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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1989
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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A John Bright Mystery

Close-Up on Death (Sep-1989)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • SPLIT IMAGE Actress Liza Drew was loved by everyone--friends, family, her lover, Paul, and her oldest friend Millie Hale who has the horrible luck to discover Liza's mutilated corpse. Ironically, upon Liza's death, Millie's and Paul's careers tak...





  • An arson attack on the home of a journalist seems motiveless, then Inspector John Bright discovers the reporter was having an affair, that his ex-wife had links to the drug trade and that he had been close to publishing articles exposing police corru...



  • When DI John Bright leaves England to escape the aftermath of a murder investigation, the last thing he expects is to become embroiled in another one. Detective Inspector John Bright has never seen much going in holidays abroad, and he's certainly...



  • Hillary Birdsong's idyllic New England childhood is brought to a sudden halt by the death of her beloved older brother. Brokenhearted and emotionally abandoned by her mother, Hillary consoles herself with city boy Miles, and at sixteen finds herself ...



  • When timid housewife Aimy O'Neal visits Janet Lansing, incarcerated at Western State Mental Hospital for causing the death of her children under the stress of postpartum psychosis, secrets are revealed; ones that are keeping them both prisoners of th...



  • La Jazz Café and Restaurant is an institution in town. It's watched three generations grow, develop, leave and return, and it could write a book of stories. Oh wait, it did! It can tell you about Arthur, about to complete his circle of lif...



  • Meet Me at La Jazz is a comedy/drama is set in a seaside town in northern NSW. It is based around a cafe/ restaurant and a group of its regular patrons. In the cafe, tables are 'manned' by a varied mix of personalities who meet, interact, reveal...






  • This story is a slice of life set in a local lending library. A place where a cross section of residents from the community frequent the facility, ostensibly to borrow books.  However, as we get to know the individual characters, we discove...



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    Synopsis - Loose ThreadsAnnie is a retired journalist.  But retired doesn't mean she's rusted out!  Her investigative instincts remain as sharp as ever. So when she unexpectedly finds notice of a death in another state and realises it is a ...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Maureen O'Brien has published 14 books.

Maureen O'Brien does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Between the Lines, was published in July 2025.

The first book by Maureen O'Brien, Close-Up on Death, was published in September 1989.

Yes. Maureen O'Brien has 1 series.