Banshee A Dermot O'Hara Mystery

'Jo, Dermot, Tom. God save us, this is a sorry sight.' The doctor sighed and glanced round the group, all trying to avoid eye contact with one another. McAteer turned and started down the slipway towards the wreck. 'I suppose we'd better see if the body's still in the boat,' Dermot wished he could turn back the clock. But the life force that had been Peter Foley was gone.'When Peter Foley's fishing boat sinks in the waters off the coast of Kerry, a lethal secret is revealed. Local superstition claims that when death is imminent the Banshee sings. Dismissing this as nonsense and with terrible danger facing Kenmare, Inspector Dermot O'Hara confronts unseen powers and his old nemesis, Assistant Commissioner Quinn. New romance is born but old skeletons and past sins emerge to torment Dermot. All the police officer's detective skills are called for to solve the mystery and save his town. So great are the dangers that even the love of his wife and the loyalty, wisdom and friendship of the regulars in Crowley's Bar, appear inadequate against the forces opposing them. A colourful cast, from American Frank McMahon, who could happily live on a diet of Irish stew and Black Bush whiskey, to the journalist known as 'the Beast', populate the pages of this thriller.