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I suspect author Caimh McDonnell<\/strong> is having us on.<\/p>\n He\u2019s producing three books called the Dublin Trilogy. I\u2019ve reviewed the first two already (loved the first, thought the second was OK). Now, instead of releasing the third book like a decent citizen, he\u2019s come out with a prequel.<\/p>\n I\u2019d be miffed if it weren\u2019t so bloody good<\/em>.<\/p>\n Angels in the Moonlight<\/a><\/em> is set in Dublin in the fall of 1999, when the whole world is worrying about the Millennium. Detective Sergeant Bunny McGarry (whom we know from the previous books) is living life his own way, dividing his energies between his police work and the schoolboy hurling team he coaches. He worries about his partner and friend, \u201cGringo\u201d Spain, who\u2019s feeling the pressures of a failing marriage and a gambling habit.<\/p>\n They\u2019re assigned to a task force devoted to bringing down a gang that runs a particular housing project. It started out kind of noble, when honest citizens, frustrated by the impotence of the police, took matters into their own hands and drove the drug dealers out.<\/p>\n But the original leader is dying, and his son is taking over. That son is highly intelligent and possesses formidable fighting skills, being a veteran of the SAS. But he has a different attitude from his dad, and intends to get into the drug business himself. As he masterminds and carries out a string of \u201cRobin Hood\u201d style operations against banks and wealthy businesses, he is not only always two steps ahead of the police, but he finds ways to make them look foolish. It\u2019s fun until people start getting hurt. And killed.<\/p>\n Meanwhile Bunny is falling in love with an American jazz singer who has extremely dark secrets. She lives in a house of very unconventional nuns. Bunny would die for her \u2013 and may have to. He will certainly bend the law.<\/p>\n Angels in the Moonlight<\/em> is funny and tragic. It\u2019s profane and obscene and full of off-color jokes. But I enjoyed every page. This is a brilliant, hilarious, touching, and moving book. Highly recommended, if you can handle its earthy qualities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I suspect author Caimh McDonnell is having us on. He\u2019s producing three books called the Dublin Trilogy. I\u2019ve reviewed the first two already (loved the first, thought the second was OK). Now, instead of releasing the third book like a decent citizen, he\u2019s come out with a prequel. I\u2019d be miffed if it weren\u2019t so … Continue reading ‘Angels in the Moonlight,’ by Caimh McDonnell<\/span>