Detective Kate Bowen Crime Thriller Series

FAST-MOVING, UNPUTDOWNABLE CRIME THRILLER SERIES  Detective Kate Bowen with her Dublin surveillance squad
Each story can be enjoyed individually; however, as with most series, reading it in sequence will add to your enjoyment.

1. THE DEVIL'S LUCK: A high-stakes race against evil that sweeps across four nations - Ireland, The UK, France, and The USA. As a nightmarish terrorist plot takes shape, Detective Kate Bowen leads her tight Dublin squad into action, racing against an unforgiving countdown.

2. THE PRIZE PRINCE: Detective Kate Bowen is languishing in Cyprus, deployed to a backwater UN posting when a chance sighting of Dublin gang boss, Don Bailey rekindles her appetite for shadowing bad guys. She has no idea of the score Bailey is planning or that unscrambling his lofty ambitions will change her life forever. The Prize Prince is hard-hitting and tension-filled from beginning to end.

3. STRIKE BACK: Surveillance specialist Kate Bowen is forced to hell and back to save a city from ruin. But can she save herself? ‘A great storm is coming,’ a British ISIS fighter warns the Al-Jazeera media network. As Kate sets out to foil the terror attack, Europol cannot tell her where, how, or when it is coming. When explosions rattle nerves in Dublin Kate is convinced she is getting close. Can she save a city? Can she save herself?

4. BITTER JUSTICE: Kate struggles to rebuild her broken life. Rogue cops with vicious far-right beliefs surface. With her Dublin Surveillance Squad, she is forced to track their deluded plans as they dance to the tune of a dark web puppet master. If you like an unstoppable detective, a blood-soaked villain, and time running out till they meet head-on, then you’ll love BITTER JUSTICE.

5. BETRAYAL (coming in February 2026) A torturous odyssey fails. A young life is taken. A mother disappears.  

A truck driver is horrified when he discovers a lifeless body in his shipping trailer. Detective Kate Bowen instantly suspects there is more to the child’s death than meets the eye. She ramps up her surveillance teams watching a transport company owner whom she’s convinced fronts an organised criminal group.

She is dumbfounded when a superior officer orders her to cease operations. When she disregards that order, his retribution is swift and personal. Forced to work in the shadows, as Kate unlocks their dark secrets her adversaries are thrust into making an ominous decision.

 Betrayal is book five in T. R. Croke’s Detective Kate Bowen crime thriller series. The story is set in contemporary Ireland, against a backdrop of organised crime’s global network. Can Kate expose the corruption behind lethal human trafficking, or will she be its next victim?

Prequel: THE TRINITY ENIGMA novella is FREE to download. When a string of unexplained deaths hits Dublin’s most exclusive district, Detective Kate Bowen’s mentor suspects a serial killer. Kate is doubtful—until a bizarre witness statement blurs the line between research and confession. As the killer prepares his next victim, Kate must act fast to uncloak the enigma.