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Written by an experienced and established author, playwright and journalist, this is a fast-paced and gripping historical thriller that reveals the hidden depths of political, military and human conflict in 1940s Ireland.

"Echowave is thrilling and wonderfully stylish, packed with atmosphere and period detail. As usual the dialogue crackles, urging on the ingenious plot. A splendid read" -- Benjamin Black (aka John Banville), author of The Quirke MysteriesJune 1941. A secret American bomb-sight is missing in neutral Ireland after a USAF plane crash. American, British, German spies are in a race to find it first. So, too, is Paul Duggan, a young Irish military intelligence officer still pining for a beautiful Austrian-Jewish refugee who has moved on to a new life in New York. The search and diplomatic arm-twisting as the Allies try to force Ireland to abandon its neutrality become entwined and take Duggan to the dangerous back streets of Lisbon, where the intelligence games between the Allies and the Nazis can turn deadly.

"Book 1 of the WW2 spy novels set in neutral Ireland"--Back cover.

Joe Joyce has written another winner... a compelling and evocative thriller... Excellent -- Irish IndependentGerman bombs fall on neutral Ireland in the first days of 1941. Are they deliberate or accidental? A message or the prelude to invasion?Paul Duggan and his colleagues in G2, the intelligence unit of the Irish army, have to answer these questions fast: any miscalculation could be fatal for Ireland's precarious neutrality. The pressure is on to find the one man who could help them - a German spy who has been operating under cover in Dublin for almost a year.Meanwhile, Duggan is running a routine operation with the help of a Jewish refugee spying on German fliers interned in Ireland when they're out on parole. But it turns out to be anything but routine and changes his life dramatically.A captivatingly intriguing novel which will be enjoyed by anyone who likes thrillers or historical fiction -- Sunday Business Post