Where Every
Shadow Has a
Story
Detective fiction for those who read
on a rainy morning, curled up in an armchair
with your favorite drink.
Atmospheric. Precise. Unputdownable.
Atmospheric detective stories for curious minds.
Book 2 - Ryan Neville: Fire through Glass
My name is Ryan Neville. I was fourteen years old when my mentor asked me from beyond the grave to wrap up his last case. *** ‘I had been used in every move of the game. Been barely a piece to begin with, maybe a pawn at best. One of those little guys can still deliver checkmate, though. The board was set up, and Dylan moved first. It came not as an instant stroke of genius: far from it. But every once in a while you fit together something that’s been brewing in your head for days, recognizing each fragment’s place. As if you’ve finally pulled yourself up to the summit of a mountain, and found a path through the forest below. My fingers closed around the white king, then tipped it over.'
Cheka Mendis
Cheka Mendis created Ryan Neville when they were both fourteen, publishing his first novel featuring the teenage detective in 2019. He's been writing ever since, taking inspiration from crime fiction legends such as Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He plans to publish a long series of novels and short stories, chronicling a whole lifetime of mysteries surrounding his literary sleuth. Currently Ryan is setting up his own detective agency, with his new cases being recorded by none other his sharpshooting brother and redoubtable sidekick: Dylan Neville.
Praise for Ryan Neville
"It is an ambitious and well-executed adventure. Rather intelligent-evoking a compelling American setting with a whiff of bagels and a sniff of Hollywood. It could be read compulsively. The plot has been dexterously done- and if Cheka sticks to his guns, one feels we will see the making of a promising Sri Lankan Writer."
"An impressive work of a young kid who has the assurance of a storyteller"
"Fantastic read! A very solid and adventurous thriller"