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{PDF EPUB} the Devalera Deception by Michael Mcmenamin the Devalera Deception Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The DeValera Deception by Michael McMenamin The DeValera Deception. A Winston Churchill Mystery by Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin. Review : Readers expecting the father/son writing team of Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin to turn Winston Churchill into an amateur sleuth in The DeValera Deception may alternately be relieved and disappointed. Churchill, though he is present throughout much of the book, actually plays a relatively minor role here, the focus being on investigative reporter Bourke Cockran and photojournalist Martha "Mattie" McGary. "Churchill had been looking forward to his trip to North America [in the late summer of 1929]. Three months of rest, relaxation, writing and painting, all in the luxurious comfort of private railway cars and four-star hotels. The newspaper articles he would write along the way would not only pay for the journey but generate a tidy profit. Perfect. And now the Prime Minister had made it even better. All this and an adventure to boot. And with an old nemesis Churchill knew well, the IRA. He could hardly believe his good fortune . " With this as a premise, Churchill writes to the (fictional) son of a man he called his political mentor, US Representative William Bourke Cockran. Named for his father, Bourke Cockran is a writer reporting on the state of reparations in Europe following the end of the Great War. Churchill asks Bourke to meet him in Montreal in upon his arrival in North America, where he wants to ask for his help in tracking down the financial sources for arms to be supplied to the IRA. More conflict with Ireland is the last thing the British need, who fear Germany is allying itself with Russia to rebuild its economy � and military strength � and would prefer to focus on providing for the security of Poland to act as a buffer between to the two nations. Bourke meets Mattie by accident, but the two strike up a quick, professional friendship, one that will tap both their talents as they cross the country to California, all the time learning what Churchill needs to know. The DeValera Deception works well as both historical fiction (there are a lot of real characters and factual events presented here, so many that it's easy to forget Bourke and Mattie are fictional) and adventure thriller. Using Churchill as a private citizen during his "Wilderness Years" (his party is out of power in England at this point in time) as a pivot point for the plot � he did, indeed, travel across the United States in 1929 and visited William Randolph Hearst in California, who was sponsoring the Graf Zeppelin on its around-the-world voyage � helps keep the storyline grounded and credible. Crisply written and meticulously researched, The DeValera Deception is a remarkably well-crafted adventure story. Acknowledgment: Enigma Books provided an ARC of The DeValera Deception for this review. Review Copyright © 2010 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved. Location(s) referenced in The DeValera Deception : New York City, Montreal, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Jersey. The DeValera Deception by Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin � A Winston Churchill Mystery. Publisher: Enigma Books Format: Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1-936274-08-6 Publication Date: October 2010 List Price: $23.95. The DeValera Deception. The world’s #1 eTextbook reader for students. VitalSource is the leading provider of online textbooks and course materials. More than 15 million users have used our Bookshelf platform over the past year to improve their learning experience and outcomes. With anytime, anywhere access and built-in tools like highlighters, flashcards, and study groups, it’s easy to see why so many students are going digital with Bookshelf. titles available from more than 1,000 publishers. customer reviews with an average rating of 9.5. digital pages viewed over the past 12 months. institutions using Bookshelf across 241 countries. The DeValera Deception by Michael McMenamin and Publisher Enigma Books. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9781936274093, 1936274094. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781936274086, 1936274086. The DeValera Deception by Michael McMenamin and Publisher Enigma Books. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9781936274093, 1936274094. