by Flynn Berry
First published 2024
Tessa Daly thought she and her sister Marian had escaped. Three years ago, they fled Northern Ireland after informing on the IRA, barely avoiding execution. Now they live quietly in Dublin with their children. Tessa works at the Irish Observer and focuses on raising her son Finn. But Ireland is small, and the past refuses to stay buried. IRA operatives track down the sisters and deliver an ultimatum to Tessa. She must find Eamonn, her former MI5 handler, and flip him into an informant for the IRA. If she refuses, she loses everything. Tessa reconnects with Eamonn, stirring up emotions she tried to suppress. As their relationship deepens and the IRA applies pressure, buried secrets emerge. Tessa walks a razor's edge between competing loyalties while protecting her son. She must choose between betraying Eamonn and sacrificing her family's safety.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: competing-loyalties, enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Dublin, Ireland, Northern Ireland
Period: Contemporary
304 pages · Hardcover · Viking
Content warnings: violence