Boston College alumnus Kevin McCarthy is the author of two historical fiction novels published in Ireland. Peeler (Mercier Press, 2010) was selected by the Irish Times as one of its Top Ten Thrillers of 2010 and by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a Read of the Year 2010. His newest novel Irregulars (New Island Books, 2013), continues the Sean O’Keefe crime series set in the 1920s. Irregulars was shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year 2013 and named to the Top Ten Crime Fiction Reads listing for 2013 by Kirkus Reviews. RTE review | The Irish Story review