Obit: A Mystery

by Anne Emery

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Declan Burke fled Ireland forty years ago and never looked back. Now settled in New York, he thinks he's put the old country behind him, until he reads the obituary of one Cathal Murphy. The obituary, he sees at once, is not about Murphy at all. It is a coded indictment of Burke's own life. And an announcement of his impending death. Halifax lawyer Monty Collins investigates the obit with its allusions to Burke's IRA past. Collins gets no help from Burke, who - good soldier to the end - keeps the silence of the grave. But Burke's denial...Read more
  • ISBN10 1550229052
  • ISBN13 9781550229059
  • Publish Date 1 April 2010 (first published 1 May 2007)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint ECW Press,Canada
  • Edition Reprint
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 306
  • Language English