The death of an Irish tinker : a Peter McGarr mystery / Bartholomew Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Bartholomew, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McGarr, Peter (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

McGarr, Peter (Fictitious character).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

295 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Morrow, [1997]

Summary:

A body has been found shackled to the upper branches of one of the tallest trees in Ireland. The victim is a "Tinker", one of the mysterious and secretive class of itinerant travelers who have roamed the country for generations. The intent of the murder is obvious - to shock, to punish, to warn. But who is doing the punishing, and who is being warned? These are the questions facing Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr, head of Ireland's Murder Squad, as he starts his investigation. He soon learns that the victim was connected to the country's most ruthless drug lord: Des Bacon, known on the streets as "the Toddler". The key to finally ending the Toddler's reign of terror lies with a young Tinker woman named Biddy Nevins. Only she can solve the mystery of the body in the tree, but she has fled for her life, disappearing into the secret Tinker world of back alleys and traveling caravans. McGarr must use all the wits and resources at his command to find Biddy Nevins before the Toddler can get to her. And all the while the Tinkers lie in wait, planning their revenge.

ISBN:

0688141846

OCLC:

36589216