Killing Brother Donnelly – Derek Fee

It’s all change at Mill Street Station. The old hierarchy has been retired and a new broom has swept its last vestiges away. As a consequence Fiona Madden has been promoted to detective inspector and now heads up the CID unit. Sean Tracy has taken her post as detective sergeant.
Their first case under the new regime comes quickly. A man has been shot in the back outside the holiday village of Letterfrack. The dead man is not a local but has a connection to a past that the villagers would like to forget. The victim is identified be a for former member of the Society of Christian Brothers who ran an industrial school for boys located outside the village and synonymous with the abuse of young children. The motive appears clear but as the investigation proceeds other possibilities arise. The new chief superintendent, Rory Gorman, isn worried that Madden and Tracy will concentrate their effort of exposing the abuse which took place in the school.
As the investigation is just underway, Fiona’s son, Tim, is stabbed in Dublin and she rushes to his aid. A prime suspect is identified.