Böcker av Thomas Kennedy

The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favour. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and who meets their criteria.Maddie, a single mother, is just back from maternity leave and reluctantly takes the assignment. She also decides to take her baby to France (without permission). Don Gatos, an Italian Mafia chief, has gone into film production and has made his paramour, young beautiful Lollie, the star of his movie. The movie has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival and he wishes to attend as the film producer. Don Gatos does a deal with the French police to enable him to attend at Cannes. Brayden is the chief of an Irish crime cartel based in Spain. He is in business with Don Gatos.To coincide with the film festival, Brayden and Don Gatos set a meeting with a Balkan crime cartel in Cannes. Ostensibly the meeting is to discuss a peace agreement. The Balkan crime cartel has been growing more powerful and they want to assassinate Don Gatos as part of a move to increase their reach in Europe. They send a team to Cannes. There is concern that the Balkan cartel may kidnap Lollie to pressurise Don Gatos. The French police assign Maddie to protect Lollie. She is required to work undercover as an actress.Brayden asks Paddy, an Irish assassin, to use his skills to protect Don Gatos.Howlett, consiglieri to Brayden, suspects that Brayden may be plotting a double cross so as to align with the Balkan cartel. But he has been left out of the loop and now fears for his own safety.There is romance in the air. Paddy has fallen for Kate, a receptionist on Brayden's yacht, the Blue Boat.Alex, the male star in the movie falls for Maddie. Maddie is drawn to the handsome Capitaine Trouvenon. The main action takes place against the background of the red carpet at the Cannes film festival.

In Irish Mythology, Otherworld is a happy land and Underworld is a foul land. These worlds exist alongside Earth.Wizard Drowe is sentenced to be a swan, but he escapes. He has tricked Ciarán, his apprentice into becoming the swan.Granny and Aoife pursue the swan because Granny believes it will lead her to her lost village.Hunted by Wizard Drowe and the vampire Dearg-due, Ciarán and Aoife move from initial dislike to romance.These in turn are pursued by Venus and the Drimnagh Witches, servants of the Faerie Queen.Behind the scenes Druid Lochlain manoeuvres to replace the Faerie Queen.The finale takes place in the O'Cinnéide Village, accessed through a capstone on the remote Eagle Mountain.List of principal characters: * Faerie Queen -ruler of Otherworld.*Venus- a magic cat, set the task of solving the mystery of the lost O'Cinnéide village.*Druid Lochlain - current Chief Minister to the Faerie Queen.*Wizard Drowe - former Chief Minister, sentenced to be a swan for sedition.*Ciarán - trainee wizard, tricked into becoming a swan by Wizard Drowe.*Aoife - Eighteen year old maiden who must kiss the swan to break the spell.*Granny to Aoife -witch member of the O'Cinnéide coven. Seeking her lost village.*The Drimnagh Witches -powerful coven faithful to the Faerie Queen.*Dearg-due- Legendary Irish vampire, associate of Wizard Drowe

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Meet the characters running round here, eleven of them, each at his busting point: Jack Lynch, Bill Gurb, Jazz Jastovic, Charlie Feuk, Mickey Jung, Thomas Brighton, Fin Finley. With irony and humor, their minds and lives are laid bare for us to follow as one goes mad from the music in his brain, another tears his house down onto his own head, another takes off from the IRS with a bagful of C notes. Enter these pages and join this wild melee. You might meet someone you know. You might even catch a glimpse of yourself.