Joe McCoubrey

Someone Has To Pay (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Someone Has To Pay is a fictional action thriller based around the last days of the Northern Ireland 'Troubles'. The British Government and the IRA are hurtling towards peace under international pressure, but both sides want one last attempt to win an outright victory.

The British decide to set up a multi-service undercover unit, tasked with bringing the terror organisation to its knees. Hidden away behind the cover of the former RAF base at Bishopscourt in County Down, the unit sets out on a ruthless campaign to wreak havoc in the IRA ranks. Kidnap, torture and shoot-to-kill orders are all on the table. This time there are no rules.

Meanwhile the IRA has a mission of its own. They know that British public opinion is turning against continued rule over Northern Ireland, and they know that one last major offensive will tip the balance in their favour. Top of their agenda is the assassination of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Both sides employ their best resources. Heading up the British unit is Mike Devon, their top undercover agent. He's up against Fergal McSweeney, the IRA's most notorious assassin. Both men clashed in an operation in Chicago ten years previously and both have the scars to show for it. A final showdown is inevitable.

Standing in the middle is the RUC, trying to make sense of the upsurge of violence on their doorstep. Detective Chief Inspector Martin Vennison is out to stop both sides turning the streets of Ulster into a war zone, but he carries a more personal reason for getting involved. The IRA murdered his boss and he wants the men who did it.

The action swings relentlessly from Chicago to London, and from Glasgow to Belfast, as the three sides collide in a final bloody showdown in the suburbs of Dublin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Joe McCoubrey
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780956966902
• Artikelnr.: 69937338

Autorenporträt

Joe McCoubrey is a former Irish newspaper editor who is now a full-time action thriller writer. His first full-time job after leaving college was as a showroom salesman for a car-parts company. At coffee break on the first morning he walked to the nearest cafeteria, and kept on walking - he never went back! At the turn of the seventies he joined the Civil Service based at Stormont, the seat of the Northern Ireland Government, and watched behind the scenes as some of the country's most momentous events unfolded. These were the early dark days of the 'troubles' - events that reverberated around the world, and somehow served to push him towards his real passion of writing. He became a journalist, later a Newspaper Editor, and then a partner in an agency supplying copy to national newspapers and broadcasters. He switched careers to help start a Local Enterprise Agency, providing advice and support to budding entrepreneurs in his native town, and became its full-time CEO. He retired to concentrate on his long-time ambition to be a full-time writer. His previous novels have all been published to critical acclaim.

These include:
QUINN - No place to hide
QUINN: Thirst for Justice
EXPOSURE TO TRUTH
SPENT FORCE
ABSENCE OF MERCY
ABSENCE OF RULES
SOMEONE HAS TO PAY
DEATH BY LICENCE

When he's not writing Joe is always available to help new authors. Over the past year he has edited and formatted more than a dozen titles for first-time writers.

Joe McCoubrey has lived all his life in the beautiful Irish town of Downpatrick, made famous by its association with the national Patron Saint, St. Patrick.