The Predator Trap

By Simon J. Cooper

The first in the Modern Irish Fantasy series by award winning writer, Simon J. Cooper, this story of murder and mind control takes you to the dark side of an alternate Ireland, where things aren't always what they seem.

First paragraph:

Letterkenny General’s morgue smelled like the walls were painted with disinfectant. Maybe it was overcompensation. Murder wasn’t standard fare in the grassy hills of fair Donegal, so when the victim’s boyfriend was picked off the streets with a bloodied kitchen knife and no recollections, why had the two local blues in front of me taken so long to call in a latent? Whatever the reason, reading dead minds gave me the willies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Holbrook Publishing
• Release date: Jun 27, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465855374

Simon J. Cooper

Simon J. Cooper grew up on a farm in rural Donegal, Ireland, and spent his time avoiding farm work, digging for dragon skulls, and daydreaming about the kind of characters and worlds he now turns into stories. When his family moved to England, Simon fell in love with County Derbyshire, (you should go there,) and ale! It was there, at age eighteen, that he embarked on a quest for the meaning of life. This led to becoming down and out in both London and Paris, and three years philosophising in Lancashire, and a lot of other unprintable stuff, great and awful. Finally, he found an answer, his own at any rate, and got lucky, and married, in Northern Ireland, which is where he lives now with his wife, two children and a dragon – sorry, dog.

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