July Recap and Reading Ideas Inspired by Say Nothing

Thirteen of us showed up to discuss Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe.  The author packed a lot into this book and there was much to discuss. We were all fascinated by Dolours Price and surprised we hadn't heard of her before.  There was a consensus that with the last three books - Bad Blood, Rocket Men and Say Nothing - our club is on something of a roll.  I hope it continues with our club's 3-year anniversary selection, Sea People, which we will discuss on October 1 (NOTE UNUSUAL DATE).

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Here are a few reading ideas inspired by Say Nothing  

The Cold Cold Ground: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel by Adrian McKinty

Grace and I are both huge fans of this historical crime fiction series about a Catholic member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.  I finished all six books in just a few months, and I almost never complete a mystery series.  If you do audiobooks, these are particularly good on audio.  Adrian McKinty is also the author of the currently bestselling US-set thriller The Chain

The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan J. Koerner

The '70s were the era of crazy terrorism, including a five-year wave of airliner hijacking that started in 1968. This book is about a particular hijacking that was the longest in US history. While it makes for a superbly entertaining story (so I'm told), no one who reads this will be clamoring for airport metal detectors to be dismantled.