📉 Post-Crash Ireland

Ireland after the Celtic Tiger's collapse — austerity, emigration, disillusionment, and the reckoning with a boom built on borrowed money and misplaced faith.

Ship of Fools

by Fintan O'Toole • 2009

Ireland's miracle was a property scam. The politicians and bankers who built it kept the profits.

4.03

485

🐅 Celtic Tiger Era 🇮🇪 Irish Politics 🤝 Crony Capitalism

Ship of Fools 90%

Ireland's miracle was a property scam. The politicians and bankers who built it kept the profits.

by Fintan O'Toole 2009

4.03

485 ratings

🐅 Celtic Tiger Era 🇮🇪 Irish Politics 🤝 Crony Capitalism

Gaffs

by Rory Hearne • 2022

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

3.52

171

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

Gaffs 90%

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

by Rory Hearne 2022

3.52

171 ratings

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

The Spinning Heart

by Donal Ryan • 2012

A village in post-crash Ireland speaks: one man's ruin, one father's murder, one child gone.

3.95

12k+

🍀 Rural Ireland 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Spinning Heart 89%

A village in post-crash Ireland speaks: one man's ruin, one father's murder, one child gone.

by Donal Ryan 2012

3.95

12k+ ratings

🍀 Rural Ireland 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Bee Sting

by Paul Murray • 2023

An Irish family fractures under debt, blackmail, and the weight of a dead brother's ghost.

3.88

141k+

☘️ Irish Family Saga 🚪 Closeted Sexuality 👯 Teenage Friendship

The Bee Sting 88%

An Irish family fractures under debt, blackmail, and the weight of a dead brother's ghost.

by Paul Murray 2023

3.88

141k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Family Saga 🚪 Closeted Sexuality 👯 Teenage Friendship

Say Nothing

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2018

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

4.47

174k+

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared

Say Nothing 88%

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018

4.47

174k+ ratings

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared

The New Great Depression

by James Rickards • 2021

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

3.52

1k+

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics

The New Great Depression 87%

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

by James Rickards 2021

3.52

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics

Walk the Blue Fields

by Claire Keegan • 2007

A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.

3.99

14k+

🌾 Rural Ireland 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Repressed Desire

Walk the Blue Fields 87%

A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.

by Claire Keegan 2007

3.99

14k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Ireland 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Repressed Desire

Walking with Ghosts

by Gabriel Byrne • 2021

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

4.10

4k+

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma

Walking with Ghosts 87%

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

by Gabriel Byrne 2021

4.10

4k+ ratings

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma

Angela's Ashes

by Frank McCourt • 1996

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

4.15

661k+

☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent

Angela's Ashes 87%

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

by Frank McCourt 1996

4.15

661k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent

Boomerang

by Michael Lewis • 2011

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

3.90

48k+

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism

Boomerang 87%

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

by Michael Lewis 2011

3.90

48k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism

Shattered Nation

by Danny Dorling • 2023

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

3.97

119

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion

Shattered Nation 87%

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

by Danny Dorling 2023

3.97

119 ratings

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles

Bailout Nation 87%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles

All That Is Solid

by Danny Dorling • 2014

Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.

3.55

144

🏘️ Housing Policy 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Financialization

All That Is Solid 87%

Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.

by Danny Dorling 2014

3.55

144 ratings

🏘️ Housing Policy 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Financialization

Crashed

by Adam Tooze • 2018

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

4.29

4k+

💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy

Crashed 87%

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

by Adam Tooze 2018

4.29

4k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?

by Steve Keen • 2017

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

4.22

281

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 87%

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

by Steve Keen 2017

4.22

281 ratings

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money

Reckless Endangerment

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

3.96

2k+

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending

Reckless Endangerment 87%

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2011

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending

Boom Bust

by Fred Harrison • 1999

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

3.95

🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles

Boom Bust 87%

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

by Fred Harrison 1999

3.95

38 ratings

🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles

Can Ireland Be One?

by Malachi O'Doherty • 2022

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

3.84

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity

Can Ireland Be One? 87%

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

by Malachi O'Doherty 2022

3.84

76 ratings

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity

Redeeming 6

by Chloe Walsh • 2023

He pushed her away to hide his heroin addiction. An unexpected pregnancy forces him to face it.

4.64

254k+

🍼 Accidental Pregnancy ☘️ Irish Romance 💊 Addiction Recovery

Redeeming 6 87%

He pushed her away to hide his heroin addiction. An unexpected pregnancy forces him to face it.

by Chloe Walsh 2023

4.64

254k+ ratings

🍼 Accidental Pregnancy ☘️ Irish Romance 💊 Addiction Recovery

The Alternatives

by Caoilinn Hughes • 2024

When their eldest sister disappears, three women search rural Ireland and their own fractured past.

