Title: We were kings
Description: In 1950's Boston, the Irish Republican Army is running guns and killing witnesses. Cal and Dante are committed to stopping them. When a body is discovered at the Charlestown locks--tarred, feathered and shot to death--it appears to be a gangland killing, and is almost immediately dismissed. However, Cal O'Brien's cousin, Boston PD detective Owen Lackey, recognizes the murder style as the typical retribution for IRA informers. Combined with a tip-off about a boat coming into Boston weighed down with stolen guns and ammunition, the body in the locks hints that much more may be at stake than a one-off hit.
Subjects: Irish Republican Army, Murder, Illegal arms transfers, Fiction, Investigation, History, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Places: Boston (Mass.)
Time periods: 20th century