Colin Bateman
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Dan Starkey is a young journalist in Belfast, who shares with his wife, Patricia, a prodigious appetite for drinking and dancing. Then Dan meets a beautiful and apparently impoverished student. And then, terrifyingly, she is murdered. Is it because she was not exactly who she claimed to be? Is it the IRA? A Protestant extremist group? A jealous lover? Before long, Dan is a target himself…
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The title, the terrorist and the punch-drunk pugilist…Fat Boy McMaster is a hopeless heavyweight boxer, who has somehow managed to become the champion of Ireland. His devious manager has set up a St Patrick's Day fight in New York against Mike Tyson, and he wants journalist Dan Starkey to write about it. Once in New York, however, McMaster's wife is kidnapped, the Champ is chased all over town by gunmen, and there's the Big Fight to consider too......
3) Driven
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, this is a wickedly comedic look at a bromance gone bad. Set in the opulence of early 1980s California, the story follows the meteoric rise of John DeLorean, and his iconic DeLorean Motor Company, through his friendship with charming ex-con turned FBI informant, Jim Hoffman.
4) Rebus: Set 3
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Resurrection men: During the investigation of an art dealer's murder, a temper tantrum lands Rebus in remedial training-- the last chance at redemption for mavericks and marginal performers. There he falls in with two cops on the take. Discovering the extent of their corruption, Rebus tests the trust of all his colleagues on the force, including his partner, DS Siobhan Clarke.
The first stone: Immediately before his induction as the new moderator...
5) The journey
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland. Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Taking on the biggest challenge of his career, undercover cop Tommy Murphy poses as a hit man to bring down a London crime boss and cop killer. He goes deeper underground than ever, faking an assassination, putting his life at risk, and sabotaging a complex, costly police operation in pursuit of a bigger prize. The story builds through all six episodes, each darker than the last, as Murphy walks the line between deception and detection.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Undercover cop Tommy Murphy takes on six different personas as he hunts for a serial killer, investigates a young officer's death, joins an Interpol investigation, tracks down the truth about a biotech laboratory, solves a suicide in a convent, and has the chance to exact a very personal revenge"--Container.