The other books are under consideration for publication in due course and we will update these pages and the NEWS page as more information becomes available on publication status.

Meanwhile we include some excerpts from both published and forthcoming books to whet your appetite for more.

Romantic thriller novels
Gerry has completed the writing of eleven full-length adult novels to date, plus a young adult novel:

Belfast Girls –

The story of three girls – Sheila, Phil and Mary – growing up into the new emerging post-conflict Belfast of money, drugs, high fashion and crime; and of their lives and loves.

First published by Night Publishing, UK – November, 2010,
re-published 2012 by Precious Oil Publications, NI

Danger Danger –

Two lives in parallel – twin sisters separated at birth, but their lives take strangely similar and dangerous roads until the final collision which hurls each of them to the edge of disaster.

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – October, 2011

Angel in Flight: the first Angel Murphy thriller –

A ‘feisty wee Belfast girl’ on holiday in Greece sorts out a villain, who wants to make millions for his pharmaceutical company by preventing the use of a newly discovered malaria vaccine. Angel has a broken marriage behind her and is wary of men, but perhaps her meeting with Josh Smith, who tells her he’s with Interpol, may change her mind?

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – June, 2012

Angel in Belfast: the 2nd Angel Murphy thriller –

Angel Murphy is back, in true kick boxing form!

Alone in his cottage near a remote Irish village, Fitz, lead singer of the popular band, Raving, hears the cries of the paparazzi outside and likens them in his own mind to wolves in a feeding frenzy. Next morning Fitz is found unconscious, seeming unlikely to survive, and is rushed to hospital. Has he been driven to OD? Or is someone else behind this?

His friends call in Angeline Murphy, ‘Angel to her friends, devil to her enemies,’ to find out the truth. But it takes all Angel’s courage and skills to survive the many dangers she faces and to discover the real villain and deal with him.

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – June, 2013

Angel in Paradise: the 3rd Angel Murphy thriller –

Angel is back in a third thrilling adventure!

Angeline Murphy – ‘Angel to her friends, devil to her enemies’ – is on holiday in Corfu with ther friend Josh smith, hoping to relax and recharge her batteries, and perhaps develop her relationship with Josh

But Angel finds it impossible to sit back and do nothing wheb she learns of the assault and robbery carried out on her parents’ old friend Sophie. Before long Angel is fully involved in tracking down the brutal gang of jewel thieves who are terrorising many of the island’s elderly but wealthy inhabitants.

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – January, 2017 ( order from Amazon)

Angel on Guard: the 4th Angel Murphy thriller –

Angel is back in action once again!

Angeline Murphy – ‘Angel to her friends, devil to her enemies’ – is a feisty Belfast girl who works for the local BBC.

She meets a young Polish girl – Elena – near the City Hall just before Christmas. Elena is looking for help. She has been enticed over from Poland by the promise of a job, to find herself, instead, being used by people traffickers.

Angel is angry and horrified to find this happening in her home town. Determined to put a stop to it, she is soon on a trail which leads her out to the city of Krakow in Poland – together with Elena’s friend, Magda.

There she meets up again with her friend Josh Smith – of Interpol – and between them, after hair’s breadth escapes, rescues, and thrills – amid the falling snow – they track down the boss of the people trafficking gang, and bring about a happy ending – in more senses than one!

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – October, 2023 ( order from Amazon)

Johnny McClintock’s War

One man’s struggle against the hammer blows of life
originally written as a short story, a version of which was published in Peoples Friend Annual, 2008 as, ‘The Greatest Gift of All’. The story has now been greatly extended and edited and published as a full-length literary/historical novel.

The story of one man’s struggle to maintain his faith in spite of everything life throws at him.< /p>

As the outbreak of the First World War looms closer, John Henry McClintock, a Northern Irish Protestant by upbringing, meets Rose Flanagan, a Catholic, at a gospel tent mission – and falls in love with her. < /p>

When Johnny enlists and sets off to fight in the War he finds himself surrounded by death and tragedy, which pushes his trust in God to the limit.

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – August, 2014 ( order from Amazon)

Hel’s Heroes

a romantic comedy set in Belfast

Hel wants a hero like the ones she writes about, but does one exist?

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – June, 2015 ( order from Amazon)

Hel’s Heroes 2: Christie & the Pirate

a romantic comedy set in Belfast

Christie McCafferty’s simple life as a librarian suddenly becomes complicated when she meets Steve Armstrong. Can she trust Steve or is he a crook?

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – March, 2019 ( order from Amazon)

Roundabout

a modern day Vanity Fair

A novel set in Ireland, with no hero or heroine – love, comedy, drama – life!

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – July, 2020 ( order from Amazon)

Fantasy novels

Lady Molly & The Snapper –

a young adult adventure of time travel – "Narnia on a boat!" – set in Dublin City, Howth Marina, and on the high seas around Ireland in ancient times.

This novel successfully navigated the first round of the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, in the Young Adult category.

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – October, 2011 ( order from Amazon)

Not the End of the World –

a humorous, futuristic fantasy novel.

Sometime in the future, in a much changed world, Merc Swingly – a young, naive employee of one of the seven multi-national companies, which control the planet through figurehead politicians – dreams that the world has come to an end. He is instructed by a weird creature who calls himself a ‘Third Degree Representative’ to go back and prevent this from happening.

Short story collections
Gerry has also compiled eight collections of Irish short stories, (some of which can also be heard on her podcast):

Dreams, Visions, Nightmares –

A collection of eight literary and award-winning Irish short stories of a more serious nature – all of which have already been published in magazines or online, or commended in short story competitions (includes the Cúirt Award-winning story, ‘Primroses’) – published January 2016 ( order from Amazon)

The Seanachie: Tales of Old Seamus –

12 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – January, 2012 ( order from Amazon)

The Seanachie 2:
Norah on the Beach .. and other stories

– another 12 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – September 2013 ( order from Amazon)

The Seanachie 3:
Seamus and the Shell .. and other stories

– a third collection of 12 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – November 2017 ( order from Amazon)

The Seanachie 4:
Paddy and the Snake .. and other stories

– a fourth collection of 12 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – June 2019 ( order from Amazon)

The Seanachie 5:
Seamus makes a mistake .. and other stories

– a fifth collection of 12 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – December 2021 ( order from Amazon)

The Seanachie 6:
In the Bluebell Wood .. and other stories

– a sixth collection of 12 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – September 2023 ( order from Amazon)

The Seanachie 7:
In the Spring .. and other stories

– a sixth collection of 12 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – March 2025 ( order from Amazon)

A Seanachie Christmas:
a seasonal collection of 'Tales of Old Seamus'

– a seasonal collection of 16 humorous tales of lovable rogue, Old Seamus, set in the fictional Donegal village of Ardnakil
(previously published in Ireland’s Own magazine, Wexford, Ireland).

Published by Precious Oil Publications, NI – September 2023 ( order from Amazon)