Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming

Public Affairs

   This is not an easy book to read. It tells of the infiltration of British agents into the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It centers on a murder of one informant, most likely carried out by another and considers the weight of this murder (and many others like it) on the British "handlers" of those involved. It also gives an overview of the Troubles and the political movements and lives of those trying to find a solution. 

    It's strength is in the details of the time and place but most especially in the people that he so respectfully brings to life.