Hang On St. Christopher

If Detective Inspector Sean Duffy can hang on for two years, working part-time at a desk job in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, he’ll get his partial pension and will be able permanently to retire to Scotland where his wife and daughter live to escape the Troubles. In Carrickfergus he works at a desk job six days a month and takes the ferry home to Scotland in between. But Duffy is never one to take the easy route. When a murder occurs in Carrickfergus while his boss is on vacation, Duffy and another part-timer catch the case. On the surface, it’s a case of carjacking and murder, but Duffy can’t find any trace of the victim. His investigation identifies the dead man as an assassin, leading to more violence in 1992 Northern Ireland. Eventually, Duffy’s search leads to someone who is trying to cover his tracks and has links to the CIA and the ongoing peace process. It seems that Duffy’s options are to wind up dead or, as a one-man wrecking team, destroy the peace process in Northern Ireland.