James Kennedy (10) (1950–)

James Kennedy's Armed and Dangerous is a rather typical 1980-1990s IRA thriller.

IRA members escape prison, British secret services & police fumble blindly in the dark stepping on each others toes, some IRA members turn against one another, others are caught as they traipse across the country towards their target. Which they promptly fail at achieving, because it's British Novel. In amongst all that someone's being naughty playing to their own rules and the peace process is plodding along in its fragile state.

It's not poorly written, the plot is somewhat original yet the subject matter is very well trodden.… (meer)