Transgression

A contemporary novel tackling issues of sex and sexuality.Forty years ago four people conspired to conceal a teenage pregnancy. Now one of them is dead and a book about her threatens to expose a Member of Parliament's guilty secret. For how long will Roger be able to prevent Sally getting at the truth of her parentage? Can he prevent the break-up of his own long term gay relationship?We've come a long way from the prudery still prevalent in post WWII Britain to the acceptance of gay marriage. Did the new found sexual freedoms of the 1970s send the wrong signals to men who regard young women as 'fair game' for predatory behaviour and make recently exposed scandals involving celebrities inevitable?220 pages, PaperbackFirst published September 13, 2015 A tale of sexual harrassment and worse. What happened forty years ago has repercussions in the present day for three of the four people who kept the secret. A writer, his aunt and a politician. The fourth person, a soap star, is dead. Her daughter needs to know the truth about her birth. A wonderfully absorbing story with characters who came alive and a narrative that really carried me through the book in just three sittings. - Irish Author and playright John MacKenna Strong characterisation. The writer has a knack established writers would give their eye teeth to possess.- A.L.Wright. A well written, intriguing and topical political mystery. - Award winning Irish author Niamh Boyce