claus himself, in cahoots with an elf, Ross needs luck - and lots of it - as he seeks to solve the mystery of A Merry Mersey Christmas.

The first three books in Brian L. Porter's 'Mersey Murder Mysteries' series, now available in one volume! A Mersey Killing: Liverpool, 1999. Skeletal remains found in the docklands lead Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake into a journey through time, as the investigation takes them back to early days of the Mersey Beat. Whose bones laid beneath the mud of the River Mersey for over thirty years, and what links them to a young woman, missing for the entire time? All Saints: The Liverpool murder investigation unit runs into a series of horrific murders, which begins as the body of Matthew Remington is found in the graveyard of St. Matthew’s Church. Detective Chief Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake must lead their team in a race against time to prevent further atrocities, but what links the dead men with an old mental hospital, now an orphanage, and the scarcely reported suicide of a teenage girl? A Mersey Maiden: A peaceful cricket match on a warm summer’s day turns to murder and mystery, as the star player Aaron Decker is found dead in his bed, his girlfriend sleeping soundly beside him. Political implications are considered, before the case takes on a new twist with links to the disappearance of a German U-Boat and a British warship in 1945. With the mysterious Aegis Institute hovering in the background of the investigation, D.I Andy Ross and his team are dragged into their most complex case to date.