Laura Joyce Moriarty: 14 books

The Secrets of Nine Irish Sons is an epic, consists of three books. The first volume is subtitled “The Beginning” and the second, “The Rose Oisín.” The stories follow a large fictional family in Aghadoe, Ireland that in today’s world is almost extinct. But in the world I grew up in, large...

Many of the most ancient of the noble Irish stories stem from a common lore---a thread that weaves mysticism, magic, and sovereignty into a succession of hidden guardians---the protectors who were their gods.In The Forces of Stones, the identity of the protectors is uncovered. They are the...

About the book . . .The Irish Child is a heartwarming story of the unusual courage and unspoken love of an aging woman who has been left to rear a grandchild in a country plagued by relentless insecurity and hunger. Her incredible perseverance to weigh every decision and choose survival is as astonishing...

Joe O’Malley is one of the youngest of The Nine Irish Sons. He chose to go to college in the U.S., first to Columbia in N.Y., and then to Georgetown Law School. His dream is to be invited into an elite D.C. law firm and then to run for congress. But his family interferes. He is literally forced...

Recommend reading The Irish Suspect first. In the first of this series, The Irish Suspect, Dan Delaney is a first class detective in Dublin, Ireland who was blamed for a poorly prosecuted case of a child murder, and suffered severe recriminations by the public and in his career. After three years...

About the book . . . Sandy Hook, New Jersey is called a barrier spit. It looks like a little finger that sticks up out of the State into the New York Bay just south of New York City. It is located on the northeast side of New Jersey. It is approximately six miles long and its width varies between...

This is a story taken from the lineage of the O'Malley family in "The Secrets of Nine Irish Sons". Around 300 B.C., a handsome Roman general, nephew of the reigning Caesar, is sent off to battle pirates and bring home treasure for the glory of Rome. Along the way, he comes across...

Dan Delaney is a first class detective in Dublin, Ireland who was blamed for a poorly prosecuted case of a child murder. By caving to the department brass, he suffered severe criticism and retribution from his superiors, some of whom secretly covered for the real perpetrator. For five years, he has...

...is unable to shield Brigid from a ravaging stranger, a man nearly twice her age, who uses the young girl’s desperate desire for love to seduce her. Once she learns her daughter is pregnant, as if tempting fate, Rosemary suffers a final altercation. She sends Brigid away while secretly...

Kevin O’Malley & The Oxford Connection follows The Secrets of Nine Irish Sons trilogy, but precedes the first book in time. However, much like a sequel, this story references parts of the original trilogy which should be read first. This story is pure fiction. But the idea behind it came...

From an Irish American who sees modern Ireland as a perpetuating land of ancient mysticism and grand magical people, comes an epic novel about an Irish family whose dashing good looks, charming personalities, and joyous love of life becomes the envy and unquenchable obsession of another family---one...

The Misjudged Romantic is a spinoff story from The Secrets of Nine Irish Sons. Throughout the trilogy, mystery surrounds the strikingly good looking, black-eyed Gabriel O'Malley. No one knows he was born to an unwed mother who died in childbirth in Dublin. At 17, he sees the gorgeous and rich Madeline...

In the case of The American Murders, Dan is called to the States to help solve two murders in the Tampa - St. Petersburg area of Florida, but before he even takes off from Dublin, another request takes him into Cleveland, Ohio where a bank vice president and a low level bookie are both presumed dead.All...

The Druids are a mystery even today. Some say they were the only knowledgeable and holy people in existence three thousand years ago. Others say they were cryptic magicians who not only believed in reincarnation, but ate humans. The truth may exist somewhere in the middle of these extremes. We...