The Mystery of Twelve Bens

A Connemara thriller. Alvin and Orton, Book 1.

Cover of The Mystery of Twelve Bens, book 1 of the Alvin and Orton series, by Pierre Ganchegui

Alvin and Orton · Book 1

Trust no one. Except the dog.

A thriller set on the wild moors of Connemara, Ireland.

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Some secrets sink into the peat

Alvin Floch came to Twelve Bens for the silence. Nothing but the wild, hypnotic moor, the wind off the Atlantic, and Orton, his loyal Shetland sheepdog.

Then his friend Aileen vanishes without a trace.

Determined to find her, Alvin follows a trail that leads from the lonely bogs of Connemara to the back streets of Dublin. Orton picks up what men can't see. And what the two of them uncover is worse than either feared: a truth someone is ready to kill to keep buried.

Caught between ruthless mobsters and spies who never show their faces, Alvin has no idea who is lying to him. Only one companion has never let him down. And he walks on four legs.

A wild landscape that becomes a character in its own right.
An unlikely duo up against organized crime.
Twists that keep coming until the very last page.

Some secrets sink into the peat. This one is about to surface.

Book 1 of the Alvin and Orton series. For readers of Tana French, Jane Harper and Peter May.

About the author

Pierre Ganchegui writes thrillers from the north of France, where he works in IT by day. He grew up on Arthur Conan Doyle and Jules Verne, and now writes the kind of stories he couldn't put down as a boy: dark, atmospheric, and full of secrets.

The Alvin and Orton series was born in Connemara, a place where the land keeps its secrets better than people do. Orton is real, by the way. He lives with Pierre and has strong opinions about everything.

Questions, reviews, or just want to say hello? Write to Pierre, in English.