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The King of the Irish
by Jack O'Malley
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ISBN: 978-0-9838195-4-7
402 pages
British spies have infiltrated the United Brotherhood, to quash another Irish rebellion. When one of the spies turns up dead in a Chicago sewer, police detective Daniel Coughlin will be swept up in a power struggle between warring factions of the Irish nationalists, a fight that could see him hanged for a murder he did not commit. If his political clout does not come through for him, he is a dead man.
Influential attorney Alexander Sullivan will call in favors as he takes on the opposition blocking the appeal of a key member of his political machine. Knowing that it is only a matter of time until Coughlin cracks under the strain of imprisonment, Sullivan manipulates the Illinois General Assembly and the state courts to assure an acquittal and Coughlin's continued silence. The identities of those who orchestrated an assassination must be protected at all costs. The survival of the Irish nationalist movement, and Sullivan's personal survival, are riding on his success.
Drawn from court records and historical archives of the infamous Cronin murder trials of 1889 and 1893, THE KING OF THE IRISH is a gripping tale of political chicanery, power and greed, set in a city long known for corrupt politics and politicians.
402 pages
British spies have infiltrated the United Brotherhood, to quash another Irish rebellion. When one of the spies turns up dead in a Chicago sewer, police detective Daniel Coughlin will be swept up in a power struggle between warring factions of the Irish nationalists, a fight that could see him hanged for a murder he did not commit. If his political clout does not come through for him, he is a dead man.
Influential attorney Alexander Sullivan will call in favors as he takes on the opposition blocking the appeal of a key member of his political machine. Knowing that it is only a matter of time until Coughlin cracks under the strain of imprisonment, Sullivan manipulates the Illinois General Assembly and the state courts to assure an acquittal and Coughlin's continued silence. The identities of those who orchestrated an assassination must be protected at all costs. The survival of the Irish nationalist movement, and Sullivan's personal survival, are riding on his success.
Drawn from court records and historical archives of the infamous Cronin murder trials of 1889 and 1893, THE KING OF THE IRISH is a gripping tale of political chicanery, power and greed, set in a city long known for corrupt politics and politicians.