Charlie Garratt was born in Manchester and moved to Coventry, Warwickshire at the age of 18 where he trained as a telecommunications engineer. Increasing involvement in his local community led to a change of career and over thirty years in the field of community development across the United Kingdom.
During this time he was regularly writing non-fiction and is credited as author and co-author of a number of books and guides on community participation.
In 2006, Charlie moved to Donegal, Ireland and this is when his fiction writing began, through involvement in a creative writing group.
Charlie is currently working on a fictionalised memoir and on a third novel in the Inspector James Given series.
In 2016, three of Charlie’s short stories were included in a collection, Wild Atlantic Words, fifteen tales drawing from life along the west coast of Ireland.
He returned to England in the Spring of 2018 and now lives in Shropshire.
When he’s not writing, Charlie enjoys gardening, playing and listening to music, genealogy, short-mat bowls and, of course, reading crime fiction.
Inspector James Given Investigations: Books 1-3
A three-book omnibus edition of historical wartime mysteries! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Philip Kerr and Andrew Taylor.
More info →A Malignant Death (Inspector James Given Investigations Book 5)
James Given unravels another shocking mystery against the backdrop of the Second World War! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Philip Kerr and Andrew Taylor.
More info →Where Every Man (Inspector James Given Investigations #4)
James Given’s next case is in wartime France! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Philip Kerr and Andrew Taylor.
More info →A Patient Man (Inspector James Given Investigations Book 3)
Inspector Given investigates murder at the outbreak of World War II! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Philip Kerr and Andrew Taylor.
More info →A Pretty Folly (Inspector James Given Investigations #2)
Inspector Given is back on the case! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Philip Kerr and Andrew Taylor.
More info →A Shadowed Livery (Inspector James Given Investigations #1)
The first book in a page-turning historical mystery series! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Philip Kerr and Andrew Taylor.
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