THeWriteReads Blog Tour Spotlight | Under The Bridge | By Jack Byrne

 

 

Dear Bookbugs,

 

 

 

It is spotlight time! This week we have A Liverpool Mystery Under The Bridge by Jack Byrne. This spotlight is a part of TheWriteReads blog tour. 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a synopsis of the book :

 

 

2004 – The discovery of a skeleton in the Liverpool docklands unearths long-buried secrets. Reporter, Anne McCarthy, is keen to prove herself and dives into the case with abandon where she finds Michael, an old Irish caretaker who knows far more than he’s letting on and may have a connection to the body.

Meanwhile, Vinny Doyle, is starting a postgrad degree, researching Liverpool’s immigrant history and a burgeoning Scouse identity. But Vinny has been neglecting his own family history and stranger Michael might know about his father’s disappearance in the 70s.

1955 – Escaping violence in Ireland and fresh off the boat, Michael falls in with Wicklow boys Jack Power and Paddy Doyle, who smuggle contraband through the docks putting them at odds with unions while they rally the dockworkers against the rackets and the strikebreakers. A story of corruption, secret police, and sectarianism slowly unravels. But will the truth out?

As the conflict heightens, Michael questions the life sprawling out ahead of him. In the present, Anne races to solve the mystery, but is she prepared for what she’ll find?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Author

 

 

 

 

I was born and raised in Speke Liverpool, (Paul McCartney lived in the street behind us for a while) although my parents first lived ‘Under The Bridge’ in Garston, and all my family goes back to Wicklow in Ireland.

The Liverpool Mystery Series will be four novels. Under The Bridge is the first. I am writing Fire Next time now, and The Wicklow Boys will follow next year. You can find The One Road prequel a collection of short stories on Amazon.

 

 

 

 

 

This book sounds like a gripping mystery thriller with a historical background. If a dark gripping thriller is your idea of fun, Under the Bridge might be the perfect pick for you!

 

 

 

Goodreads

 

 

 

Happy Reading Everyone!!

 

 

 

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