A ex-cop names his poison. For former San??Francisco cop Dismas Hardy， Guinness Stout with Bass Ale??is the drink of choice， but a straight Irish??whiskey will do anytime. The news of young Eddie??Cochran s death calls for a double. The cops think??it s suicide， but even to a lapsed Catholic like??Hardy， it sounds wrong. Doubts lead him back into the??heart of the Little Shamrock， into memories of??warm kitchens， cold churches， and sins unforgetten.??Blood ties still bind Eddie s family--his??beautiful mother， his pregnant widow， his hot-tempered??brothers， his compassionate priest. But old secrets??and raw angers gnaw at the fabric of their lives.??And Hardy s insticts warn him-someone else is??going to die.