3.35

4k+

👩‍👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 🪨 Sibling Caretaker 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

The Alternatives 87%

When their eldest sister disappears, three women search rural Ireland and their own fractured past.

by Caoilinn Hughes 2024

3.35

4k+ ratings

👩‍👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 🪨 Sibling Caretaker 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

by Madeline Pendleton • 2024

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

4.52

4k+

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 87%

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

by Madeline Pendleton 2024

4.52

4k+ ratings

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity

The Elements

by John Boyne • 2025

On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.

4.43

26k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔄 Cycles Of Abuse 💔 Estranged Parent

The Elements 87%

On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.

by John Boyne 2025

4.43

26k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔄 Cycles Of Abuse 💔 Estranged Parent

Falling Glass

by Adrian McKinty • 2011

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

3.93

3k+

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

Falling Glass 87%

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

by Adrian McKinty 2011

3.93

3k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

Can "It" Happen Again?

by Hyman P. Minsky • 1982

Stability plants the seeds of crisis: why capitalism's calmest moments are its most dangerous.

4.31

🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Speculative Finance

Can "It" Happen Again? 87%

Stability plants the seeds of crisis: why capitalism's calmest moments are its most dangerous.

by Hyman P. Minsky 1982

4.31

52 ratings

🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Speculative Finance

Internal Colonialism

by Michael Hechter • 1975

England didn't unify the Celtic fringe; it colonized it, and industrialization only widened the gap.

3.43

🏛️ British Politics 📊 Political Sociology 🌐 Core-Periphery

Internal Colonialism 87%

England didn't unify the Celtic fringe; it colonized it, and industrialization only widened the gap.

by Michael Hechter 1975

3.43

30 ratings

🏛️ British Politics 📊 Political Sociology 🌐 Core-Periphery

Rebel Hearts

by Kevin Toolis • 1995

Colonial wounds, British dirty war, family bonds: inside the IRA, violence was an inheritance.

4.10

936

☘️ Irish Republicanism 💣 The Troubles ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare

Rebel Hearts 87%

Colonial wounds, British dirty war, family bonds: inside the IRA, violence was an inheritance.

by Kevin Toolis 1995

4.10

936 ratings

☘️ Irish Republicanism 💣 The Troubles ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare

This Time Is Different

by Carmen M. Reinhart • 2009

Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.

3.76

7k+

💥 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Financial History

This Time Is Different 87%

Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.

by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009

3.76

7k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Financial History

The Women Behind the Door

by Roddy Doyle • 2024

A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.

3.47

2k+

🖤 Generational Trauma 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🍵 Recovering Alcoholic

The Women Behind the Door 87%

A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.

by Roddy Doyle 2024

3.47

2k+ ratings

🖤 Generational Trauma 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🍵 Recovering Alcoholic

Meltdown

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

4.08

2k+

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking

Meltdown 87%

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking

Old God's Time

by Sebastian Barry • 2023

A retired detective's solitude is broken by a cold case that unearths his own buried sins.

3.80

19k+

🕵️ Literary Crime 📚 Irish Literary Fiction 👴 Retired Detective

Old God's Time 87%

A retired detective's solitude is broken by a cold case that unearths his own buried sins.

by Sebastian Barry 2023

3.80

19k+ ratings

🕵️ Literary Crime 📚 Irish Literary Fiction 👴 Retired Detective

Champagne Football

by Mark Tighe • 2020

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

4.37

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption

Champagne Football 87%

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

by Mark Tighe 2020

4.37

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption

The News from Dublin

by Colm Tóibín • 2026

Nine stories of Irish exile and scandal, where survival means burying the truth.

3.79

2k+

🍀 Irish Diaspora 📖 Irish Short Stories ✈️ Exile And Belonging

The News from Dublin 87%

Nine stories of Irish exile and scandal, where survival means burying the truth.

by Colm Tóibín 2026

3.79

2k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Diaspora 📖 Irish Short Stories ✈️ Exile And Belonging

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

3.92

2k+

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The Zero Marginal Cost Society 87%

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

by Jeremy Rifkin 2014

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The Only Game in Town

by Mohamed El-Erian • 2016

Central banks saved the economy, then overreached. The road ahead now forks toward opposing futures.

