Poison Tree

by F.m. O'rourke

Growing up to become a member of the IRA after his father is killed by British soldiers, Billy Quinn becomes an unsuspecting pawn in a terrorist plot that targets an innocent girl and her doting grandfather

336 pages, Hardcover

First published March 11, 1996

Reviews

[Bre Booth · Rating 3 out of 5]

For me it was hard to follow. I feel like there were parts that could do with more explaining and others where I was wondering where it was going to end.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

No way this should have taken so long to read--so, it is really 3.5 stars, but the print on the pages is sooo light (hardback version) that I could not keep reading for very long. Nevertheless, the story is pretty good--Billy Quinn, son of an IRA member who was assassinated right in front of the child 10 years before the novel begins, has a chance to carry out a major attack against the British. Since I had read Trinity by Leon Uris not too long ago, I understood the long-standing bitterness against the Northern Ireland Loyalists.