I’m very pleased and excited today to welcome The Write Reads Blog Tour for Under the Bridge by Jack Byrne. The problem is, I was supposed to do this on March 9th (I apparently put it in my calendar as May 9th). Even if I’d gotten the date right, I couldn’t fit this into my schedule on time, sadly, but you should absolutely check out some of the posts about it at https://twitter.com/WriteReadsTours to see why you should find room for it. But before you go, let’s learn a little about this book, shall we?
Book Details:
Book Title: Under the Bridge by Jack Byrne
Series: The Liverpool Mysteries
Publisher: Northodox Press
Release date: February 18, 2021
Format: Paperback/Ebook
Length: 360 pages
Book Blurb:
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 dock workers 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?
Book Links:
Amazon US ~ Amazon UK ~ Goodreads
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.
Author Links:
My thanks to The Write Reads for the invitation to participate in this tour and the materials they provided.
Read Irresponsibly, but please Comment Responsibly