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Former IRA sniper Fergus Callan leaves his exiled life in Boston to return to "Troubles" Ireland when he hears that a former friend who once saved his life has gone missing. Once back he quickly finds himself pursued by former friends as well as foes. But which have set him up? The police, in the shape of an ambitious young Garda intelligence officer, for the murder of a detective he never intended to shoot? Or the IRA for an act of "treason" he did not commit?Callan tries to keep ahead of both as he visits old haunts, family and friends and tries to find out what is happening before the past can catch up with him.

"Book 1 of the WW2 spy novels set in neutral Ireland"--Back cover.

"Echowave is thrilling and wonderfully stylish, packed with atmosphere and period detail. As usual the dialogue crackles, urging on the ingenious plot. A splendid read" -- Benjamin Black (aka John Banville), author of The Quirke MysteriesJune 1941. A secret American bomb-sight is missing in neutral Ireland after a USAF plane crash. American, British, German spies are in a race to find it first. So, too, is Paul Duggan, a young Irish military intelligence officer still pining for a beautiful Austrian-Jewish refugee who has moved on to a new life in New York. The search and diplomatic arm-twisting as the Allies try to force Ireland to abandon its neutrality become entwined and take Duggan to the dangerous back streets of Lisbon, where the intelligence games between the Allies and the Nazis can turn deadly.

Written by an experienced and established author, playwright and journalist, this is a fast-paced and gripping historical thriller that reveals the hidden depths of political, military and human conflict in 1940s Ireland.

By the author of Off the Record, this novel is set in Ireland where Fergus Callan has returned to lay the ghosts of his violent past. His return provokes a crisis, both in the corridors of power and the underworld of the IRA.