It is not always easy keeping faith in your side when war is on. Lines are crossed and you might have to grit your teeth and close your eyes in order to believe the "ends justify the means." In "Trust Her" by Flynn Berry, we have two sisters caught up in The Troubles of Northern Ireland. Set in a possible near future time, Tessa and Marian Daly are building new lives and new identities in Dublin, three years after escaping the IRA justice for being informers in a previous novel, "Northern Spy."
Now Tessa is discovered and captured by an IRA agent. She is told she must contact her old MI5 handler, Eamonn, and get him to turn IRA informant. Tessa was never willingly part of either side's spy network and wants nothing to do with it now-- but faced with threats to her family she sees no way out. Tessa and Marian create a plan to play both sides against each other, but the plot is compromised by romantic feelings for Eamonn and an over-ambitious detective inspector who is almost drooling over the prospect of uncovering an IRA sleeper cell.
In 2023's "Brotherless Night," V. V. Ganeshananthan presents warring sides in Sri Lanka who will stoop to any evil to further their just causes. Sashi wants to do everything she can to help her brothers in their rebel cause... but is torn when she sees the atrocities her side is capable of. In this novel, Flynn Berry illuminates the unscrupulous sides of the players here. There is no romanticization of the IRA, the Loyalists, or MI5. The judgments and the condemnations are on the deaths and sufferings of the victims involved... and how low groups will sink in the name of the cause.
The suspense is tight as the two sisters try and wriggle out of what looks to be an unwinnable predicament. Secrets are revealed, the biggest from within their own family. There is also a nice twist toward the end I never saw coming. A nice thriller, trust me.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Now Tessa is discovered and captured by an IRA agent. She is told she must contact her old MI5 handler, Eamonn, and get him to turn IRA informant. Tessa was never willingly part of either side's spy network and wants nothing to do with it now-- but faced with threats to her family she sees no way out. Tessa and Marian create a plan to play both sides against each other, but the plot is compromised by romantic feelings for Eamonn and an over-ambitious detective inspector who is almost drooling over the prospect of uncovering an IRA sleeper cell.
In 2023's "Brotherless Night," V. V. Ganeshananthan presents warring sides in Sri Lanka who will stoop to any evil to further their just causes. Sashi wants to do everything she can to help her brothers in their rebel cause... but is torn when she sees the atrocities her side is capable of. In this novel, Flynn Berry illuminates the unscrupulous sides of the players here. There is no romanticization of the IRA, the Loyalists, or MI5. The judgments and the condemnations are on the deaths and sufferings of the victims involved... and how low groups will sink in the name of the cause.
The suspense is tight as the two sisters try and wriggle out of what looks to be an unwinnable predicament. Secrets are revealed, the biggest from within their own family. There is also a nice twist toward the end I never saw coming. A nice thriller, trust me.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
