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An Old Tin Can

An Old Tin Can

An Old Tin Can

10/06/2025 by Bryan Mason

YOU ONLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE AT THE SHARP END

Belfast 1989. The Troubles.

Harry Burnard joins a police force confronted with threats on every side. His team, ‘The Squad’, a bunch of abandoned oddballs, are only allowed to work criminal cases. But there is no crime. Only terrorism. So, do they really have nothing to do?

When Harry uncovers clues about an apparently random series of sectarian stabbings, he gets caught up in an increasingly complex political landscape. And sets out to find a killer unlike any other.

In this explosive witty novel, where not everyone is who they seem to be, it can be dangerous to know who you are.

Are you a Billy, a Dan, or an old Tin Can? In a land where identity is everything, it gets bloody complicated.

An Old Tin Can is the first in a new black comedy crime series featuring Harry Burnard and The Squad

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