Ballyvaughan

An Eddie Holland Novel, Book 2

By: John H. Matthews

Narrated by: VX Lloyd

In the follow-up to The South Coast, Eddie Holland is hired to track down the stalker of a young and beautiful musician in Austin. While trying to protect her, a man with ties to his own past is travelling from Ireland to Texas to hunt Eddie down and kill him.

With his own life on the line, his family and friends are put in danger yet again, as he tries to find his assassin and as the body count keeps going up around him.

Set in Austin, Texas, The South Coast and Ballyvaughan follow former FBI agent Eddie Holland and his best friend Gus Ramirez through dangerous adventures, all with Texas music and the city of Austin as the backdrop.

©2015 John H. Matthews (P)2020 John H. Matthews

Awesome post-noir

I like all of the Eddie Holland books. This one may be my favorite. It is a well read, well written take on noir grit.

I feel like the wit of Eddie was even more natural than usual; I loved the strong focus on a central, deep antagonist; and the fantastic gestures of fair play they make to each other.

Austin is rendered well, and I am an Austinite. My inner reader does not care much about that, but those local elements were well done.