Brian L. Porter

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2008
  • Latest Book:
    June 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Murder on the Mersey

1 - A Mersey Killing (Jul-2015)
2 - All Saints (Feb-2016)
3 - A Mersey Maiden (May-2016)
4 - A Mersey Mariner (Aug-2017)
5 - A Very Mersey Murder (Jul-2020)
6 - Last Train To Lime Street (Jul-2020)
7 - The Mersey Monastery Murders (Jul-2020)
8 - A Liverpool Lullaby (Aug-2020)
8.5 - A Merry Mersey Christmas (Oct-2020)
9 - The Mersey Ferry Murders (Nov-2021)

The Study In Red Trilogy

1 - A Study in Red: The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper (Jan-2008)
2 - Legacy of the Ripper (Jun-2009)
3 - Requiem for the Ripper: The Final Episode of a Study in Red Trilogy (Jul-2010)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • A Study in Red: The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper

    The Study In Red Trilogy - 1

    A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper by Brian L Porter tells the story of Robert Cavendish, a modern day psychiatrist who is bequeathed a strange set of papers which purport to be the journal of the long-dead infamous Whitechapel Mu...

  • Legacy of the Ripper

    The Study In Red Trilogy - 2

    Jack Thomas Reid, nephew of Robert Cavendish who first appeared in A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper languishes in the secure Ravenswood Psychiatric Hospital, sentenced to confinement 'at Her Majesty's Pleasure' for a series of a...

  • Pestilence

    From award winning author Brian L Porter comes the thriller sensation of the year. 'Pestilence' leads where others will follow in creating a scare-fest that will terrify, entertain and astound the reader.

    Pestilence....breathe if you dare!

  • Purple Death

    Tranquil suburban Richmond-on-Thames, home to such landmarks as Hampton Court Palace and Kew Gardens, becomes the setting for a series of shocking and particularly gruesome murders that lead Detective Inspector Sean Connor and his team into a labyrin...

  • Requiem for the Ripper: The Final Episode of a Study in Red Trilogy

    The Study In Red Trilogy - 3

    Criminal psychologist David Hemswell receives a desperate call from a worried man. William Forbes, former solicitor to serial killer Jack Reid believes himself to be threatened by the living soul of the notorious Victorian enigma, Jack the Ripper. Co...

  • Behind Closed Doors

    In fog-shrouded Victorian London, a ruthless serial killer is on the loose.
    The population of London is horrified by the murder spree conducted by Jack the Ripper. While Police Commissioner Charles Warren investigates the Ripper murders, another...

  • The Nemesis Cell

    A group of women gather at a fertility clinic where Dr. Margherita Dumas offers a revolutionary, experimental treatment for their infertility problems. A year later, each of them gives birth to a healthy baby boy.

    Thirty years later, a kille...

  • Kiss of Life

    Every night, Alan Dexter has the same dream: his former colleague Christina is seducing him when suddenly, two of her perfectly white teeth turn into fangs and tear into his flesh.

    Dexter is always the skeptical journalist, but his feeling t...

  • After Armageddon

    A global nuclear holocaust. A vicious serial killer stalking the streets of Paris. A mystery in Mexico. This collection from the award-winning novelist and screenwriter Brian L. Porter showcases some of his finest short stories. The title piece, Aft...



  • A Mersey Killing

    Murder on the Mersey - 1

    A skeleton and a missing woman. A doomed romance. A mystery spanning two generations.

    Liverpool, 1961. A group of young men come together seeking fame and fortune, as the fledgling sounds of the Swinging Sixties take root in the city. Soon, ...

  • All Saints

    Murder on the Mersey - 2

    What is the link between bloody graveyard murders, a former mental asylum, a young girl's suicide and an enigmatic priest? The Liverpool murder investigation unit runs into a series of horrific murders, which begins as the horribly mutilated body of...

  • A Mersey Maiden

    Murder on the Mersey - 3

    A peaceful cricket match on a warm summer’s day turns to murder and mystery, as the star player Aaron Decker lies dead in his bed, his girlfriend sleeping soundly beside him.

    The case takes on a new twist with links to the disappearance of...

