A Man With One of Those Faces (Dublin Trilogy publication order, #1; Dublin Trilogy chronological order, #6)

by Caimh McDonnell

McNair is mainly muscle; everybody knows Gerry is the brains of the outfit. Younger brother Fiachra, on the other hand, is the baby-faced beauty of the bunch, quite the hit with the ladies. The three of them were previously as tight as tight can be. Their mother raised the brothers McNair alone, their father having disappeared. There’s even a legend that says a 12-year-old Gerry killed daddy with a wrought iron poker for putting his hands on their ma.”

“Here’s the kicker though; in the book, Grinner McNair dies after he turns on Fiachra and decides he doesn’t want to give up a million quid so his buddy can get his end away. As of two hours ago we know that’s bollocks. He didn’t take a dive off a trawler in the North Atlantic. He was right there – in St Kilda’s for the last three weeks – Grinner bloody McNair! The man who knew what happened to Sarah-Jane Cranston. Not to mention being the one bloke who could very probably put Gerry Fallon behind bars.”