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781936274086, 1936274086. FED Publishing Releases New eBook Edition of, "The DeValera Deception" by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin. First Edition Design Publishing - Monday, May 28, 2018. Submitted by Star One Public Relations. A new eBook edition of The DeValera Deception, by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin, begins the award-winning series of Winston Churchill Thrillers weaving history, intrigue, thrills and romance during the era leading up to World War II. It was a 2010 Grand Prize Winner- Fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and named both 2010 Historical Fiction Book of the Year and 2010 Thriller/Suspense Book of the Year by ForeWord Reviews. Cleveland, OH, USA -- In the summer of 1929, Weimar Germany's secret military agreement with the USSR to develop new weapons systems beyond the Ural Mountains is coming to a critical point. Both countries want to dismember the newly revived Poland in a war of revenge To distract Britain from helping the Poles, the new Irish Free State is placed at risk by the arms dealers and financiers of the shadowy "Geneva Group" intent on fomenting an IRA coup d'état In Ireland with weapons and munitions purchased in America. British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald gives Winston Churchill a secret assignment on his 3-month holiday in North America. Aided by agents from MI-6, Churchill is to persuade President Herbert Hoover to prevent the IRA weapons purchase from reaching Ireland. Suspicious of the anti-Irish bias of MI-6, Churchill assembles his own team to gather evidence. One is Mattie McGary, Churchill's goddaughter, an risk-taking photojournalist for William Randolph Hearst's media empire. Another is Bourke Cockran Jr., a law professor, former military intelligence agent, and the son of Churchill's old Irish American mentor. Attracted to each other, romance blooms, but their tempers often clash as the two follow a danger-filled trail from New York to Montreal, Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles to discover who is funding the IRA and where the arms are being assembled. Along the way, they receive help from such colorful historical characters as Irish revolutionary leader John Devoy; Chicago gangster Frank Nitti; future head of the OSS, William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan; the legendary Jack Manion, head of San Francisco Police Department's Chinatown Squad; William Randolph Hearst; and, of course, Winston Churchill himself. Michael McMenamin is the author of the critically acclaimed Becoming Winston Churchill, The Untold Story of Young Winston and His American Mentor. His son Patrick McMenamin is an award-winning journalist who has produced stories for ABC News, Fox News, HuffPost and Buzzfeed. Genre - Churchill, Hitler, Weimar Germany, Irish Free State, IRA, Poland, Anti-Semitism, Nazi. The ebook version of The DeValera Deception ISBN 9781506906058, published by First Edition Design Publishing (http://www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com), is available on-line wherever ebooks are sold. Media Contact: Michael McMenamin +1(941)921-2607 [email protected]. About First Edition Design Publishing. First Edition Design Publishing (aggregator) formats, converts and submits your book to over thousands of eBook and POD (PRINT) distribution points worldwide and to the top internet retailers including but not limited to - Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, Ciando, e- Sentral, EBSCO and more. FED Publishing Releases New eBook Edition of, "The DeValera Deception" by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin. A new eBook edition of The DeValera Deception, by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin, begins the award-winning series of Winston Churchill Thrillers weaving history, intrigue, thrills and romance during the era leading up to World War II. It was a 2010 Grand Prize Winner- Fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and named both 2010 Historical Fiction Book of the Year and 2010 Thriller/Suspense Book of the Year by ForeWord Reviews. In the summer of 1929, Weimar Germany's secret military agreement with the USSR to develop new weapons systems beyond the Ural Mountains is coming to a critical point. Both countries want to dismember the newly revived Poland in a war of revenge To distract Britain from helping the Poles, the new Irish Free State is placed at risk by the arms dealers and financiers of the shadowy "Geneva Group" intent on fomenting an IRA coup d'état In Ireland with weapons and munitions purchased in America. British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald gives Winston Churchill a secret assignment on his 3-month holiday in North America. Aided by agents from MI-6, Churchill is to persuade President Herbert Hoover to prevent the IRA weapons purchase from reaching Ireland. Suspicious of the anti-Irish bias of MI-6, Churchill assembles his own team to gather evidence. One is Mattie McGary, Churchill's goddaughter, an risk-taking photojournalist for William Randolph Hearst's media empire. Another is Bourke Cockran Jr., a law professor, former military intelligence agent, and the son of Churchill's old Irish American mentor. Attracted to each other, romance blooms, but their tempers often clash as the two follow a danger-filled trail from New York to Montreal, Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles to discover who is funding the IRA and where the arms are being assembled. Along the way, they receive help from such colorful historical characters as Irish revolutionary leader John Devoy; Chicago gangster Frank Nitti; future head of the OSS, William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan; the legendary Jack Manion, head of San Francisco Police Department's Chinatown Squad; William Randolph Hearst; and, of course, Winston Churchill himself.
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