Closure
New novel by David Magee
I rarely read novels these days but once I
started this one I was compelled to keep turning the pages – there are 430 of
them. After the first few chapters it was clear that there were going to be
many unexpected twists to this tale: a tale expertly crafted to keep the reader
ensnared. Obviously the local content was of special interest to me but I think
even for strangers to Northern
Ireland
The
author clearly has much personal knowledge of the intricacies of the ‘troubles’
– of the convoluted interconnection of terrorists, criminals, police
intelligence and government bodies. While this is not the purpose or focus of
the storyline the Northern Irish reader will not miss the relevance of
reference to an underworld that still exists: a world where the media, to this
very day, can only venture into when given the nod from above.
“ Tony Byrne left his Belfast home to go to
work and vanished for no apparent reason. His disappearance gave rise to all
sorts of rumours. Some claiming he was an IRA informer who was now residing
under the latest stretch of motorway. Others had him running off for an illicit
romance with someone he'd met on one of his frequent trips abroad. But the most
plausible, and probably the most acceptable, to those who knew him, had him
down as the unfortunate victim of a sectarian killing. So who did take Tony
Byrne? Was it the IRA? Was it the UDA? Or did Tony Byrne have his own, more
personal reasons for not wanting to be found? After a three year investigation
the police have unofficially accepted that he was the victim of a sectarian
killing, and have all but parked the case. But the missing man's wife refuses
to give up and hires a private investigator to continue the search. The man she
hires is Jack Brennan, a former SAS man turned private investigator.”
You will want to read this to the very end and then you will
want more. Closure is the first of
three novels by this Northern Irish writer who now resides on the North Antrim
Coast.
Willie Drennan
Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Mr-David-Magee/dp/1495425711
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