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The heat is turned on in more ways than one when the Mayor's daughter is killed by a serial arsonist. The NYPD and NYFD must lay aside traditional differences to solve a crime that cuts too close to the bone. A searing read from the author of Manhunt and Plainclothes.

There is a deep, rich vein of spirituality running through The Scribe, a novel that resurrects the life of Luke the Evangelist. After the crucifixion of Jesus, in its immediate aftermath, a young widower and member of the Sanhedrin becomes disillusioned with the high priests and begins to adopt a Christian way of thinking. Forced to leave Jerusalem, he finds himself in a time that heralded the birth of the gospels.

A book that examines war fiction as told in books and films. My own works are mentioned as well as powerful writers working within that field and a look at the history of such writing.

International terrorists again threaten Hawaii but this time they also have three cops in their sights - Kali, Nui and Mano. A sequel to Mano.

Exile continues the story of The Nationalists as Tony McAnthony, the journalist, settles into his new life in America and the timeline advances through the roaring twenties, the thirties, the war years, and the Kennedy years in the sixties and seventies. Many of the characters that appeared in The Nationalists will also play a role in this new work, in particular, that of Pairic O'Toole who left soldiering behind to become a Franciscan and who finds himself incarcerated in Auschwitz during the war years. New characters are also introduced like Big Emily, a teacher in the US with a new ...

A killer is loose aboard a Virginia class submarine, and it's a race against time for Captain Russell Grant to find him. With the USS Obama on a war footing, Captain Russell Grant takes extraordinary measures to pin down the murderer before morale plummets aboard and his mission is scuppered beyond repair. He promotes a female member of the crew to chief warrant officer, and she's soon joined in her investigation by two federal agents specially flown out to examine the circumstances.

Described by one reviewer as "bloody accurate", The Nationalists is an Irish story set against the bloody backdrop of the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence, and the Irish Civil War. From the author of The Scribe, The Soaring Spirit, Kolbe, and Land of Our Father comes a sweeping new novel that spans the turbulent years in Irish history - 1916 to 1923. It tells the story of a doomed love affair between a revolutionary journalist and a headstrong Kerry-born Cumann na mBan girl.

Following the beast from the east snowstorm, two young Irish children encounter a Snownun who imparts important lessons to them about survival, civic issues, and polar opposites like life and death. It's a book about teaching children the importance of life in this world and in heaven beyond. It teaches something about diversity and illness, about generosity of spirit and helping others less fortunate in society, and ultimately it shows something of the values of friendship and family love.

The tale is a post-911 piece and concerns the hunt for an ISIS terrorist cell intent on carrying out a dirty bomb attack on the USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. The group is led by the fanatical Hakim, a Saudi terrorist who used to work as an executioner in his home country. When he finds out that there is a tough cop called Mano out to stop him, he makes a near-fatal error of judgement by ordering a hit on one of Hawaii's top cops - a move that will bring in the FBI and homeland security - and makes Mano aware of the threat against him.

With the USS Obama again on a war footing, NCIS agent Jennifer Hobbs races against time to stave off a nuclear conflagration. Somebody has declared war on the US by targeting its new space program.

In the wake of the Stalker and Sampson inquiries and the Good Friday Agreement, a new threat emerges from the heartland of Belfast to threaten the peace process. Renegades opposed to the process form a splinter group designed to wreck the peace process. The British send in an expendable chief superintendent to investigate the group, and his high ideals are shattered by a betrayal from the very top of the establishment.

Larry is left an orphan following the brutal murder of his parents. When three Cuban children, recently orphaned themselves, appeal to Larry for help, he has to take up their case. Larry - a 12-year-old who fends mostly for himself in a rambling mansion on the Hill of Howth, in Dublin - is a direct descendant the Children of Lir, and a curse from their time hangs over Larry.

From the author of The Nationalists and The Scribe comes War, a mix of action and war stories, some with an Irish slant like The Pitboys, a tale of two young Irish lads working the coalmines of Tipperary at a time of great social upheaval - the Young Irelander rebellion and the Irish famine. Many of the stories are told from the perspective of the Second World War, but not exclusively so. Stories about modern conflicts also surface - the Gulf War, the Yugoslavia conflict and the Israeli and Palestinian conflicts. In a time of War, nobody's innocent.

Charlie Evans is a troubled teenager living in Gorey, County Wexford. When he falls foul of the law, his parents take radical action and pack him off to India for a year's schooling. At first, he rebels against this treatment. Removed from his comfort zone, he continues getting into trouble. Slowly, however, he settles into his new way of life in India. He befriends a boy of his own age, who introduces him to the world of cricket, and he falls for Sharu, his new friend's sister.

Darerca is the sister of Saint Patrick and a holy woman in her own right. It's said that she married twice and that her seventeen sons became bishops and that her daughters also followed saintly paths. The tale opens in the late 4th century before sweeping into the 5th and closing in the 6th just as the monasteries were growing stronger. The story is an expansion of my earlier work 'Paddy' and indeed may incorporate that fine work. A tale of early Ireland. From the author of Paddy, King Brian, The Scribe, The Nationalists, Exile, and Vigilis,The Soaring Spirit and Land of Our Father amongst...

A plot to destroy the European Union. A plot to cause anarchy. The Russian Premier assassinated. Things are hotting up in the Med' between the USS Obama, HMS Spearfish and the Snow Leopard a Russian nuclear submarine. A deadly assassin and a Syrian paramilitary outfit led by a ruthless man test Ivan O'Rourke, an Irish diplomat working to solve the crisis, to his very limits and when an American agent is found dead in Syria, NCIS Agent Jennifer Hobbs finds herself back aboard the Obama attempting to thwart another nuclear conflagration.

A sequel to War, a mixture of short stories with a military bearing but not exclusively so. In a time of war, nobody’s innocent. Two of the stories have been translated by myself into Irish but the English equivalent is also provided for readers to enjoy.

Plainclothes - a Michael Casoni police thriller. Casoni sends an undercover cop into the heart of New York's garment industry to investigate a brutal murder. This is the premise of another book in my cop series, and follows on from the tale in Manhunt. The story shows a colder side to Jennifer Santino and also features a formidable female assassin renowned for her deadly skills. Wu, the young patrolman plucked from the Academy for this dangerous assignment will have his work cut out to stay alive in this gripping police drama. It's the job of Casoni to keep his undercover alive long enough ...

King Brian is a tale of 10th century Ireland, and King Brian Boru's push to unite all of Ireland under one banner to defeat a common enemy - the Vikings.

The Secrets of Age follows Larry Lir as he attempts to aid more children, this time from Myanmar. The Secrets of Age follows on from Orphans, and once again, Larry is forced to use his black magic skills to overcome his ruthless adversaries. An important message about human rights again underpins this story. This time, Larry is up against ruthless agents from Myanmar. Will he employ his black magic to overcome his adversaries this time?