’A good read on a cold night.’ - Sunday Press
Sometimes there is a very fine line between what is legal and what isn’t…
Dublin city operator Denis Murphy finds himself walking this line when an associate, Freddie Locke, asks for his help on a deal he’s doing, selling smuggled whiskey, an occasional and profitable practice.
During the exchange, Murphy realises that there is something different about the men they’re dealing with.
These are organised career criminals.
And a double cross has been set in motion.
These men are vicious, sharp, and efficient at what they do.
Freddie is shot, wounded, and robbed of the money he’d been given whilst Murphy finds himself brought to a remote house in the country where the criminals debate what to do with him.
He escapes in the early hours of the following morning.
Now, the hunt is on for Murphy.
The villains want him to shut him up and the police want him for questioning about the near fatal shooting of his friend.
Driven underground, Murphy becomes as ingenious and as focused as his adversaries.
And he wants his and Freddie’s money back…
The criminals find that they are not dealing with the guileless innocent they had thought, so they decide to meet and form an uneasy alliance.
The breadth of the villains’ influence is revealed to Murphy and he understands the system.
But it’s not for him.
He can’t beat them, nor does he wish to join them.
And so, he faces the full wrath of criminal activity, an extended paramilitary empire, and the quagmire of corruption.
In a tumultuous frenzy of action and double-dealing on all sides, Murphy makes, and chooses, his own means to survive.
But does he have a choice?
Double Cross is a gripping thriller that will make you question the very nature of right and wrong.
’…a riveting atmosphere that has a mixture of fear, terror, and love.’ - Sean McCann, Evening Press
‘Hegarty writes with extraordinary energy, …and the chases he describes are invigorating and physical’ - Gillian Somerville Large, Irish Times
‘Hegarty keeps the pace fast and maintains the tension’ - Grace Ingoldsby, British Book News
‘…good bouncing thriller that is far too rare these days…. - Book Review, Dublin Free Time
‘…a convincing story.’ - Ferdia McAnna, Evening Herald
‘…moves along at a cracking pace’ - Noeleen Dowling, Evening Press
‘…the protagonist, Murphy, is a refreshing addition to the genre of thriller writing’ - Malcolm Jameson, Sunday Press
David Hegarty comes from the coastal town of Wexford, in the South East corner of Ireland. While showing sharp observation for the activities of people on both sides of the law, his stories, set in rural areas, show how the apparent quiet and tranquillity of the country can be as infested with the disease of crime as any teeming metropolis. He is widely regarded as Ireland's grittiest thriller writer. His narratives catch a grimly humorous view of events which can take over, and ultimately destroy, or salvage, the lives of ordinary people, caught in a situation they neither want nor understand.
Sometimes there is a very fine line between what is legal and what isn’t…
Dublin city operator Denis Murphy finds himself walking this line when an associate, Freddie Locke, asks for his help on a deal he’s doing, selling smuggled whiskey, an occasional and profitable practice.
During the exchange, Murphy realises that there is something different about the men they’re dealing with.
These are organised career criminals.
And a double cross has been set in motion.
These men are vicious, sharp, and efficient at what they do.
Freddie is shot, wounded, and robbed of the money he’d been given whilst Murphy finds himself brought to a remote house in the country where the criminals debate what to do with him.
He escapes in the early hours of the following morning.
Now, the hunt is on for Murphy.
The villains want him to shut him up and the police want him for questioning about the near fatal shooting of his friend.
Driven underground, Murphy becomes as ingenious and as focused as his adversaries.
And he wants his and Freddie’s money back…
The criminals find that they are not dealing with the guileless innocent they had thought, so they decide to meet and form an uneasy alliance.
The breadth of the villains’ influence is revealed to Murphy and he understands the system.
But it’s not for him.
He can’t beat them, nor does he wish to join them.
And so, he faces the full wrath of criminal activity, an extended paramilitary empire, and the quagmire of corruption.
In a tumultuous frenzy of action and double-dealing on all sides, Murphy makes, and chooses, his own means to survive.
But does he have a choice?
Double Cross is a gripping thriller that will make you question the very nature of right and wrong.
Praise for David Hegarty
’…a riveting atmosphere that has a mixture of fear, terror, and love.’ - Sean McCann, Evening Press
‘Hegarty writes with extraordinary energy, …and the chases he describes are invigorating and physical’ - Gillian Somerville Large, Irish Times
‘Hegarty keeps the pace fast and maintains the tension’ - Grace Ingoldsby, British Book News
‘…good bouncing thriller that is far too rare these days…. - Book Review, Dublin Free Time
‘…a convincing story.’ - Ferdia McAnna, Evening Herald
‘…moves along at a cracking pace’ - Noeleen Dowling, Evening Press
‘…the protagonist, Murphy, is a refreshing addition to the genre of thriller writing’ - Malcolm Jameson, Sunday Press
David Hegarty comes from the coastal town of Wexford, in the South East corner of Ireland. While showing sharp observation for the activities of people on both sides of the law, his stories, set in rural areas, show how the apparent quiet and tranquillity of the country can be as infested with the disease of crime as any teeming metropolis. He is widely regarded as Ireland's grittiest thriller writer. His narratives catch a grimly humorous view of events which can take over, and ultimately destroy, or salvage, the lives of ordinary people, caught in a situation they neither want nor understand.
