John Gleeson Bücher

A riveting, decades-in-the-writing memoir from the determined young prosecutor who, in two of America's most celebrated trials, managed to convict famed mob boss John Gotti-and subsequently took down the Mafia altogether.

John and Geraldine Gleeson, teenage sweethearts in Carlow, had only one wish in life after they got to have a child. Promises to Keep is John Gleeon’s heartrending account of this couple’s quest to conceive, of the serious physical damage Geraldine suffered as a result of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), and of her tragic death in the National Maternity Hospital in 1993, which led to the hospital’s historic admission of negligence in the High Court. It also tells of how the experience of losing Geraldine, and of feeling abandoned by the medical profession, drove John Gleeson to an emotional breakdown from which he is still recovering. Promises to Keep is the story of one couple’s medical nightmare. It makes for bracing, absorbing reading at a time in Ireland when such nightmares are all too common.

The mysterious death of muckraking publisher Albert Sloan, found hanging in an apple grove, raises questions as authorities quickly label it a suicide. Pat Ross delves into Sloan's final days, uncovering secrets and potential motives among the many enemies he made during his decades of investigative journalism at the Coast Chronicle. The story unfolds as Ross seeks the truth behind the seemingly straightforward conclusion, revealing deeper layers of intrigue and conflict.