I have to say one Irishman has grabbed my attention: Kevin Ryan. Kevin is currently playing Francis Maguire in BBC America's series Copper. Francis and The Tempest Murders' protagonist Ryan O'Clery are a bit similar. Both can be rough and tumble, capable of murder when the circumstances warrant it. Yet both are incredibly passionate and capable of deep love.
Ryan O'Clery is an educated man from Dublin whose family has a long history of working in law enforcement. In The Tempest Murders, he is a detective with a small town police department in present-day North Carolina. He's working a series of murders in which every victim bears a striking resemblance... And when Ryan discovers the journal of an uncle five generations before his time, he discovers he was also working a serial murder case - nearly identical to Ryan's.
The official release date is September 30, 2013, but the book is available in advance on Kindle. It will soon be available on all eBook platforms as well as in print.