Garda Bobby Timmons is a respected and experienced young Policeman attached to Russell Street Garda Station in Dublin City.
He got fulfilment carrying out his varied duties until his colleague was gunned down at a bank raid and he held himself partly responsible.
After the fatal shooting he questioned his suitability as a policeman and became more reliant on his pal Garda Liam Reilly who has a more haphazard approach to the job.
….he flipped the suitcase lid open, exposing a dismembered human leg…
Bobby begins a relationship with a beautiful Spanish Student, Bagonia Chuz Fernandez. She is an au pair to a wealthy family who have been targeted for a Kidnapping by Latvian mobsters.
Vladislav Drobkov, alias Rat Eye, is the notorious Latvian Gang Lord in control of all major crimes in the city. He intends carrying out the Kidnapping with the help of a ‘mole’ in the Gardai, who is also linked to the fatal shooting of the Garda at the bank raid.
Detective Superintendent Barry Baynes of the Garda Non-Nationals Criminal Intelligence Unit is assigned the task of bringing Rat Eye and the Garda ‘mole’ to justice.
… the Garda sharpshooter pressed the stock of his Beretta M501 to his cheek and aimed …
Bobby’s life is to be sucked inadvertently into the consequences of the ensuing investigation with catastrophic results.
About The Author
JF McGonigle is a retired member of An Garda Siochana and Served for thirty-three years in the Dublin Metropolitan Area. He is married with three sons and resides in Portmarnock Co. Dublin. He is also the author of the acclaimed FEATHER HEADS and is in the process of completing his third novel UP THE HILL.




