In the Dark River

By Conor Brady

Swallow and the legendary Chief Superintendent John Mallon must also work tirelessly to counter espionage and subterfuge by the British secret services, who are hell-bent on destroying Charles Stewart Parnell and the Irish struggle for Home Rule. If Parnell falls, the G-men of Dublin’s Metropolitan Police fear the chaos that will rise in his wake. As Swallow struggles to hold his marriage together, he must choose between the life he wants and the career he has built. The pressure mounts on Swallow from all sides: a death under Dublin, an Irish journalist murdered in Madrid, the pursuit of a suspect across the breadth of Ireland and all the while, the sinister machinations of the British Empire against the ‘uncrowned king’. Conor Brady returns with a masterfully thrilling tale of intrigue, treachery and suspense, the fourth book in the Joe Swallow series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: New Island Books
• Release date: Oct 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9781848407039

Conor Brady

Conor Brady has been a journalist, editor and author for more than 40 years and is widely recognised as the most authoritative historian of Irish policing. From Tullamore, he studied history and politics at UCD. On graduation in 1969 he joined The Irish Times where he was editor from 1986 to 2002, the culmination of a long, successful career in print and broadcast journalism. His memoir Up with The Times was published by Gill & Macmillan in 2005. Brady was also editor of the Garda Review for a time and in 1974 published a history of the Garda Síochána from its foundation to 1972, Guardians of the Peace (Gill & Macmillan). Since retiring from The Irish Times he has continued to have a varied and interesting career. Among the roles he has assumed are writer of crime fiction, member of the Remembrance Commission, founding Commissioner of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and weekly columnist with The Sunday Times.