Though the Heavens Fall, Anne Emery
Though the Heavens Fall, Anne Emery
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Though the Heavens Fall

Author: Anne Emery

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 13 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/16/2018


Synopsis

As 1995 dawns in the North of Ireland, Belfast is a city of army patrols, bombed-out buildings, and "peace walls" segregating one community from the other. But the IRA has called a ceasefire. So, it's as good a time as any for Monty Collins and Father Brennan Burke to visit the city: Monty to do a short gig in a law firm, and Brennan to reconnect with family. And it's a good time for Brennan's cousin Ronan to lay down arms and campaign for election in a future peacetime government. But the past is never past in Belfast, and it rises up to haunt them all: a man goes off a bridge on a dark, lonely road; a rogue IRA enforcer is shot; and a series of car bombs remains an unsolved crime. The trouble is compounded by a breakdown in communication: Brennan knows nothing about the secrets in a file on Monty's desk. And Monty has no idea what lies behind a late-night warning from the IRA. With a smoking gun at the center of it all, Brennan and Monty are on a collision course and will learn more than they ever wanted to know about what passes for law in 1995 Belfast. An inscription on a building south of the Irish border says it all: "Let justice be done though the heavens fall."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 27, 2019

Within these densely packed 420 pages is a fictional account of 1995 Belfast during IRA ceasefire bringing together the ill-fated friendship and endeavors of a Canadian lawyer (Monty), a Dublin-born priest (Father Brennan Burke) and a promising politician, cousin of Brennan, Ronan. The rule of law i......more

Goodreads review by Annie on September 01, 2018

This is the third Collins-Burke Mystery that I have read and really enjoy getting back into the world of them and their families. This book takes place in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 1995. Anne Emery really brings to life what was going on at that time in Belfast. Monty is over in Ireland workin......more

Goodreads review by Jill on October 24, 2018

This is the 10th book in a series involving Monty Collins, a lawyer, and Brennan Burke, a priest. Though I had not read any other books in the series, I did not have any problem following the story. It begins in January, 1995. The protagonists generally reside in Halifax, Canada, but Monty is on temp......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 21, 2019

1995: When Halifax lawyer Monty Collins travels to Ireland to do some legal work for his firm, his good friend Father Brennan Burke takes advantage of the opportunity to revisit the country of his birth. Much of his family had remained in Northern Ireland during what was euphemistically termed The T......more

Goodreads review by Laura on November 21, 2018

I am torn and frustrated after reading this book. Other than serious issues with a particular child character in the Collins-Burke mystery series by Emery, I have really enjoyed the series and fell a little in love with the very damaged, and very human priest, Brendon Burke. Monty Collins is there p......more