Red-Headed Angel

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  • Following
  • the
  • tiger
  • kidnapping
  • of
  • the
  • wife
  • of
  • a
  • bank
  • official
  • in
  • a
  • small,
  • west
  • of
  • Ireland
  • town,
  • Tom
  • Judge,
  • a
  • divorced
  • bank
  • inspector
  • in
  • his
  • mid-fifties,
  • is
  • sent
  • to
  • investigate
  • and
  • to
  • liaise
  • with
  • the
  • police
  • enquiry.
  • When
  • the
  • police
  • suspect
  • that
  • the
  • kidnap
  • victim
  • and
  • her
  • husband
  • might
  • be
  • complicit
  • in
  • the
  • crime,
  • Tom
  • disagrees
  • and
  • single-mindedly
  • persists
  • in
  • exploring
  • other
  • options.
  • Secrets,
  • lies
  • and
  • deception
  • are
  • gradually
  • uncovered
  • as
  • a
  • sequence
  • of
  • dramatic
  • twists
  • enables
  • Tom
  • to
  • slowly
  • edge
  • towards
  • the
  • truth.
  • But
  • his
  • stubborn
  • persistence
  • has
  • an
  • adverse
  • impact
  • on
  • his
  • budding
  • relationship
  • with
  • banker
  • Angela
  • Tuohy
  • and
  • results
  • in
  • a
  • reappraisal
  • of
  • his
  • solitary
  • future
  • and
  • his
  • relationships
  • with
  • his
  • ex-wife
  • and
  • daughter. “Red-Headed
  • Angel”
  • is
  • a
  • 99,000
  • word
  • mystery/suspense
  • novel,
  • set
  • in
  • modern
  • Ireland
  • against
  • a
  • background
  • of
  • economic
  • uncertainty
  • and
  • erosion
  • of
  • public
  • confidence
  • in
  • bankers,
  • politicians
  • and clergy.
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