Description
In Belfast, Michael Dillon—an outwardly steady hotel manager—faces a private crisis that threatens to shatter the fragile life he has built with his wife, Moira. When masked IRA “volunteers” invade his home in the dead of night, the intrusion turns his personal decisions into a dangerous public reckoning, forcing him to confront what he has hidden and what he can no longer control. As fear tightens its grip and loyalties are tested, Moore builds a tense, character-driven thriller where silence becomes both protection and weapon. With his sharp psychological insight and cinematic pacing, Brian Moore explores themes of betrayal, moral compromise, and the cost of truth in a city where every choice carries consequences.
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paperback
Bloomsbury
Published Jan 1, 1995
215 pages
ISBN: 9780747518860
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First Published
1990
Language
eng
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