  • A Mersey Mariner

    Murder on the Mersey - 4

    DEATH ARRIVES ON THE MORNING TIDE.

    The aging cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, enveloped in thick fog that delays her entry into the port of Liverpool. When one of the ship’s passengers is found dead in his cabin, ...

  • Avenue Of The Dead

    In the ancient, ruined city of Teotihuacan, mutilated bodies bear witness to the work of a serial killer. After his brother's tragic death, Detective Captain Juan Morales decides to take a well-deserved vacation. But as he stands at the Avenue of the...

  • Last Train To Lime Street

    Murder on the Mersey - 6

    As the midnight train from Manchester to Liverpool approaches the city, it hits the body of a man. After the police look into the case, they learn that the man was a well-known movie director - of the adult variety. Soon, they find out that the man's...

  • The Mersey Monastery Murders

    Murder on the Mersey - 7

    When a monk is found poisoned at St. Emma's Priory, the Chief Constable - a friend of the Prior - insists that Andy Ross and his team handle the investigation. The case turns out to be more complex than they first thought. After a second victim is fo...

  • A Very Mersey Murder

    Murder on the Mersey - 5

    1966. England wins the soccer World Cup. The same night, a barmaid's body is discovered near an abandoned lighthouse. Two more murders follow; all remain unsolved. 2005. D.I. Andy Ross is called in when a disturbingly similar series of murders begins...

  • Dylan The Flying Bedlington

    Whipped, beaten and abused for the first year of his life, Dylan was eventually left tied to the gates of a dog sanctuary, with a note telling of his treatment. The fates were smiling on the little Bedlington terrier however, as the author and his fa...

  • A Liverpool Lullaby

    Murder on the Mersey - 8

    After a woman's body is found in a local beauty spot, her heart surgically removed, D.I. Andy Ross and his team are called in to investigate. But this time, they face a criminal mastermind unlike any they have before, who soon becomes known as The Do...



  • Penny The Railway Pup

    Penny's story is the fourth in Brian L. Porter's award-winning rescue dog series and features a tiny terrier, abandoned in a particularly cruel manner, and her subsequent adoption and life with the author and his family. From being attacked and needi...

  • Remembering Dexter

    After being thrown out from a moving car on a motorway and rescued from the dog pound by Brian Porter and his wife, Dexter had a happy life in their family of rescue dogs. On the 8thJune, 2019, Dexter - a Labrador-Staffy Crossbreed - passed away afte...

  • A Merry Mersey Christmas

    Murder on the Mersey - 8.5

    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 ...

  • Glastonbury

    After millionaire Malcolm Capshaw hires Joe Cutler and his team to search for a fabled artifact, they enter a maze of lies, murder and betrayal. The real purpose of their search is soon exposed, as an old London crime family displays an unusual inter...

  • Lest We Forget

    In this poetry collection, Brian L. Porter will take you into the center of the action and make you feel as if you're really there. One minute you'll find yourself in the cockpit of a bomber, limping home from a raid over enemy territory, and the nex...

  • The Mersey Ferry Murders

    Murder on the Mersey - 9

    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 ar...

  • Guilty Conscience

    A collection of three crime mysteries by Brian L. Porter, now available in one volume! Behind Closed Doors: In the autumn of 1888, amidst the terror caused by Jack the Ripper's notorious murders in London, a lesser-known killer lurks in the shadows. ...

  • Morte Roxa

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    Um serial killer está a solta na tranquila Richmond-on-Thames. Uma série de assassinatos chocantes e particularmente terríveis levam o Inspetor Detetive Sean Connor e sua equipe para dentro de uma investigação que se torna um...

  • A Porte Chiuse

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    In una Londra vittoriana avvolta dalla nebbia, uno spietato serial killer è a piede libero. La popolazione di Londra è terrorizzata dagli omicidi perpetrati da Jack lo Squartatore. Mentre il capo della polizia Charles Warren indaga su quest...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brian L. Porter has published 28 books.

Brian L. Porter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Guilty Conscience, was published in June 2023.

The first book by Brian L. Porter, A Study in Red: The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper, was published in January 2008.

Yes. Brian L. Porter has 2 series.
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