A Long Way from Clare

By: Robert W. Smith

Narrated by: Jarrod Taylor

Romance, Kidnapping, and Murder….

Will a young Irish lawyer unravel the secrets or die trying?

Conor Dolan, a young Irishman, travels to Chicago in 1903 to visit his older brother; instead, he finds a mystery. His journey sparks a quest to peel away secrets and rediscover a dead sibling he idolized but never really knew as he strives to learn the true meaning of brotherhood. His search reveals an Irish Republican plot to assassinate a visiting British royal. In the process, he is drawn into an alliance with two women: a mesmerizing Jewish widow and a struggling young Irishwoman. Each teaches Conor existential truths of life and love in her own way.

But the brother he finds may not be the brother he remembers.

A Long Way from Clare is a story of Chicago's early twentieth century immigrants and one man’s struggle with both bigotry and justice in an unforgiving city where no good deed goes unpunished.Will Conor find the answers he desperately craves? Or will this trip punch a one-way ticket?

©2023 Robert W. Smith (P)2023 Robert W. Smith

Narrator

Excellent voice,beautiful singing. Good story with many twists and turns. Look forward to more.

Loved this Story..excellent read

This book was well written with details and a story that tugs at the heart with wonderful characters. I love a good Irish tale and this could have been a story told by my family of life in early Chicago and Ireland.

Very paint by number. I watched the story unfold but never got drawn into the story.

Period piece that is interesting, Reader has a very good flare for the accents, and does a lot with a charming filler book. This book might be targeted towards young adult or teens. Characters lack any emotional depth so connecting to them to increase anxiety is lacking. If you like straightforward good guys doing good and bad guys being simple. Western quality penny novels and the like. The twists are gentle and telegraph-able. High point is the reader has an almost foreboding quality in his melodic cadence, yet the book unfolds step by step instead of any dark and sinister skullduggery occurring. This book falls victim to girl boss syndrome on the male protagonist, he simply wins and is constantly outmaneuvering his seemingly well positioned adversaries. Plot is fine but there is no urgency or peril.