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Book Review of Dead Irish (Dismas Hardy, Bk 1)

Dead Irish (Dismas Hardy, Bk 1)
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For former San Francisco cop Dismas Hardy, Guinnes Stout with Bass Ale is the drink of choice, but news of young Eddie Cochran's death calls for a double. The cops think it's suicide, but even to a lapsed Catholic like Hardy, it sounds wrong. Doubts lead him back into the heart of the Little Shamrock, into memories of warm kitchens, cold churches, and sins unforgotten. Blood ties still bind Eddie's family--his beautiful mother, his pregnant widow, hos hot tempered brothers, his compassionate priest. But old secrets and raw angers gnaw at the fabric of their lives. And Hardy's instincts tell him--someone else is going to die.