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Good Irish thriller, best gotten from the library

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June 22, 2010 8:19 am
By Sheila Lennon

winterland.jpgI picked up Winterland by Alan Glynn in paperback at Dublin airport to read on the plane, and just finished it.

It's a good thriller that begins with two members of the same family with the same name -- an uncle and his nephew -- both being killed on the same day. The plot unfolds with lots of twists and lots of characters, driven by a dogged female heroine who refuses to accept their deaths as coincidence.

The only Irish word in the book is "Taoiseach" -- Prime Minister, derived from "chieftain" -- and it's pronounced "T-shock." which conveys the idea that you have to learn Irish by listening. None of it is spelled as it's written.

The book is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc., only in e-book and hardcover editions, so you might want to reserve it at the library, using one of these links.

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