title: McGrath's Detail (McGrath's Trilogy) (Volume 1)
author: Laurence A. Booker
description: I am a native New Yorker of Irish heritage. Having grown up in the Bronx, I spent four years in the U.S. Navy, sailed to the Far East on a carrier, went to Weather Observer School in Lakehurst, New Jersey, and spent two years as a weather observer at an old RAF base in West Malling, Kent, England, so I have the background knowledge for this type of story. Discharged in 1963, I graduated from New York University, where I majored in History. I have a Masters degree in Computer Science Education and a number of graduate credits in Economics, both of which I taught on the high school and college level. I married in 1968, and, in 1975, my wife, our son and I moved to Vermont, where my great-grandparents from Ireland had settled in the 1850s. We also have a daughter. We have been to Ireland twice and to several other European countries, most recently visiting Norway and Iceland this past summer, 2014. I have had two career paths: industry and education. My industry experience is as a computer programmer and in financial services. Both of these fields I brought into the classroom. I am a retired high school teacher, and I substitute teach twice a week to stay busy. I have published fifteen articles on various topics including education, computer viruses, and 9/11. I have written for the Irish magazine, Galway Now, and others. My wife and I live in Central Vermont, where I teach and write, and we are currently empty nest.
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  # [**Praise for Mel McGrath**](9780008336851_Contents.xhtml#sec_1_re)
  
  
  ‘McGrath excels in creating believably flawed characters, and her masterful
  control of suspense and pacing make for a psychological thriller that is both
  perceptive and disturbing’
  
  
  _Guardian_
  
  
  ‘Absorbing… McGrath asks: should it be a crime to witness a violent event, and
  say nothing?’
  
  
  _The Times_
  
  
  ‘This well-crafted, chilling tale of guilt and innocence has a compelling
  moral anchor’
  
  
  _Woman_
  
  
  ‘This roller-coaster read will have you hooked’
  
  
  _Closer_
  
  
  ‘Chilling, fiendishly plotted and surprising, this stayed with me long after
  reading’
  
  
  _Woman & Home_
  
  
  ‘Lots of twists and turns in this toxic thriller’
  
  
  _HELLO!_
  
  
  ‘A dextrously written thriller and examination of guilt and innocence…
  [McGrath is] a diamond-hard talent’
  
  
  _Financial Times_
  
  
  ‘Dark, thrilling, impossible to predict’
  
  
  Erin Kelly
  
  
  ‘A sco