Thomas Harte’s Reviews > Old God's Time > Status Update

Tom Kettle, retired police detective and a man with a dark secret. Suddenly he is visited by two former colleagues who know his dark secret and so begins a beautifully written book. This is a difficult and sad book, filled with the dark secrets of Ireland, murder, sexual abuse, the Catholic Church and the police, An Garda Siochana. Grief and loss are ever present in this book. Wonderful writing by Sebastian Barry.