BOOKS

"Die Again" - Tess Gerritsen

Excellent crime thriller.

"The Rat-Pit" - Patrick MacGill

Set in Ireland and Scotland in the early 1900's and based on real events. The book is a tragic story of one Donegal girl who leaves Ireland hoping to find a better life across the water. A tragic life of poverty and misfortune ensues.

Grim reading but fact based portrayal of the Irish immigrant6 experience in Scotland.

"Snow White Must Die" - Nele Neuhaus

"Five Days To Die" - Katia Lief

Two excellent crime thrillers.

Biker Pat wrote: "Holy Terrors" - Michael Clemenger True life story of the author's horendous experience in St Joseph's Industrial School in Tralee and the abuse he suffered at the hands of the Christian Brothers there. And how that experience affected him after he left that institution. Reading this made my blood boil at the shocking treatment he received at the hands of these evil Christian Brothers.

Don't forget The Lay Teachers as well .

"The Secret Of Crickley Hall" - James Herbert.

About the abuse of young evacuees from London to rural England in Crickley Hall.
And the ghostly fallout from that years later. 

"The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest - Steig Larsson

Super crime fiction thriller.

"Evil Empire" - Paul Williams

About the ruthless drug and crime godfather John Gilligan and his gang of criminals including the shocking murder of crime reporter Veronica Guerin.

Sadly the drug problem in Ireland seems to be as bad as ever.

"The Other Hand" - Chris Cleave

The time keeper --Mitch Albom
Great read

Tuesdays with Morrie[edit]

Albom's breakthrough book came about after a friend of his viewed Morrie Schwartz's interview with Ted Koppel on ABC News Nightline in 1995, in which Schwartz, a sociology professor, spoke about living and dying with a terminal disease, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease). Albom, who had been close with Schwartz during his college years at Brandeis, felt guilty about not keeping in touch so he reconnected with his former professor, visiting him in suburban Boston and eventually coming every Tuesday for discussions about life and death. Albom, seeking a way to pay for Schwartz's medical bills, sought out a publisher for a book about their visits. Although rejected by numerous publishing houses, Doubleday accepted the idea shortly before Schwartz's death, and Albom was able to fulfill his wish to pay Schwartz's bills.[14]