The Other Boy

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Two brothers raised in the same family. What makes one of them take a life

JP Whelan has never told his girlfriend Katie about his past about his parents, his jail-bird brother Dessie or what happened to his childhood friend Mark all those years ago.Now that he has created the perfect life in London, the working class estate in Dublin where he grew up is behind him.

But the past can never be erased. And memories of Mark still haunt him.

When, on the day of his daughter s birth, Dessie arrives at his door, with a score to settle, JP s new life is in danger of crumbling around him. As the brothers search for answers, they are forced to open old wounds that have never fully healed. And JP discovers the truths he s spent his life running from have been inside him all along.

But what is it that Dessie wants after all this time And is there anything JP can do to protect his future

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**** - 'a highly compelling tale ... a hugely gripping plot that takes us from 80s Ireland to contemporary London where the story ... reaches a shocking climax. A real page-turner.' - RTE Guide

Author Bio

Yvonne was born in 1974 in Dublin. She studied English and Economics in UCD. Yvonne has worked in London, Australia and New York, specialising in the field of marketing communications. She returned to Dublin in 2001 where she currently lives.