In ones and twos the Sweeney clan and their partners, wives and children gather at Liam Sweeney's farm on the outskirts of Ramelton, Country Donegal to celebrate Liam's birthday. The banter and storytelling is great as they wait the arrival of the single missing family member. But when Inspector Starrett unexpectedly arrives at the farm it becomes clear that all is not well. The body of a Sweeney family member has just been discovered in the courtyard of a waterfront warehouse in the nearby town and circumstances are suspicious to say the least.\n\nIn the course of the investigation Starrett begins to realise how weird and wonderful the politics of a family are as he discovers that of the several suspects he and his young team throw up, two, or maybe even three, of them are family members. On top of which, it appears to Starrett's team that every family member has a secret or two they'd like to keep hidden. But while working on this investigation Starrett discovers some dramatic news which concerns his own family.\n\nAnd as if that's not enough Starrett's superior, Major Newton Cunningham, is bogarting him into taking a Garda novice Romany Browne on to his team. If the amount of trouble Browne manages to get into, and create, on the first day is anything to go by, then Starrett's initial reservations were well founded... \n\n*Large Size Paperback
