Gallows Field

A Murder Mystery set in Ireland during World War Two.War is raging in Europe. Ireland is struggling with the consequences – the blockade of vital resources, the rationing of food and fuel, the influx of refugees, the shortage of jobs are causing unrest.Dublin barman Eamon Foley sees his boss murdered over a missing ledger. Now the killers mistakenly think Foley has the ledger, but he escapes home to Tralee.Nine months later Foley is in a crowded pub when his brother-in-law Joe McCarthy is shot dead.In the chaos Foley thinks he sees the Dublin killer rushing through the door. Is this a message? Have they caught up with him at last, looking for the ledger?Or is it as the local Gardaí suspect – Joe was killed by a jealous husband, given his reputation as a notorious womanizer?They dismiss Foley’s concerns. With dreadful results.The next day Foley’s sister Mary is found dead in the town park.And his son is taken away by a nun in a car.