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Taking the Town

Lissadown, Ireland, 1986. A ruthless, violent criminal gang has held the small midlands town in its grip for too long. Innocent people have been terrorized, maimed, raped, and killed. Law enforcement is paralyzed. Finn Lane has had enough.

A newcomer to Lissadown, Finn won’t be intimidated. Keeping his head down and minding his own business is not an option. He is determined that the gang’s rule of terror should come to an end. He will not be stopped.

Ford Murphy

Ford Murphy was born and raised in Ireland and moved to the US with his wife in the mid-1990s. Since then, they have lived in the greater Washington DC area, where they are raising their three children. Taking the Town is the author’s debut novel. A second book, also featuring Finn Lane, is currently in progress. Ford Murphy is a pseudonym honoring the author’s grandmothers.

Austin Macauley Publishers