Roy ‘hicksy’ hicks
"An old-school cop in the Jack Regan mould."
Roy "Hicksy" Hicks: an old-school London copper, and trouble's best mate. He heads to Brighton for some peace and quiet, only to find his family in the crosshairs. Without a warrant card or any backup in a town he doesn’t know, all he's got to help him is thirty years of knowing exactly how violent men think — and more front than Brighton.
Fast, funny, and hard as nails, these punchy crime novellas star the fan-favourite detective from the DI Simon Wise series — on his own, in over his head, and loving it more than he'll ever admit.
Start with Screw Up.
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‘I'm scared. Come and get me.'
When DS Roy 'Hicksy' Hicks has to get out of London fast, he heads to Brighton. A few days at his sister's, he reckons. Peace and quiet. A chance to get his head straight.
Then his sixteen-year-old niece sends a message begging for help — and disappears.
Now Hicksy is hunting for a missing girl in a city he barely knows, with no warrant card, no backup, and no one to trust.
All he's got to go on is thirty years of knowing exactly how violent men think — and more front than Brighton.
SCREW UP is the first novella in the Roy Hicks Brighton Crime Thriller series — featuring the fan-favourite detective from the DI Simon Wise books. If you like fast-paced crime, lovable rogues, and old-school coppers in the Jack Regan mould, you'll love Michael Dylan's newest series.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "An old-school cop in the Jack Regan mould."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Six stars — a must read."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My new favourite author."
screw up
Dangerous people are asking questions.
Questions about a drug deal that went spectacularly wrong.
Questions that are getting far too close to Hicksy's family.
Now two very different kinds of predator are hunting in Brighton. One has come down from London to find out who wrecked his operation. The other already owns the streets nobody else wants — and he wants his stolen drugs back, his money back, and someone to make an example of.
Neither of them knows the other is out there.
Both of them are about to meet Roy Hicks.
With no badge, no backup, and a girl who's already lost too much, Roy has to keep his niece Priya alive, stop two killers from turning Brighton into a battlefield, and somehow walk out of Moulsecoomb in one piece.
Again.
Some people never learn.
Bad luck, Roy. Bad luck.
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BAD LUCK is the SECOND novella in the Roy Hicks Brighton Crime Thriller series — featuring the fan-favourite detective from the DI Simon Wise books. If you like fast-paced crime, lovable rogues, and old-school coppers in the Jack Regan mould, you'll love Michael Dylan's newest series.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "An old-school cop in the Jack Regan mould."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Six stars — a must read."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My new favourite author."