Desmond P. Ryan - 10-33 Assist PC

Desmond Ryan
Show Notes
For almost thirty years, Desmond P. Ryan began every day of his working life with either a victim
waiting in a hospital emergency room, or a call to a street corner or a blood-soaked room where
someone had been left for dead. Murder, assaults on a level that defied humanity, sexual
violations intended to demean, shame, and haunt the individuals who were no more than
objects to the offenders: all in a day's work.
It was exhilarating, exhausting, and often heartbreaking.
As a Detective with the Toronto Police Service, Desmond P. Ryan wrote thousands of reports
detailing the people, places, and events that led up to the moment he came along. He
investigated the crimes and wrote synopses for guilty pleas detailing the circumstances that
brought the accused individuals before the Courts. He also wrote a number of files to have
individuals deemed either Not Criminally Responsible due to mental incapacity, or Dangerous
Offenders to be held in custody indefinitely.
Now, as a retired investigator with three decades of research opportunities under his belt,
Desmond P. Ryan writes crime fiction.
Real Detective. Real Crime. Fiction.
One of the reader favorite in the Mike O'Shea series was his mother, Mary Margaret O'Shea.
She is a very tiny Irish woman with a BIG presence. Now Desmond has given Mary Margaret
her very own series in the Mary Margaret O'Shea Cozy Series which will debut later this year.
Desmond contacted us back in our first year and quickly became a favorite. We are very happy
to catch up with him again.
His website is https://realdesmondryan.com
TRIVIA
Last week's question was:
What did Anthony Horowitz receive from his mother for his 13th
birthday?
a. a card
b. a skull
c. a car
d. a telephone call
Horowitz's mother introduced him to Frankenstein and Dracula. She also gave him a human
skull for his 13th birthday. Horowitz said in an interview that it reminds him to get to the end of
each story since he will soon look like the skull.
This week's question is:
Where did Dorothy L. Sayers get the names for her characters in “The Nine Tailors”
a. Graves in the cemetery
b. The neighbors
c. School friends
d. From the church baptism roles
Tune in next week for the answer.