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    Irregulars: A Sean O'Keefe Mystery
    Peeler
    Audiobook series2 titles

    Sean O'Keefe Series

    Written by Kevin McCarthy

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

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    About this series

    Irregulars is astounding. Kevin McCarthy is doing for Irish history what Dennis Lehane is doing for the history of Boston. Wonderfully written, tense, provocative and oh so highly entertaining. Shaping up to be THE SERIES of accessible Irish history. Cries out to be filmed.' - Ken Bruen

    Dublin, 1922, as civil war sets brother against brother and Free State and Republican death squads stalk the streets and back lanes of Dublin, demobbed RIC-man, Sean O’Keefe, takes a break from life as a whiskey-soaked waster to search for the missing son of one of Monto's most powerful brothel owners.

    Hired to find the boy amid the tumult and terror of a country at war with itself O’Keefe soon finds that the story is not as simple as it first seemed and that the truth can be hard to pin down.

    The second book in the O’Keefe series, Irregulars explores a fascinating and complex period of Irish history.

    Praise for Peeler:

    A '...dark, brooding, morally complex masterpiece...' The Belfast Telegraph

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 23, 2019
    Irregulars: A Sean O'Keefe Mystery
    Peeler

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      Peeler
      Peeler

      Peeler

      Kevin McCarthy
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      5/5 - 2 ratings

      Part war story, part murder mystery, this subtle but savage thriller evokes a time, a place and a breed of men which have all been airbrushed out of Ireland's history.' - Ed O'Loughlin, author of the Booker longlisted Not Untrue, Not Unkind West Cork. November 1920. The Irish War of Independence rages. The body of a young woman is found brutally murdered on a windswept hillside, a scrapboard sign covering her mutilated body reads ‘TRATOR’. Traitor. Acting Sergeant Séan O’Keefe of the Royal Irish Constabulary, a wounded veteran of the Great War, is assigned to investigate the crime, aided by sinister detectives sent from Dublin Castle to ensure he finds the killer, just so long as the killer he finds best serves the purposes of the crown in Ireland. . . The IRA has instigated its own investigation into the young woman’s death, assigning young Volunteer Liam Farrell – failed gunman and former law student – to the task of finding a killer it cannot allow to be one of its own. Unknown to each other, the RIC Constable and the IRA Volunteer relentlessly pursue the truth behind the savage killing, their investigations taking them from the bullet-pocked lanes and thriving brothels of a war-torn Cork city to the rugged, deadly hills of West Cork, both seeking a killer, both seeking to stay alive in a time where 'murder’s as common as rain and no one knows a thing about it, even when they do.' 'a vivid, sometimes stunning evocation of a historical period through one police officer's life. - Detectives Beyond Borders '...a page-turning thriller..' -Irish Examiner

      Part war story, part murder mystery, this subtle but savage thriller evokes a time, a place and a breed of men which have all been airbrushed out of Ireland's history.' - Ed O'Loughlin, author of the Booker longlisted Not Untrue, Not Unkind West Cork. November 1920. The Irish War of Independence rages. The body of a young woman is found brutally murdered on a windswept hillside, a scrapboard sign covering her mutilated body reads ‘TRATOR’. Traitor. Acting Sergeant Séan O’Keefe of the Royal Irish Constabulary, a wounded veteran of the Great War, is assigned to investigate the crime, aided by sinister detectives sent from Dublin Castle to ensure he finds the killer, just so long as the killer he finds best serves the purposes of the crown in Ireland. . . The IRA has instigated its own investigation into the young woman’s death, assigning young Volunteer Liam Farrell – failed gunman and former law student – to the task of finding a killer it cannot allow to be one of its own. Unknown to each other, the RIC Constable and the IRA Volunteer relentlessly pursue the truth behind the savage killing, their investigations taking them from the bullet-pocked lanes and thriving brothels of a war-torn Cork city to the rugged, deadly hills of West Cork, both seeking a killer, both seeking to stay alive in a time where 'murder’s as common as rain and no one knows a thing about it, even when they do.' 'a vivid, sometimes stunning evocation of a historical period through one police officer's life. - Detectives Beyond Borders '...a page-turning thriller..' -Irish Examiner

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      Irregulars: A Sean O'Keefe Mystery
      Irregulars: A Sean O'Keefe Mystery

      Irregulars: A Sean O'Keefe Mystery

      Kevin McCarthy
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      Irregulars is astounding. Kevin McCarthy is doing for Irish history what Dennis Lehane is doing for the history of Boston. Wonderfully written, tense, provocative and oh so highly entertaining. Shaping up to be THE SERIES of accessible Irish history. Cries out to be filmed.' - Ken Bruen Dublin, 1922, as civil war sets brother against brother and Free State and Republican death squads stalk the streets and back lanes of Dublin, demobbed RIC-man, Sean O’Keefe, takes a break from life as a whiskey-soaked waster to search for the missing son of one of Monto's most powerful brothel owners. Hired to find the boy amid the tumult and terror of a country at war with itself O’Keefe soon finds that the story is not as simple as it first seemed and that the truth can be hard to pin down. The second book in the O’Keefe series, Irregulars explores a fascinating and complex period of Irish history. Praise for Peeler: A '...dark, brooding, morally complex masterpiece...' The Belfast Telegraph

      Irregulars is astounding. Kevin McCarthy is doing for Irish history what Dennis Lehane is doing for the history of Boston. Wonderfully written, tense, provocative and oh so highly entertaining. Shaping up to be THE SERIES of accessible Irish history. Cries out to be filmed.' - Ken Bruen Dublin, 1922, as civil war sets brother against brother and Free State and Republican death squads stalk the streets and back lanes of Dublin, demobbed RIC-man, Sean O’Keefe, takes a break from life as a whiskey-soaked waster to search for the missing son of one of Monto's most powerful brothel owners. Hired to find the boy amid the tumult and terror of a country at war with itself O’Keefe soon finds that the story is not as simple as it first seemed and that the truth can be hard to pin down. The second book in the O’Keefe series, Irregulars explores a fascinating and complex period of Irish history. Praise for Peeler: A '...dark, brooding, morally complex masterpiece...' The Belfast Telegraph

    Author

    Kevin McCarthy

    Originally from the USA, Kevin McCarthy is the author of the highly acclaimed historical crime novel, Peeler (Mercier Press, 2010). Called a '...dark, brooding, morally complex masterpiece...' by The Belfast Telegraph, Peeler was selected by The Irish Times as one of its Top Ten Thrillers of 2010 and as a Read of the Year 2010 by the Philadelphia Inquirer. His short story “Twenty-five and Out” appears in Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century. Irregulars, which features the Sean O'Keefe character, was published in June 2013 and shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year 2013. He blogs at www.kevinmccarthyauthor.blogspot.ie. He lives in Dublin with his family.

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