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An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War: An Irish Country Novel
aylor returns with the ninth installment of his series, one of four that features his hero Dr. Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly,…
The Last Shootist
In 1901, eighteen-year old Gillom Rogers has inherited the six-guns of the famous gunfighter, J.B. Books. After witnessing the bloody…
Hour of the Innocents
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The Innocents are a rock band from Pennsylvania coal country, desperate to escape the black-lung soot for the big time.…
Ragtime Cowboys
In 1921, Charlie Siringo is past his prime, living under a leaky roof and writing books about the days he…
No Job for a Lady
As with others of McCleary’s novels that feature intrepid young reporter Nellie Bly, this installment blends history with fantasy in…
The Spook Lights Affair
In 1895 San Francisco, a debutante throws herself off a cliff during a festive party. Sabina Carpenter, a female private…
The Wily O’Reilly Irish Country Stories
Between writing seven popular novels of Irish life, Patrick Taylor – Ireland-born physician, sailor and medical researcher – has been…
Fingal O’Reilly, Irish Doctor
In 1936, Fingal is a newly-minted young doctor working for a “dispensary” in Dublin’s tenements, a kind of all-purpose health…
Rising Sun, Falling Shadow
This novel is the sequel to The Far Side of the Sky and is set in Shanghai in 1943. Things…
Ask Not
This is the third and presumably final entry in a trilogy on the JFK assassination which began with Bye Bye,…
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