The City Underground

<p><b>Ireland 1941. A German spy escapes from Mountjoy Prison, clearly with inside help. Yet no one wants to catch him.</b> When the head of Garda Special Branch sends Inspector Stefan Gillespie to find out why, it must be in secret. But he meets a web of deceit in which the past's dark shadows loom over the lies of the present. Alone, except for an alcoholic private detective and a woman who could betray him to the IRA, Stefan embarks on a journey that drags him into a plot to attack British interests in Ireland and an attempt on the life of the IRA Chief-of-Staff by his own men. Crossing into war-torn Northern Ireland, he is suddenly unprotected, a rogue policeman to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, a dangerous spy to the IRA.<br><br><b>Praise for Michael Russell</b><br><br>'Complex but compelling . . . utterly vivid and convincing' <i>Independent on Sunday</i><br><br>'A superb, atmospheric thriller' <i>Irish Independent</i><br><br>'A thriller to keep you guessing and gasping' <i>Daily