Product Description
The first novel from Ruby Barnes (author of The Baptist).
A contemporary crime thriller set in Dublin and the medieval Irish city of Kilkenny.
Some readers' thoughts on Peril by Ruby Barnes
'Full of sharp wit and realistic characters, this book does exactly what it sets out to do - take readers on an adventure and leave them wondering what could possibly happen next.'
'Ruby Barnes has taken a character's life and spins a web that keeps you reading until the very end.''
'Ger is an anti-hero, the lad all the lads want to be, the guy all the girls love to hate but just can't bring themselves to. Scrape after scrape, he trundles through life with all the awareness of a rock, and yet you just can't help rooting for him...'
'Like nothing I've ever read before. The story is well written with a fast pace, intriguing plot twists and a good balance of dark humour and human drama.'
'You won't want to put it down... it twists and turns like a twisty turny thing.
A fantastic read, one of those rare books that keeps you guessing.'
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Gerard Mayes is in a bind. He's committed most of the seven deadly sins and is trying to avoid paying the price.
'I balance on the precipice of life. Friends and family have turned their backs on me and walked into the shadowland. Police and thieves are shouting Jump, Ger. Do it.'
Ladies, don't let your man read this book. You don't want him getting ideas on how to misbehave.
Fellas, keep your copy well hidden.
A contemporary crime thriller set in Dublin and the medieval Irish city of Kilkenny.
Some readers' thoughts on Peril by Ruby Barnes
'Full of sharp wit and realistic characters, this book does exactly what it sets out to do - take readers on an adventure and leave them wondering what could possibly happen next.'
'Ruby Barnes has taken a character's life and spins a web that keeps you reading until the very end.''
'Ger is an anti-hero, the lad all the lads want to be, the guy all the girls love to hate but just can't bring themselves to. Scrape after scrape, he trundles through life with all the awareness of a rock, and yet you just can't help rooting for him...'
'Like nothing I've ever read before. The story is well written with a fast pace, intriguing plot twists and a good balance of dark humour and human drama.'
'You won't want to put it down... it twists and turns like a twisty turny thing.
A fantastic read, one of those rare books that keeps you guessing.'
~~~~~~~~~~~
Gerard Mayes is in a bind. He's committed most of the seven deadly sins and is trying to avoid paying the price.
'I balance on the precipice of life. Friends and family have turned their backs on me and walked into the shadowland. Police and thieves are shouting Jump, Ger. Do it.'
Ladies, don't let your man read this book. You don't want him getting ideas on how to misbehave.
Fellas, keep your copy well hidden.
From the Author
PERIL is the story of Gerard Mayes, an anti-hero. Men want to be him, women want to redeem him. Ger's story is fiction, but his origins are real - everyday folk living and working in a Dublin city center wracked with organized begging, drug addicts, and violent crime. It's not all leprechauns and shillelaghs in Ireland.
Ger is a slacker. A consumer. He thinks life owes him, takes what he can and goes with the flow. His perspective on life, like that of another famous slacker The Big Lebowski, is sometimes humorous, but the story takes a noir turn when Ger kills a mugger and is held to account for it. All things move toward their end, of that you can be sure.
PERIL is a full-length novel of 91,000 words.
Ger is a slacker. A consumer. He thinks life owes him, takes what he can and goes with the flow. His perspective on life, like that of another famous slacker The Big Lebowski, is sometimes humorous, but the story takes a noir turn when Ger kills a mugger and is held to account for it. All things move toward their end, of that you can be sure.
PERIL is a full-length novel of 91,000 words.
