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Jack Taylor wakes up from a coma to discover that much of the world has changed since he last walked the streets of Galway. The pandemic had hit while he was under, devastating the lives of many in his beloved city and beyond. Now, as Jack tries to recover from the attack that put him in the hospital and absorb the incredible changes in the world around him, a woman approaches him with a distressing case. Two local nuns have been bludgeoned by a mysterious man wielding a hammer, and more are sure to follow. Initially wary of becoming involved in the investigation, Jack finds he cannot stay awa...

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Éamonn Draper, who has died at the age of 83, was a versatile and highly respected actor and director whose career spanned stage and film in two languages.

The Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year award is now in its 15th year, and how this literary acorn has flourished into an oak. Indeed, that could apply to Irish crime fiction as a whole.

Called a hard-boiled poet by NPR’s Maureen Corrigan and the noir poet laureate in the Huffington Post, Reed Farrel Coleman is the New York Times bestselling author of 32 novels --- including six in Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series --- short stories, poetry and essays. In addition to his acclaimed series characters, Moe Prager and Gus Murphy, he has written the stand-alone novel GUN CHURCH and collaborated with decorated Irish crime writer Ken Bruen on the novel TOWER.