jmatkinson1's review against another edition
2.0
During the Second World War, Ireland was a neutral country but that didn't stop the Nazis from wanting to have influence. One plot was to fund the IRA to cause anti-British uprising. Seventy years later a naturalised man tells a tale of Nazi gold in Donegal and a long forgotten massacre of young children. How does this link to philanthropic investment in a small island by a Boston- American millionaire and the stories of an uncelebrated thriller writer based on that island? Tom Noone is commissioned to write a biography of the writer and finds that some secrets are still deeply hidden.
For the first 80% of this book I was engaged, it is a passable thriller with a novel premise and a pleasingly convoluted plot. The idea that the current Irish government didn't want any scandal that included the Nazis because of the financial crisis and the ket role played by the German bankers is quite plausible. The various interested parties all have something to contribute and the writing is relatively crisp. Unfortunately it them all got a bit silly - journalist Tom is suddenly capable of killing a trained professional with his bare hands, a character is killed outside the narrative with no explanation and more. This transformed an OK book into something a little less satisfying to my taste.
For the first 80% of this book I was engaged, it is a passable thriller with a novel premise and a pleasingly convoluted plot. The idea that the current Irish government didn't want any scandal that included the Nazis because of the financial crisis and the ket role played by the German bankers is quite plausible. The various interested parties all have something to contribute and the writing is relatively crisp. Unfortunately it them all got a bit silly - journalist Tom is suddenly capable of killing a trained professional with his bare hands, a character is killed outside the narrative with no explanation and more. This transformed an OK book into something a little less satisfying to my taste.
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