TAPES OF THE RIVER DELTA

Theo Shortcourse has always been overshadowed by his charismatic nephew, Bain Cross, ?who is three years older and the favorite of Theo?'?s beautiful, manipulative mother, ?Sparrow?.? Now the corrupt Bain is the most powerful figure in the Irish Government, and ?Theo is sought for murder?. ?As hehides from his pursuers in the river delta, he reflects on ?his life and his childhood in the town of Monument?. ?There his fate became entwined ?with Bain, Pax Sheehy ?- ?to Theo the moral guardian of his time ?- ?and the dark secrets that ?govern all the characters in his damaged life, from generation to generation?. ?

Wrought in exquisite, ravishing detail, ?Tapes of the River Delta's? themes of blood and tribe, law and politics, desire, betrayal, violence and guilt reflect the legacy of modern Ireland.

Peter Cunningham grew up in Waterford, the city on which Monument, the town on which "Tapes of the River Delta"is based. His previous work includes a number of thrillers, written both under his own name and under pseudonyms. His novels include "Consequences of the Heart" and "The Sea and the Silence "(from the Monument series), "Who Trespass Against Us, Taoiseach "and "Capital Sins. "Peter Cunningham is a member of Aosdana, the Irish Academy of Letters, and lives in Kildare, Ireland.