The Requiem Bell

Dublin, Ireland; 1917. Tommy Conlon returns to the city he fled years before having fought in the trenches of the First World War. Conlon has changed - now a trained killer, all he really wants is a quiet life. He is eager to move on from the violence, crime and lost love that forced him to leave his homeland a few years before.But in a city torn by rebellion and filled with gun-runners, informers and dangerous men, Conlon's past will catch up with him and force him to embrace the violence he is so very good at.With his best friend having disappeared, Conlon begins an investigation which drags him into the dark heart of Dublin and into the orbit of smugglers, gangsters and gamblers.But these men underestimate Conlon at their peril, and when they push him too far, he pushes back and brings some of the violence of the Great War to the streets of his hometown in spectacular, thrilling fashion.An atmospheric, action-packed historical crime thriller, The Requiem Bell delivers violence, tragedy, intrigue and wit, and establishes revolutionary Dublin as a great city in the noir tradition, filled with shadows, intrigue, guns and danger.