Desmond RyanShow NotesFor almost thirty years, Desmond P. Ryan began every day of his working life with either a victimwaiting in a hospital emergency room, or a call to a street corner or a blood-soaked room wheresomeone had been left for dead. Murder, assaults on a level that defied humanity, sexualviolations intended to demean, shame, and haunt the individuals who were no more thanobjects 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 reportsdetailing the people, places, and events that led up to the moment he came along. Heinvestigated the crimes and wrote synopses for guilty pleas detailing the circumstances thatbrought the accused individuals before the Courts. He also wrote a number of files to haveindividuals deemed either Not Criminally Responsible due to mental incapacity, or DangerousOffenders 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 Margarether 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 happyto catch up with him again.His website is https://realdesmondryan.comTRIVIALast week's question was:What did Anthony Horowitz receive from his mother for his 13thbirthday?a. a cardb. a skullc. a card. a telephone callHorowitz's mother introduced him to Frankenstein and Dracula. She also gave him a humanskull for his 13th birthday. Horowitz said in an interview that it reminds him to get to the end ofeach 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 cemeteryb. The neighborsc. School friendsd. From the church baptism rolesTune in next week for the answer.