Dangerous Assumptions

Desmond P. Ryan spent almost thirty years as a detective with the Toronto Police Service, working in some of the city's toughest and most challenging neighborhoods. His experience on the frontlines of law enforcement-dealing with everything from routine investigations to high-risk operations-gives his crime fiction a raw, unflinching authenticity. Whether he's digging into the dark, gritty world of policing in The Mike O'Shea Series or spinning a more offbeat mystery in A Pint of Trouble, Desmond Ryan's writing pulls no punches. His stories reflect the harsh realities of crime, the toll it takes on those who fight it, and the flawed humanity of everyone involved. Desmond Ryan's characters-complicated, sometimes broken, but always real-are shaped by years spent on the streets, making his books as hard-edged as the world they depict.