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Blood Red Square
BLOOD RED SQUARE is the story of the creation and redemption of a terrorist. It is also a story of revenge.
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash in the Congo in 1961. Considered suspicious at the time, no evidence surfaced to show that it was anything other than an accident.
Secret KGB documents pointing to collusion between Moscow and Washington in the death of Hammarskjold are liberated from KGB archives in 1997 by Misha Kedrov, an enigmatic new Russian entrepreneur.
Kedrov, consumed by revenge for the murder of his parents, plans to use the documents to seek vengeance. He is ably supported by Conor Brady, aka Eduardo Kelly Herrera, an Argentinian, on the run, turned terrorist from circumstance and not from ideology.
Only one man can thwart Misha Kedrov, stop Conor Brady, and prevent the chaos they plan. That man is Owen MacDara, special envoy of the President of the United States, a man who moves with equal ease in the halls of power or on the dark killing fields of international intrigue.
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash in the Congo in 1961. Considered suspicious at the time, no evidence surfaced to show that it was anything other than an accident.
Secret KGB documents pointing to collusion between Moscow and Washington in the death of Hammarskjold are liberated from KGB archives in 1997 by Misha Kedrov, an enigmatic new Russian entrepreneur.
Kedrov, consumed by revenge for the murder of his parents, plans to use the documents to seek vengeance. He is ably supported by Conor Brady, aka Eduardo Kelly Herrera, an Argentinian, on the run, turned terrorist from circumstance and not from ideology.
Only one man can thwart Misha Kedrov, stop Conor Brady, and prevent the chaos they plan. That man is Owen MacDara, special envoy of the President of the United States, a man who moves with equal ease in the halls of power or on the dark killing fields of international intrigue.
276 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2005
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About the author
Pat Mullan
32 books8 followersPat Mullan is a thriller writer and poet. He was born in Ireland and has lived in England, Canada and the USA. He now lives in Connemara, in the west of Ireland.
Formerly a banker, he is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School.
He has published articles, poetry and short stories in magazines such as Buffalo Spree and Tales of the Talisman. His poetry appears frequently in the Acorn E-zine of the Dublin Writers Workshop. Other short work can be found on the new AMAZON KINDLE.
Recent work has appeared in the anthology, DUBLIN NOIR, published in the USA by Akashic Books and in Ireland and the UK by Brandon Books. Recent short work was chosen by Oxygen Books for inclusion in 'city-pick DUBLIN', published this year (2010) to coincide with Dublin being chosen as UNESCO's European City of Culture.
He received two nominations: one for Best First Novel and one for Best Suspense Thriller at the 2005 Love Is Murder conference in Chicago. His novel, BLOOD RED SQUARE, was published in the US in 2005.
World Rights to his novels, LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER and CREATURES OF HABIT are available from his agent, Svetlana Pironko.
He has also entered the Digital Age with his anthology, GALWAY NOIR, available now on iPULP FICTION ( wwww.ipulpfiction.com ).
He is presently at work on a new novel.
He has also published the following on Amazon's new KINDLE reader:
JAMES DICKEY'S POETRY: The Religious Dimension
ELEVEN DAYS IN JULY: A Family Ordeal
He is a member of INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS and MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA.
Formerly a banker, he is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School.
He has published articles, poetry and short stories in magazines such as Buffalo Spree and Tales of the Talisman. His poetry appears frequently in the Acorn E-zine of the Dublin Writers Workshop. Other short work can be found on the new AMAZON KINDLE.
Recent work has appeared in the anthology, DUBLIN NOIR, published in the USA by Akashic Books and in Ireland and the UK by Brandon Books. Recent short work was chosen by Oxygen Books for inclusion in 'city-pick DUBLIN', published this year (2010) to coincide with Dublin being chosen as UNESCO's European City of Culture.
He received two nominations: one for Best First Novel and one for Best Suspense Thriller at the 2005 Love Is Murder conference in Chicago. His novel, BLOOD RED SQUARE, was published in the US in 2005.
World Rights to his novels, LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER and CREATURES OF HABIT are available from his agent, Svetlana Pironko.
He has also entered the Digital Age with his anthology, GALWAY NOIR, available now on iPULP FICTION ( wwww.ipulpfiction.com ).
He is presently at work on a new novel.
He has also published the following on Amazon's new KINDLE reader:
JAMES DICKEY'S POETRY: The Religious Dimension
ELEVEN DAYS IN JULY: A Family Ordeal
He is a member of INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS and MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA.
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September 5, 2011
PAT MULLAN has Irelands answer to Mitch Rapp—Vince Flynn’s protagonist in his many novels; he'sOwen MacDara, who moves freely from the major capitals of the world to solve intricate plots that threaten the security of the free world.
In BLOOD RED SQUARE, Mullan weaves a masterful tale around a real event—the accidental death of Dag Hammarskjold, the secretary general of the United Nations in 1961. Or was it an accident? That’s the question MacDara has to answer, some thirty years later, as he zips to and from London, Moscow, Washington and points in between. Success of his mission would preserve the friendly relations between Russia and the United States established after the overthrow of the communist regime. The story, with its many twists and turns, is well researched, and as all of Pat Mullen’s novels, superbly written. I highly recommend this exciting and fast paced novel, which once begun, is difficult to put down.
MOVE OVER MITCH RAPP, and make room for OWEN MACDARA!
In BLOOD RED SQUARE, Mullan weaves a masterful tale around a real event—the accidental death of Dag Hammarskjold, the secretary general of the United Nations in 1961. Or was it an accident? That’s the question MacDara has to answer, some thirty years later, as he zips to and from London, Moscow, Washington and points in between. Success of his mission would preserve the friendly relations between Russia and the United States established after the overthrow of the communist regime. The story, with its many twists and turns, is well researched, and as all of Pat Mullen’s novels, superbly written. I highly recommend this exciting and fast paced novel, which once begun, is difficult to put down.
MOVE OVER MITCH RAPP, and make room for OWEN MACDARA!
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