Darn. The Irish brogue can be a mouthful to read but what a lovely story encompassing all the major events of Northern Ireland (of which I know nothing much of). Two strands are interwoven in the book, mirroring the journey taken by Michael as well as his nephew, Sean as they return to Ireland to fi...
This mature (includes drunkenness, casual sex, violence, and quite a bit of swearing) adult novel is the story of Sean, an Irish-American who travels to Ireland in order to find out the truth about his uncle, a former NYPD officer who fled to Ireland after being accused of murder and a man whom Sean...
This multi-generational (to say the least) tale starts with Sean receiving his uncle's journal in 1996 -- an uncle he had no idea existed. As he reads Michael's story about going to Ireland as a cop fleeing a murder charge, Sean becomes intrigued with the story and eventually goes to Ireland himsel...
I really wanted to love this book and liked the reincarnation idea as I really enjoyed that angle in books like Ferney, by James Long. The Irish setting was interesting and I found I got a bit of an insider's view on Ireland. However, I found that I didn't connect well with the characters and didn'...
2 things interested me about this novel:1. The Amazon Vine blurb compared it to 2 of my favorite time travel books: Time and Again and The Time Traveler's Wife2. It's written by the producer and writer of the television show "Lie to Me" which is one of the few crime/mystery shows I've ever really li...