Too Close to Home

A covert team keeps eyes on a suspect vehicle in a time of peace. When the car unexpectedly explodes, Sam’s phone lights up and his heart shudders. This one, is too close to home. 

"Sam Ireland outreaches Reacher. I've read them all. Best of the best." Amazon Review.

"I've never read a book half as gripping or authentic." TV Journalist Review

The best trained undercover operatives in the world watch helplessly as their marks are extinguished, one by one, in front of their eyes. Whoever is at work has very good cause and an unusual skillset. He may even be one of their own.

“Written in a gritty style and drenched in the authenticity that only comes when you’ve been there and done it, this is a fantastic book that introduces a realistic - and realistically daunting - new hero. I couldn’t put it down.” USA TODAY bestselling author, Mark Dawson.

‘Amazing, gripping yarn. I was a front line reporter in Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles. I’ve never read a book on that conflict since that was half as gripping and half as authentic feeling as Too Close To Home. The Charlie books were great opening acts, make no mistake. This one is the real deal though. Sam and Isla need at least one other outing. Maybe even many many more. (Mike Gaston, Amazon Review)

The third book in the page-turning international thriller series noted for its realism, often enjoyed by fans of Reacher, Milton, Orphan X and The Gray Man. A father with a clandestine CV takes on work he hates, to make ends meet. While body guarding someone undeserving, his worst nightmares are played out at home. Sam returns to Ireland, where old habits, guile and surveillance techniques are deployed with ferocious efficiency. Hold on - this one’s the bomb.

The Sam Ireland Series often deals with what happens behind the headlines. Weaving together elements of Sam’s military past, mystery, covert surveillance and investigation, war, espionage and love - the novels are noted for their authenticity, believability and suspense. They remain, at heart, about the relationship between a father and daughter, who would rather be left alone.

‘I’ve read and loved, Lee Child, John Sanford, John Grisham, Jeffrey Deaver, etc and Finn Og leaves them for dead. No comic strip super hero, or unrealistic plots, no feeling it’s fiction, just a totally absorbing, extraordinarily clever and real to life novel that kept me reading. The characters are real and and the way Finn has them relating to each other is what makes the book totally relatable and believable. The plots are amazingly clever and well thought out. You would never want Finn angry and coming after you, because he will get you and get away with it. I have read his 3 novels and can’t wait for him to write more. I could not recommend Finn highly enough.’ Lindsay Mc Dougall, Melbourne Australia.

‘Finn Og is without a doubt the best I’ve read! Incredibly clever plots, (If the surveillance techniques he writes about are just fiction, then I’m sure the police will soon take a leaf out of Finn’s books) the characters are incredibly relatable and make his books even more absorbing and real. No over the top action, just perfectly timed matter of fact ‘reality’. 
(Amazon Review USA)

5 STARS: “I can’t remember the last time a book grabbed me and held my attention from the first page to the last. My heart is still racing.” (Amazon Review Canada)

5 STARS: “The pace is so fast I was out of breath at times. Sam is a flawed character which makes him believable. It’s been a while since I read a book in a day but I could not put Charlie down.” (Amazon Review Ireland)

5 STARS: “A gripping suspenseful thriller. I brought this book to read on holiday and had it done on the first day!”

5 STARS: “From the first page it grips you and just refuses to let go, but with a sensitivity that is rare in novels of this kind.”