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Benn continues to create fascinating behind-the-scenes mysteries from little-known facets of World War II history. . . . A fast-paced mix of action, adventure, and crime solving.--"Booklist." …More

Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has encountered most of them. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him--until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, which has committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland. 256 pp. …More

As newlyweds Regan and Jack Reilly honeymoon on the Emerald Isle, their trip turns into a suspenseful journey, filled with Irish history and lore, rich details of the haunted castles that dot the countryside, and a cast of unusual characters on both sides of the Atlantic.Scribner …More

The last thing American translator Torrey Tunet expects when she returns home to Ballynaugh late one night is to find a young girl at the bus stop, lost and alone in the dark. But that's nothing compared to what she finds when she escorts the girl to her final destination--cold-blooded murder. …More

When spray-painted graffiti appears on the wall of Christy Burke's pub indicating that there's a killer on the premises, his grandson, Father Brennan Burke, is asked to investigate the vandalism. Though not at all keen on probing into the lives of the bar's clientele, he has little choice once a body is found on the property.

In Bartholomew Gill's last and most dramatic novel, Irish police chief Peter McGarr is plunged into the ratified atmosphere of Dublin's Trinity College as he investigates the cold-blooded murder of a library night watchman and the baffling disappearance of an Irish cultural icon--the Book of Kells. …More

Hart's chilling new suspense novel brilliantly combines forensics, archaeology, and history with Irish myth and mystery. …More

Twenty years in Los Angeles has been enough for Ed Loy. He has no plans of leaving Dublin again--until a case takes him back to the City of Angels and into a piece of his past he'd rather forget. …More

When a controversial US diplomat is attacked during the opening of a Donegal gold mine, Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin is disciplined for the lapse in security. The gunman turns out to be a young environmentalist - related to an old friend of Devlin's. Within days, the killing of an illegal immigrant near the Irish border leads Devlin to a vicious people-smuggling ring. …More

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Irish detective Mike Mulcahy returns in this suspenseful follow-up to the highly acclaimed international bestseller "The Priest"--and now he's hot on the trail of an international drug gang. …More

The Monk's Table is a pub in the village of Ballyclarin, Ireland, where Sister Mary Helen stumbles across a dead body in the ladies' room. Aside from prayerful devotion, murder is Sister Mary Helen's specialty, and it won't be long before the Irish are glad that the nun dropped in. …More

Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime-solving adventure in this hilarious fourth novel in the Mobile Library series. …More

A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd, in this internationally bestselling tale. …More

Fidelma of Cashel takes a unexpected detour on her trip home from Rome to a remote abbey in the countryside--a place where the old pagan religion still has a hold and where even the Christians are often in bloody conflict with each other. She must unravel a conspiracy to survive. …More