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Plot Summary of Irish Gold

"Irish Gold
Andrew M. Greeley
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC; 1994, 336 PP
ISBN: 0312858132

This is the first book in Greeley's Nuala Anne McGrail series of mysteries in which Dermot Michael Coyne of Chicago and Nuala Anne McGrail of Carraroe in County Galway, Ireland, solve mysteries from both the past and present. Greeley appears to meticulously research controversial events from the past to come to a conclusion that differs from conventional wisdom and then constructs the story as a mystery in which his conclusion is the solution.

In this story young Dermot discovers his grandmother's diaries from the 1920s during the turbulence as Ireland moved toward independence and goes to Ireland seeking to learn the secret that forced her and his grandfather to flee to Chicago at that time. While there he meets Nuala Anne and their partnership begins. Interwoven with the search for his grandparent's secret are conflicts with local elements fearing secrets of their past will be uncovered, his "love at first sight" for Nuala Anne and his own past failures including the major blunder that ended his brief career as a commodities trader. Thanks to dumb luck, his incompetent blunder ended up leaving his client with a windfall and Dermot's share of this provides Dermot with the financial independence to pursue adventures in this series.

Each book in the series stands alone and can be enjoyed without reading the others. But, reading the series in order enables the reader to follow Dermot and Nuala Anne as they grow, marry, raise a family and pursue their careers while solving each new mystery.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Chuck Nugent, Resident Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%

Tone of story - very upbeat
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - investigating murder of politician(s)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - government bureaucracy

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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