Half-Three in Galway

Half-Three in Galway weaves together the culture of a quaint, antithetical land of two lands with the increasingly pervasive influence of technology in our lives. Here, too, the proliferation of online romances merges with Ireland's quixotic character to kindle the friendship of Maggie O'Connor and Thomas deFremond.

Thomas is scouting an invention that could earn Ireland a respected position in the technology industry. And while he's investigating its potential, he attempts to learn more about Maggie, an elusive woman he's met in a chance encounter online.

But Maggie has her own mission while trekking across the Green Isle: to produce a documentary about the changing face of Ireland with videographer Eamon Loftus.

After Maggie agrees to rendezvous with Thomas, the trio becomes enmeshed in an international plot to wrest the invention from Irish control. In the midst of their adventure, Maggie confronts the nightmares of a painful past and faces the challenge of daring to love and trust again.

Suzanne Riley explored several avenues of expression - journalism, poetry, project development, and photography - before discovering fulfillment in fiction.

Half-Three in Galway is her first novel. Riley has also co-authored a textbook on systems modeling and simulation for students at the high school, vocational and pre-engineering levels, called Modeling and Simulation: An Introductory Course.

Riley lives in Rochester, Minnesota with her husband, Richard.