When a set of dog tags, supposedly belonging to a seaman missing since the early 1950s, is washed up on a beach in modern-day Co Antrim, Jack Valentine 'deadbeat ex-spook' finds himself being pulled back towards his previous life. But what can the disturbance of an old arms dump have to do with a botched US mission to Iraq in the early 1990s?

Product Description: When a set of dog tags - supposedly belonging to a seaman missing since the early 1950s - is washed up on a beach in modern day County Antrim, Jack Valentine, "deadbeat ex-spook", finds himself being pulled back towards his previous life once more...read more

Product Description: From the winner of the CWA Steel Dagger Award 2002 Jack Valentine thinks he's finished with the covert life but it isn't finished with him. An old friend's daughter, Alva Casagrande, has been sucked into what looks like a minor league Manhattan heroin vortex and Jack is persuaded to go there and pull her out...read more

Product Description: A taut, gripping thriller from one of Ireland's finest contemporary authors Jack Valentine has been in the intelligence game too long, but he accepts one more mission - he always does. A seemingly simple task throws up deadly questions with no immediate answers...read more

Product Description: In this lively and sometimes poignant collection of essays and autobiographies, nearly fifty Alaska Native writers tell of their unique way of life and bear witness to the sweeping cultural changes occurring in their lifetimes.They explore a range of experiences and issues, including skinning a polar bear; traditional domestic and subsistence practices; marriage customs; alcoholism; the challenges and opportunities of modern education; balancing traditional and contemporary demands; discrimination; adapting to urban life; the treatment of Native peoples in school textbooks; and the social realities of speaking standard and “village” English...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)