Gary Lawlor is PRIMED
The bomb that killed Lawlor’s sons was meant for him.
For twenty years, he’s blamed IRA bomber Rab Harper—the man who vanished without a trace, leaving Lawlor drowning in grief and unanswered questions. Then a postcard arrives from California. A restaurant snapshot. And there, in the corner—a shock of red hair. Lawlor abandons everything and crosses an ocean for the reckoning he’s dreamed of for two decades. But in the sun-drenched, sprawling chaos of Los Angeles, nothing is what it seems. And the closer Lawlor gets to Harper, the more violent the resistance to his quest becomes.
Twenty years of silence. One photograph. A reckoning that will destroy everything.
“Primed is part revenge thriller, part espionage tale, and part mediation on loss. A real winner.” — Eric Beetner, author of The Last Few Miles Of Road
“The stakes couldn’t be higher in this propulsive thriller. Highly recommended.” — Don Macdonald, author of the Michael Shelter mysteries
ABOUT
My name is Paddy Hirsch. I just finished writing PRIMED, a contemporary revenge thriller, set in the green hills of Northern Ireland and the badlands of L.A. I’m also the author of the Lawless New York series of historical thrillers, set in New York at the turn of the 18th century. They’re tales of corrupt politics, racial strife, Wall Street trickery, gangs and murder. If you’re a fan of Gangs of New York or Copper, you’ll love these books, which I wrote while I was working full time as a journalist at NPR.
