Welcome to the Home Page of The Cambridge Mysteries by M C Jacques.

Volume 1 is entitled The Path of the Bullet and introduces Mark McKay as a subdued, somewhat ‘out of sorts’ and altogether reluctant sleuth.

McKay is one of the most ‘natural’ characters in the genre of crime fiction.

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M C Jacques

M C Jacques studied at St Andrews and Oxford Universities and specialised in Ancient and Semitic Languages. For much of the past 2 decades he has lived and worked with international students in and around Cambridge.

Having written an 84 page ‘crime story’ when aged 10, he had the idea of writing The Cambridge Mysteries series after meeting Inspector Morse author, Colin Dexter, in 2010. His favourite writers include P.D. James and Mike Ripley.

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