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Ruined Abbey

A Collins-Burke Mystery, Book 8

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Ruined Abbey

By: Anne Emery
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Summary

It's 1989. The Troubles are raging in Ireland, bombs exploding in England. In this prequel to the Collins-Burke series, Father Brennan Burke is home in New York when news of his sister's arrest in London sends him flying across the ocean. The family troubles deepen when Brennan's cousin Conn is charged with the murder of a Special Branch detective and suspected in a terrorist plot against Westminster Abbey. The Burkes come under surveillance by the murdered cop's partner and are caught in a tangle of buried family memories.

From the bullet-riddled bars of Belfast to an elegant English estate, Ruined Abbey combines a whodunit with a war story, a love story, and a historical novel while exploring the eternal question: What is fair in love and war? It all starts with a ruined abbey.

©2015 Anne Emery (P)2016 Recorded Books Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Fiction England War United Kingdom
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Gerard Doyle led me to this writer, Anne Emery. I recently completed Adrian McKinty's Inspector Sean Doyle series, read beautifully by Doyle. I was looking for similar context: irish culture, humour, politics...this book has it in spades. Beautifully written, authentic irish language, family dynamics, politics, the history and legacy of the struggle for a united Ireland... read by the talented and Gerard Doyle. What a performance - it could not be improved upon! Thank you to writer and performer: great team. Well done. I highly recommend this book.

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