Bird Watcher

by J.J. Toner

When a tall man with a military bearing suddenly materialises in a rural Irish village in 1941, the locals are puzzled. The stranger claims to be from Poland. He spends all his time on a hill overlooking the Irish Sea, and when the locals ask him why he carries a powerful pair of binoculars everywhere, he says he's a bird watcher. But can he be trusted?

15 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 2, 2011

About the author

After 27 years working with computers in a variety of industries: Oil exploration, pharma, hospitals, manufacturing, shipping etc., I retired early and began to write. I've been writing full time since 2007, and have completed hundreds of short stories and self-published 7 novels.

The Black Orchestra, a WW2 spy story set in Berlin.
The Wings of the Eagle (Black Orchestra #2)
A Postcard from Hamburg (Black Orchestra #3)
The Gingerbread Spy (Black Orchestra #4)

The Serpent's Egg (Red Orchestra WW2 spy thriller)

Irish detective thrillers:
Houdini's Handcuffs (Ben Jordan #1)
Find Emily (Ben Jordan #2)

My latest publications are 2 short novellas featuring Kriminalkommissar Saxon in pre-war Munich. Zugzwang and Queen Sacrifice and 2 short SF stories called Murder by Android and Rogue Android.

I live in Ireland.