![]() As soon as it was driven, however, you’d eventually encounter a hill.” thus it could stay safe under a car for days or even weeks. The reason the IRA use mercury tilt switches is that they only work when the mercury establishes contact on an incline or decline. Now, mid-story, he’s driving away from a gang of armed, drugged teenage thugs, and had no time to look. For example, so far, through the novel, Duffy has routinely checked under his car before driving away. The plot mixes moments of sharp fact and social realism with dramatic action. Throughout the book, incidents remind the reader how angry and painful life was during the Troubles, less than thirty years ago. Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy, his main character, even “lives” in the same council house that was McKinty’s home. McKinty grew up in Carrickfergus, so his segregated estates, damaged buildings, industrial wastelands and lonely roads are bleakly believable. ![]() ![]() ![]() For more, see The Cold Cold Ground is the first in a series of crime thrillers set in Northern Ireland during the 1980s. She posts on the History Girls, on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure and also on The Cranky Laptop Writes, her personal blog. Her last novel for older children, A Boy Called Mouse, was nominated for the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award, and she is currently completing a companion book. ![]() Penny Dolan works as a children’s storyteller and writer. ![]()
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