A peace march in Londonderry erupts in mayhem on Assumption Day, 1970, and the embattled Royal Ulster Constabulary summons Chief Inspector Jack Hamilton. In the aftermath he sees discovers the body of a young lady between riot-damaged cars.
The victim in this march threatens an unstable truce. The inspector scrambles to find her killer before tensions burst between a Protestant militia and a Catholic rebellion willing to tear Northern Ireland apart.
James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College, London. He has published over 18 books, including Culture Wars: The Media and British Left (with Ivor Gaber and Julian Petley) (Edinburgh University Press, 2005), Power without Responsibility (with Jean Seaton), 6th edition (Routledge, 2003), Mass Media and Society (ed. with Michael Gurevitch), 4th edition (Arnold, 2005) and Media and Power (Routledge, 2002).