title: The Irish Game: A True Story of Crime and Art
author:  Matthew Hart 
description: Matthew Hart is a writer and Journalist and the author of <i>Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair..</i> His work has appeared in the <i>Atlantic Monthly, Granta</i>, and the <i>Financial Post</i>, among other publications.
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  DARE GAME
  
  
  The Irish Garda Files – Book One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Melinda Colt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  DARE GAME
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 Melinda Colt
  
  
  Cover design: coveredbymelinda.com
  
  
  Edited by Susanne Matthews and Effrosyni Moschoudi
  
  
  Crime consultant: Detective Simon McLean, author of The Ten Percent
  
  
  
  
  
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: This literary work may not be reproduced or transmitted
  in any form or by any means, including electronic or photographic
  reproduction, in whole or in part, without express written permission.
  
  
  All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to
  actual persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Table of contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0000_split_004.html#c1)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_005.html#c2)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_006.html#c3)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0000_split_007.html#c4)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0000_split_008.html#c5)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0000_split_009.html#c6)
  
  
  [Chapter S