Irish Gold

The first book in a series of mysteries featuring Nuala McGrail and Dermot Coyne!
Dermot Coyne of Chicago goes to Ireland to uncover the true story of his grandparents, who left the Emerald Isle under a veil of mystery in the 1920s. There, Coyne meets Nuala McGrail, a college student who helps him translate his grandmother's diaries. Coyne's grandparents, the O'Riadas, and the bloody history of Ireland from 1919 to 1923 are mysteriously linked to present-day peace talks between the Irish and English. The investigators learn that the talks—and their own lives—hang in the balance, unless they can uncover the secret of the O'Riadas and one of history's great mysteries: the murder of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins.