Ian Padraic harbors a scandalous secret. To avenge the death of his best friend in a Belfast raid, Ian joins the Provisional IRA which he conceals for 30 years. He meets investigative reporter Eileen Donohue and friendship blossoms into a love affair. Eileen inadvertently discovers the man she thought was a reclusive novelist is actually the brain trust for the IRA. Eileen betrays her lover by disclosing his secret in Ireland's leading newspaper. Driven by guilt and remorse, Ian atones for his years in the IRA by working with Sinn Fein to negotiate the 1998 Peace Accord which ended The Troubles in Ireland. After deserting the IRA Ian's own troubles are far from over when they order his assassination. The assignment is given to his friend, IRA Commander, Kieran Fitzpatrick. Will Ian pay the supreme price for disloyalty to the IRA?

Murphy's Troubles

Literature & Fiction

Owens, Rex

Genre Fiction

RexOwens

Author Ian Murphy battles lifelong alcoholism and chronic depression. Desperate to cleanse his soul, Ian dedicates himself to finding redemption. To confront his demons, he spends a summer hiking on the Dingle Peninsula. He meets Mairin McCarthy and finds unconditional love but still succumbs to the shadows within. In the fall of 1998 the British government is determined to build walls in Belfast to separate Catholics and Protestants. The only peace citizens of the city can have requires walls. Murphy dedicates himself to stopping more walls from being built. He’s convinced the challenge is his path to redemption. While living in Belfast, Ian learns that distrust and hatred divide the city’s residents as much as the walls do. Both Catholics and Protestants accept the walls as the price of peace. The walls will be built. How will Ian Murphy find redemption and crawl out of the darkness.

Out of Darkness (Murphy series)

CKBooks Publishing

Product Description Ian Padraic Murphy harbors a scandalous secret. To avenge the death of his best friend in a Belfast raid, Ian joins the Provisional IRA, which he conceals for 30 years. He meets investigative reporter Eileen Donohue and friendship blossoms into a love affair. Eileen inadvertently discovers the man she thought was a reclusive novelist is actually the brain trust for the IRA. Eileen betrays her lover by disclosing his secret in Ireland's leading newspaper. Driven by guilt and remorse, Ian atones for his years in the IRA by working with Sinn Fein to negotiate the 1998 Peace Accord, which ended The Troubles in Ireland. After deserting the IRA, Ian's own troubles are far from over when they order his assassination. The assignment is given to his friend, IRA Commander, Kieran Fitzpatrick. Will Ian pay the ultimate price for disloyalty to the IRA? Book 1 of Rex Owens’ Irish Troubles series. About the Author Rex Owens published his first novel in the Irish Troubles Series, Murphy's Troubles, in November 2013, the second, Out of Darkness, in June 2015, and the third, Dead Reckoning, in April 2018. His fourth novel, The Life and Times of Rowan Daly will be published in May 2021. UW Madison writing instructor Christine DeSmet describes his writing as cinematic. Rex is very active in supporting local libraries. He serves as the President of both the Sun Prairie Public Library and the Dane County Library Service. He is also the discussion leader for the Wednesday Afternoon Book Club which meets monthly. He supports authors as the host of the award-winning radio talk program My World and Welcome to It, which airs on the first and third Monday every month at 10:30 a.m. CST. The interview program is live streamed at: www.sunprairiemediacenter.com. To learn more about Rex's work visit: www.rexowens.us. To connect with Rex, you can e-mail him at rexowens00@gmail.com.

Murphy's Troubles: A Novel (The Irish Troubles Series)

British & Irish

CK Books Publishing

Ian Murphy buries his life-long friend Kieran Fitzpatrick. As a result his life is adrift; Ian is incapable of overcoming dependence on whiskey. Every day, he battles the eternal dark night. Ian reluctantly accepts his friend's last wish, to mentor Kieran's twenty-two-year-old nephew, William Butler Boyle. Five years after approving the Good Friday Peace Agreement, Northern Ireland struggles to break Britain's shackles. Sinn Fein recruits Ian Murphy to convince Catholics to vote in the 2003 national election because the party is on the brink of huge gains. Murphy naively believes if he works on the election, he will finally be able overcome the guilt and remorse he bears for his days as an IRA volunteer. Following the successful election for Sinn Fein, Ian returns to Cork exhausted and still burdened by guilt. His new friend, Oisin O'Leary, convinces Ian he can fulfill has obligation to mentor William and make an act of contrition to the Irish people by writing a memoir stage play. Ian's play is presented and at the closing curtain, he offers it as his act of contrition to the Irish people. DEAD RECKONING is the third and final book in the Ian Murphy Irish Troubles series.

Dead Reckoning (The Irish Troubles Series)

With no living relatives, 18-year-old Rowan Daly leaves the only home she's ever known to be with her beloved, Eli. They settle in the mining town of New Hope. In 1934 the best paying job is dynamiting rock in the pit-a job Eli volunteers to do with disastrous consequences. When he's killed, Rowan is alone and abandoned with no way to support herself. Rowan is recruited to be a Pack Horse Librarian and soon finds herself delivering books to hill families, facing her fears of abandonment, and learning about the unique rural folks she serves. It's just the beginning for Rowan-being a Pack Horse Librarian changes her future, giving her a life she could never have imagined.

The Life and Times of Rowan Daly

United States

Searching for atonement author Ian Murphy drafts the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 ending the 30-year Troubles in Ireland.\nMurphy’s years in the Provisional Irish Republican Army and his battle with depression cast him into a hellish darkness. He finds atonement elusive and begins on a path for public redemption. In the fall of 1998 British authorities propose building additional peace walls in Belfast to create a self-imposed apartheid between Catholics and Protestants. Northern Ireland politicians are struggling to form a government and see peace walls as interference and sabotaging their work to create an independent nation. Northern Ireland’s political leaders challenge Murphy to help put a stop to building additional peace walls and give meaning to the peace accord he drafted. Murphy sees this as a path to find the redemption he desperately desires.\nBook 2 of Rex Owens’ Irish Troubles Series

Out of Darkness: A Novel (The Irish Troubles Series)

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