About the Book
Detective Tadhg Sullivan’s life seems to be falling apart, since being shifted to Clare from Dublin after falling out with the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner. His partner (Journalist Helen Carty) has moved out, unable to live with his bouts of depression and periodic alcoholism. He finds himself once again alone in a world that doesn’t understand him.
Suddenly Sullivan is knocked out of his lethargy when a teenage girl goes missing not far from Ennis where he has been stationed. Sullivan is asked to lead the hunt by the local Superintendent and is catapulted into a world of unimaginable horror. He is confronted by Lord Charles Cromwell the leader of a sadistic cult (The Brotherhood) that derives its pleasures from the torture and murder of young women.
Sullivan’s investigation is once again hampered by political interference. As he fights his way through one bureaucratic obstacle after another he discovers that The Brotherhoods tentacles have not only reached into corridors of power in Ireland but, they are being protected by powerful politicians worldwide.
To cut through this protective ring of steel Sullivan finds himself having to engage with some strange bed fellows. Which included an ex-CIA agent (Simon Horowitz) who had saved his partners life during his last investigation and an IRA leader (Rory O’Connor) who has recently been released from prison.
Will this strange combination be able to destroy The Brotherhood before their murderous reign takes another young life or will Lord Cromwell destroy Sullivan and everything he loves?
The Author
Daithi Kavanagh was born in May 1958 and lives in Trinity, Wexford, Ireland with his wife and two teenage children. He has worked as a musician up until 2012 when due to the recession the work 'dried up'. He then went back to adult education and is now studying for a degree in Irish Culture and Heritage Studies at Wexford Campus. 'The Gun' is his first book in 'The Tadhg Sullivan Series'. He has just completed his second book in the series 'The Brotherhood' and is working on a third book.
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My Thoughts
This, The Brotherhood by Irish author Daithi Kavanagh, is the second in the series. I have read both and eagerly await the third one that Mr.Kavanagh is working on.
Because Detective Tadhg Sullivan has kind of a different way than other detectives in solving crimes, he has been reassigned to Clare from Dublin and has been assigned a case regarding a missing girl. He has a team that has been reassigned with him, amidst grumbling Tadhg and his team set out to find the missing girl.
They find the girl but can not figure out who took her and it takes the help of a friend of Tadhg's, ex-CIA agent Simon Horowitz and an IRA leader who has just gotten out of prison. The investigation leads them to a cultish group called The Brotherhood, a secret society that kidnaps and murders young women.
Tadhg had been living with his partner Helen Carty, a journalist, but she had a hard time with his penchant for alcohol and his bouts of depression and left. They still have a relationship, but it can't go anywhere until Tadhg realizes that he has a problem. Even though he has a drinking problem, that does not deter him from getting to the truth of The Brotherhood.
Like the previous book, The Gun, The Brotherhood moves right along and has all the elements of a great mystery, flawed people, interfering bureaucrats, and a secret society that will do anything, including murder to remain secret. But with a persistent detective on the case the bad guys will get theirs. I enjoyed the story and like I said before, look forward to the next in the series. I give this 5 stars because it is definitely worth it!
I received a copy of the book for review and was not monetarily compensated for my thoughts.
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