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Synopsis
A rookie security guard at Dublin airport spots a pool of dried blood under a car: the search for a missing tourist is over. The American is found bludgeoned to death in the trunk of his rented car. Minogue soon learns that there's more at stake here than the murder of a visitor, more even than adverse publicity for Ireland's vital tourist industry: Patrick (Leyne) Shaughnessy, the dead man, is scion of an Irish-American multimillionaire and food tycoon, John Leyne. From the obscure lodgings in remote towns and villages, a confusing account of Shaughnessy's itinerary and interests trickles in. The investigation traces him to historical sites that he visited with an unknown woman companion, but is eventually stumped by Shaughnessy's disappearance after a sighting near the west coast. Meanwhile, background information from the U.S. reveals him as a man with a troubled past: divorced, alcoholic, and estranged from his father. His female companion maybe be Aoife Hartnett, an archaeologist from Dublin's National Museum. She cannot be found. As odd and idiosyncratic a pattern as Shaughnessy's journeys seem to have been, Minogue is soon able to discern some method to them: they match sites where Aoife Hartnett worked. Two of those sites have had antiquities stolen from them over the past five years. While the investigation broadens, Minogue continues to be fed information about Shaughnessy's past. John Leyne, he discovers, is a very influential patron of many Irish American causes. One of Leyne's passions in recent years has been the collection of antiquities. With Minogue trying to piece together these baffling shards of information into a mosaic which will map his way to Patrick Shaughnessy's killer, a body is discovered in shallow grave not far from the site of the theft. A Faustian bargain was struck: payment is due, now. Venturing into his ancestral homeland, to propitiate his estranged father brought him not the glory he hoped, but a brutal end.
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About the Author
John Brady was born in Dublin, the fictional setting of his acclaimed series of Matt Minogue mystery novels. Brady immigrated to Canada at the age of 20, and has worked as a bank official, RCMP clerical officer and teacher. His seventh Minogue novel, Wonderland, taps into Dublin's exploding economy and its aftershocks at every level of society. He lives in Toronto. He won the Arthur Ellis Award for First Best Novel in 1989 for A Stone of the Heart.
From Publishers Weekly
Tight plotting and subtle characterization distinguish this sixth Inspector Minogue police procedural set in Dublin. With the chief inspector on three-week leave, Minogue is in charge when Patrick Shaughnessy, an American tourist, is found dead in the trunk of his rented car at the airport. The victim was the son of an Irish-American millionaire, who believes his son was trying to connect to his Irish roots as well as to recover his father's favor after a stint in drug rehab and narrowly avoided charges of assault against several women at home. In tracing the victim's last steps, the police determine that a museum curator named Aoife Hartnett, possibly a key witness, is missing. Before she took a leave of absence from her job, the smart but lonely Hartnett had been putting in long hours setting up an interpretive center at the Carra Fields, a recently unearthed Stone-Age site that promises (or threatens) to rewrite Irish history. Minogue believes that at some time during her leave she converged with Shaughnessy, but with few clues to go by, the inspector is guided by instinct as much as evidence. The plot eventually involves stolen archaeological artifacts, an internationally famous rock band and the prior murder of a notorious gangland figure. Familiar landmarks, convincing dialogue and pungent slang contribute to a nuanced portrait of Dublin. Brady skillfully captures all the upheavals economic and social changes brought about by the Celtic Tiger phenomenon. (June 7)Inspector Matt Minogue mysteries in the coming months.
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- PublisherCormorant Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1770863419
- ISBN 13 9781770863415
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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