Derek Fee Books in Order

Derek Fee surveys the European Communities' oil and gas research and development projects in this first status report. Organized around six rounds of projects, it records the programme's work for readers following European energy research.

This reference examines oil and gas resources and development obstacles across African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. Country reviews accompany analysis of exploration, institutions, markets, refineries and the role of international finance in hydrocarbon development.

Witnessing a stabbing during Pamplona’s bull-running festival sends an Irish-American journalist searching for the killer. His investigation uncovers a powerful chemical-industry cartel and draws him across Europe, while ruthless pursuers bring the conspiracy’s violence to the remote Aran Islands.

Fee examines how aid-dependent countries and donors might move beyond conventional development assistance. Reviewing trade, regional cooperation, microfinance and other approaches, he argues for combinations of policies tailored to economic development and a sustainable exit from aid.

A professional assassin targets young Protestant men in Belfast as sectarian tensions rise. DCI Ian Wilson's search for the killer leads into the city's history, where political loyalties and concealed crimes complicate his team's pursuit of justice.

A priest's brutal murder initially suggests sectarian violence, but another killing points to a planned campaign. Wilson faces obstruction from church and police authorities while an internal investigation threatens his career and distracts from the killer's next move.

The murder of a crime boss's mother threatens to ignite violence across Belfast. As similarly brutal killings mount, Wilson investigates a serial murderer while confronting buried history and an internal inquiry that endangers his position.

A terminally ill millionaire funds a terrorist plan to destroy Saudi Arabia’s royal family. A vengeful intelligence officer and a disillusioned CIA operative try to stop it, confronting an adversary whose own losses have turned a political operation into a personal reckoning.

At a personal and professional low point, Wilson is assigned a forty-two-year-old murder with almost no surviving records. As he investigates, he realizes someone may have chosen the cold case specifically to dismantle what remains of his life.

Two young men's apparently natural deaths prompt Wilson to investigate despite official disapproval. A pathologist's suspicions uncover a hidden force rooted in Ulster's violent history, while relationship problems and changes within his team increase the pressure.

Persuaded to return to policing, Wilson leads a reorganized murder squad while a gang boss remains missing. The discovery of a secret burial site threatens to expose one of Ulster's most closely guarded crimes.

The discovery of a young woman's torso gives Wilson's team little evidence and no obvious motive. The search for her identity leads him back to an unresolved murder and a secret connected to the region's dirty war.

A cross-community paramilitary smuggling operation leaves a farmer dead and a journalist wounded. Wilson's investigation exposes cooperation between former enemies, while the assault of a young child draws his squad into another dangerous criminal network.

While studying at Harvard, Moira becomes involved in the disappearance of an accountant at Miami's airport. An ex-financier with a criminal history leads an unlikely search party along the East Coast, uncovering wider criminal activity.

Moira prepares to return to Ireland when an associate is arrested for murdering the man blamed for his business's collapse. With the evidence stacked against him, she and two resourceful allies race to identify the real killer.

The killing of a former drugs officer gives Wilson's squad a deeply personal investigation. A link to an older supposed accident revives the stalled case, while a separate unauthorized inquiry puts another detective's life at risk.

A young man's fatal beating near the Irish border draws Wilson into a joint investigation with a Garda colleague. Fears of renewed border conflict surround their search through a secretive region dominated by organized crime.

Wilson faces a personal vendetta while two gay men disappear in Belfast. A detective with ties to the missing men risks becoming another victim, and a returning colleague takes charge of a poisoning case with concealed motives.

A missing teenager’s case becomes a murder inquiry as Fiona Madden returns to police work in her home community. A man claiming to be the son she surrendered for adoption creates a parallel personal mystery, while local secrets obstruct the search for justice.

Detective Ian Wilson faces a final confrontation with the Circle. Their long conflict reaches a decisive moment, with the prospect of a mortal blow hanging over both Wilson and the organization he has been fighting.

An undercover detective must rapidly learn powerboat racing to infiltrate the circle suspected of killing a young woman. Pursuing the drug-related case places him inside a competitive international sport where maintaining his cover can be as dangerous as the racing itself.

A violent crime and divisive trial fracture a Maine coastal town, followed by deaths suggesting a sinister conspiracy. Police chief JP Sweeney hunts a meticulous killer while confronting a possible supernatural presence and an increasing threat to his own daughter.

A body found after Clifden’s horse fair has no identification and was moved from the scene of the killing. Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy investigate amid suspicion directed at nearby travelers, working to identify the victim before community tensions overwhelm the case.

A body discovered with a dagger at an ancient Aran Islands fort suggests a killing staged to resemble ritual. Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy must navigate the remote setting and its concealed connections to determine who is exploiting the landscape’s history.

A priest poised for advancement learns that a son he never knew existed has vanished. Searching for the boy draws him into a trafficking network and requires help from an estranged brother, forcing him to confront past wrongdoing and the future of his vocation.

A corpse recovered from a Connemara bog draws Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy into crimes concealed for years. Identifying the victim exposes powerful interests and buried connections, turning their determination to investigate into a threat to both careers and lives.

Several relatives are found murdered in a Connemara cottage, and suspicion centers on a missing family member. Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy investigate links to illicit distilling and organized crime, uncovering a motive whose roots may lie in older family secrets.

Newly promoted Fiona Madden investigates the shooting of a former religious-school worker linked to childhood abuse. Pressure to treat revenge as the obvious explanation competes with emerging alternatives, while an attack on her son pulls her away from a difficult inquiry.

A young woman’s murder in remote South Connemara draws Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy into a possible hate crime. Shifting police hierarchies and family complications add pressure as the victim’s identity reveals tensions beneath the changing community around them.

Human bones found in an abandoned mill offer little evidence for Fiona Madden’s newly assigned team. An unidentified victim and disappearing witness complicate the investigation, requiring careful reconstruction of the past while police reorganization and personal responsibilities compete for attention.

Doubts about a fish-farm manager’s apparent drowning prompt Fiona Madden to investigate what first seemed accidental. The victim’s relationships and workplace reveal links to drugs and financial crime, forcing her and Sean Tracy beneath Connemara’s peaceful surface to uncover the cause.