Alan Bailey is a retired member of the Garda Síoch´na where he was in charge of the Garda Cold Case Unit. He also spent 13 years working as National Coordinator for the specialist task force, Operation T.R.A.C.E which focused on some of Ireland’s most profile missing persons cases.Alan lives in Dublin with his wife and has three children and five grandchildren. Since retiring he has devoted himself to caring for the homeless and marginalised in our society and also writes a column for the Sunday World.The Grangegorman Murders is his second book. His first, Missing, Presumed (Liberties Press) was a bestseller.