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Whisper Singing  
Shattered Traditions
   

   
  Shattered Traditions
   
 
  • Currently in development.
  • Takes place in New York City.
  • Bree McNamara heads to New York City on the last night of the Republican Convention, September 2004. Within hours, she finds two young women, sex workers, murdered.
  • Relevant Themes
    • Politics. Brings the War in Iraq and political wrangling to Bree's doorstep.
    • Women's issues. Knowledge is power. In Shattered Traditions, knowledge proves deadly. Takes a look at women in the sex trade.
    • Gay issues. Tim Mangan is still in the closet. While Sara Doyle, a young lesbian, risks the love of her family to save her integrity.
  • Irish Travellers. Donnell Connelly, a character in Whisper Singing, is back. Joining him is Danny Grady, a Detective Lieutenant, with the NYPD. Look for more Slang Gaelic.
  • The second of the series.

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