A NEW YEAR - A NEW NOVEL!
Adventure, Mystery, Suspense - Arriving Soon!
"Tom Riach weaves a thrilling yarn bringing two real-life events together in a fictional tale of the turbulent life of a survivor of the first who becomes the antagonist in the second. It's a masterful story of catastrophe, intrigue, wild love and betrayal, sure to keep you on the edge of your seat right through to the explosive finale!" - The Review
As a young lad I vividly recall huddling with mum, dad and siblings by the fireside of our Scottish home as the terrifying storm of December 1959 roared outside and lashed the entire country. The radio crackled with news of the Aberdeen trawler, George Robb, lost with all hands and then, just two days later, the Broughty Ferry lifeboat, suffering a similar fate. The tragic episodes left a deep impression on my young mind and became the inspiration for this novel; particularly so when I learned that, to this day, the body of one Mona crew-man has never been recovered.
By the time of the infamous IRA attempt on the life of prime minister Thatcher some twenty-five years later, I was less impressionable than my youthful self but, in my maturity, more aware of the dreadfulness of the outrage. The thought stuck with me that it was an act of terrible wickedness, but also of daring, such as would be talked of and written about forever. I just never saw myself as being the writer! But here I am, a further respectful (I hope) forty years on and bringing 'Mona' and 'Thatcher' to life in my imaginary tale. I believe that my memory of the historical realities, however peripheral my actual experience of them, lends authenticity to my text.
My fictional interpretation has nineteen-year-old Scottish fisherman, Torry Taggart, who was abandoned as a baby, kill a man in a tragic accident while all in the local community believe him to be aboard the lifeboat Mona on its final, ill-fated mission. Torry flees to Ireland. In the village of Brakenhar, he enjoys the endless pleasures of fishing in the sea, gun-running and committing deadly terrorist atrocities. Life is good. Better than that, it's perfect. The best part of all is that Torry isn't even here. He's dead. Were he alive none of this would be possible.
But what will happen when he is discovered by a 'ghost' from his past, blackmailed into betraying his hosts and compelled to return to his home town, an indifferent mother, a lost love, a daughter he never knew he had - and a mission to assassinate the British prime minister? Will Torry find resurrection? Can a dead man with a cold heart live again? Will he be allowed to?
I am Tom Riach. I live and write in the sunny south of Portugal.
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Comments
Mystery and murder and more, I cannot wait, thank you, Tom. Happy 2024!
Oh my goodness Tom Riach I'm sure it will be great and I can't wait to get to reading it.
Thank you Terri, hopefully my work will thrill you! For now though, enjoy the new year. I know that you'll make it a memorable one.
I know it will and here's to another successful year for you my friend.