3.56

1k+

🏦 Central Banking 🌐 Global Economy 📉 Financial Crisis

The Only Game in Town 86%

Central banks saved the economy, then overreached. The road ahead now forks toward opposing futures.

by Mohamed El-Erian 2016

3.56

1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 🌐 Global Economy 📉 Financial Crisis

Paper Girl

by Beth Macy • 2025

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

4.02

11k+

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline

Paper Girl 86%

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

by Beth Macy 2025

4.02

11k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline

How the Irish Saved Civilization

by Thomas Cahill • 1995

After Rome's fall, Irish monks became the unlikely saviors of classical literature.

3.81

47k+

🇮🇪 Irish History ✝️ Celtic Christianity 📚 Monastic Libraries

How the Irish Saved Civilization Summary

How the Irish Saved Civilization 86%

After Rome's fall, Irish monks became the unlikely saviors of classical literature.

by Thomas Cahill 1995

3.81

47k+ ratings

🇮🇪 Irish History ✝️ Celtic Christianity 📚 Monastic Libraries

Why Minsky Matters

by L. Randall Wray • 2015

Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.

4.17

202

🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics ⚠️ Financial Instability 🔄 Economic Cycles

Why Minsky Matters 86%

Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.

by L. Randall Wray 2015

4.17

202 ratings

🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics ⚠️ Financial Instability 🔄 Economic Cycles

The Post-Corporate World

by David C. Korten • 1999

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

3.77

132

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies

The Post-Corporate World 86%

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

by David C. Korten 1999

3.77

132 ratings

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies

Too Big to Fail

by Gary H. Stern • 2004

Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.

3.60

🏦 Banking Regulation 📉 Financial Crises ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Too Big to Fail 86%

Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.

by Gary H. Stern 2004

3.60

25 ratings

🏦 Banking Regulation 📉 Financial Crises ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Normal People

by Sally Rooney • 2021

A popular boy and a lonely girl hide a bond that follows them to university.

4.58

3k+

🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🎓 Campus Novel

Normal People 86%

A popular boy and a lonely girl hide a bond that follows them to university.

by Sally Rooney 2021

4.58

3k+ ratings

🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🎓 Campus Novel

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets

by George Soros • 2008

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

3.42

2k+

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets 86%

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

by George Soros 2008

3.42

2k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability

The Yank

by John Crawley • 2022

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

4.07

200

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare

The Yank 86%

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

by John Crawley 2022

4.07

200 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare

Why Save the Bankers?

by Thomas Piketty • 2016

The bailouts rescued banks, not citizens. An economist's plan to put democracy back in charge.

3.61

1k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Economic Inequality 💶 Eurozone Crisis 🧾 Progressive Taxation

Why Save the Bankers? 86%

The bailouts rescued banks, not citizens. An economist's plan to put democracy back in charge.

by Thomas Piketty 2016

3.61

1k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Economic Inequality 💶 Eurozone Crisis 🧾 Progressive Taxation

A Failure of Capitalism

by Richard A. Posner • 2009

The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.

3.71

352

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles 🗂️ Deregulation

A Failure of Capitalism 86%

The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.

by Richard A. Posner 2009

3.71

352 ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles 🗂️ Deregulation

Predator Nation

by Charles Ferguson • 2012

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

4.11

491

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality

Predator Nation 86%

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

by Charles Ferguson 2012

4.11

491 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality

Gun Street Girl

by Adrian McKinty • 2015

A quiet town murder plunges a cynical detective into an Oxford scandal and a missile-smuggling plot.

4.21

8k+

🖤 Irish Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💣 The Troubles

Gun Street Girl 86%

A quiet town murder plunges a cynical detective into an Oxford scandal and a missile-smuggling plot.

by Adrian McKinty 2015

4.21

8k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💣 The Troubles

In Defense of Open Society

by George Soros • 2019

Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.

3.37

404

💰 Economic Philosophy 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 🗽 Open Societies

In Defense of Open Society 86%

Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.

by George Soros 2019

3.37

404 ratings

💰 Economic Philosophy 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 🗽 Open Societies

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty • 2013

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

I Hear the Sirens in the Street 86%

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

by Adrian McKinty 2013

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

Land

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2026

An Irish cartographer secretly records the dead while mapping the colonizers' version of the land.

4.29

10k+

🥔 Famine Survival 🕯️ Gothic Ireland 🧳 Family Diaspora

Land 86%

An Irish cartographer secretly records the dead while mapping the colonizers' version of the land.

by Maggie O'Farrell 2026

4.29

10k+ ratings

🥔 Famine Survival 🕯️ Gothic Ireland 🧳 Family Diaspora

There Will Be Fire

by Rory Carroll • 2023

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

4.26

5k+

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism

There Will Be Fire 86%

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

by Rory Carroll 2023

4.26

5k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism

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