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Dear Reader,

The Man on the Cliff is set in one of my favorite places in the world, western Ireland. I love the wildness of the Connemara coast, the absolute hush of silence that falls over the countryside and the warmth and hospitality of the people. And, as the Irish say, the craic (Gaelic for a good time) in the pubs is first-rate. I made extensive notes for this book during a vacation in Ireland where we stayed in a converted coast guard cottage in Clifden, County Galway. We also washed down our fair share of Guinness as we listened to the music. I am, incidentally, a huge fan of Irish music and particularly enjoy a ballad singer by the name of Christy Moore, whose lyrics I think are poetry.

Kate Neeson, the heroine of this book, is a California writer who arrives in Ireland to do an investigative piece on a young folk singer who fell to her death from the Connemara cliffs. Kate is cynical and a little world-weary. She doesn’t trust men. When she finds herself falling in love with a man no one trusts, she’s definitely disconcerted. From signposts that point in the wrong direction and hovering mists that make her doubt her eyes, to the secrets and hidden agendas of the villagers, Ireland seems oddly unreal and slightly off-kilter. Before long she’s doing things she wouldn’t dream of doing back in Santa Monica. Personally, I think Kate just fell under Ireland’s spell. As I have myself.

I hope you enjoy the book.

Janice Macdonald

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