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This Historical Thriller Set in Old Shanghai Will Keep You Guessing Until the Very End Shanghai 1927. Pearl of the East or Whore of the Orient? Depends on who you ask. It's a cesspool of poverty, thronged with refugees, gripped by civil war. But for some it's still a fever dream: jazz clubs, film stars, and opium dens, celebrities and spies, easy money and easier women. The son of a rural Irish cop, Michael Gallagher has joined the Shanghai Municipal Police to escape an Ireland crippled by its recent bitter independence fight and escape a personal tragedy. Michael encounters Shanghai's biggest philanthropist, a man called Big Ears Lu - who is also its creepiest racketeer.He falls for the beautiful courtesan Miriam Tsai. But does Michael's collusion with Lu keep Miriam trapped in the House of Multiple Joys? Shanghai in 1927 is a city where after dark anything seems possible. A city where anyone can be crushed, and anyone corrupted. Even an innocent Irish cop. From the wreckage of guerrilla war in Ireland to the dawn of world war in Asia, Gangsters of Shanghai seethes with 20th Century turbulence and temptation. Can Mike Gallagher remain uncorrupted, and escape the imploding city with his life and his self-respect? If you want to find out what happens to Michael, scroll up and buy your copy today. Reviews From out of nowhere, this is one of the most enjoyable Shanghai novels we've read... Seek this superbly researched and deftly written novel outPeter DesmondCity Weekend Magazine, Shanghai Could not put this book down. As good as GrishamRichard McCormackAmazon.com reader Superbly researched, it beggars belief that Gangsters of Shanghai is not filling the shelves in bookshops. It certainly deserves to be a best-seller.David LowtherAmazon.UK (Author of 'The Blue Pencil') A crime drama that jumps back and forth between China and Ireland during the turbulent first third of the 20th Century .... This mystery thriller manages to provide more than enough well-rendered excitement to sustain readers' attentionKirkus Reviews Gerry O'Sullivan's portrait of Jazz-Age Shanghai is pungent and lush .... Action shifts back and forth between Shanghai in the late 1920s and early '30s, and the slightly earlier Troubles in Ireland .... O'Sullivan's rich descriptions and clearly extensive research brought both aliveUnderground Book Reviews It reached the top ten in the Amazon 'thrillers historical' genre .... The main protagonist .... carrying the adventurer's essential item of luggage, a broken heart, sets off to join the Shanghai Municipal Police .... One of the great strengths of this book is its credible atmosphere. Shanghai was a smouldering pit of corruption, poverty and hedonism, with a heaving and colourful nightlifeGrainne KeaysLimerick Leader, Ireland

The sleepy village of Castleconner was rocked by the discovery of three charred and mutilated bodies near the badly burnt Manor House. Curiously it was ten years to the day that a monstrous storm and fire destroyed the stables and badly damaged the Manor. Concurrent with this disaster was the disappearance of five people, three stable workers and the young Heiress and her lover, the charismatic sports hero, son of the estate manager. Where had the two lovers disappeared to for all these years. Why the terrible mutilation, that could only be described as demonic horror. Could these questions have anything to do with the fact that there is a Paranormal expert in the village from Rome? These are the questions that Chief Inspector Patrick Muldoon must answer; he felt that there were many mysteries enclosed in this horrific series of events. He had witnessed many terrifying and horrific killings during the London Blitz, he was about to find out that none were as frightening as the mystery he was about to investigate in this picturesque village of Castleconnor.

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