Dead Ground - Hardcover

Kerrigan, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312184964 ISBN 13: 9780312184964

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1986

Synopsis

After his sister and fiancee are killed in an IRA Christmas bombing and he has identified one of the bombers, Michael Sayers finds himself the target of a terrifying cat-and-mouse game

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From Publishers Weekly

Readers will resent interruptions while they're immersed in this British author's debut, a novel as immediate as today's headlines, and superbly written to boot. The narrative begins as IRA terrorists set bombs to explode in London railway stations during Christmas time. Michael Sayers is badly wounded by a blast that kills his sister and fiancee. In the hospital, Michael identifies one of the terrorists, Danny Parker, from Scotland Yard photos; the rebel is arrested and starves himself to death in jail. IRA veteran Temple is the ice-cold, self-appointed executioner who stalks Michael to take revenge for Parker's "murder." The story drives inexorably to a showdown in a remote area of East Anglia where Michael has retreated with his grief, cutting himself off from his family, friends and job. Temple, killing everyone in his way, corners the English "criminal," and a brave girl who helps him, at the most frightening part of this thoroughly professional, gripping narrative. January 28
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Young commercial artist Michael Sayers is hurrying to Waterloo Station to meet his sister and his fiancee for a Christmas visit home. When a passing car nearly hits him, he exchanges angry words with its Irish occupant. Minutes later an IRA bomb explodes in the crowded station, badly wounding Sayers and killing the two girls. Michael must recover physically and psychologically from this trauma. But he also has another serious problem: the IRA has secretly marked him as an eyewitness. In crisp dialogue and understated prose, Kerrigan tells Michael's story, which culminates in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse at a secluded country house in northern England. A fine suspense novel. William C. McCully, Park Ridge P.L., Ill.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0312184964
• ISBN 13: 9780312184964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1