Today, I’m thrilled to host an excerpt from the crime novel Whatever It Takes by Tadhg Coakley. It sounds like a thrilling book, and it’s the first in a new series. If you’re a big fan of crime fiction, be sure to read on for this exclusive content and for more information about the book. Thanks to LoveBooksGroup for a chance to join the tour.
(Note: If you’re reading this on your phone, rotate it to the horizontal position. I suspect that the excerpt will be too small to read if the phone is in vertical (normal) position, and I can’t figure out how to format the jpeg image to accommodate that. Sorry!)
Whatever It Takes by Tadhg Coakley
Genre: Crime fiction
Publication: Mercier Press
Set in Cork city, Detective Garda Collins is at war with the leading local criminal, Dominic Molloy. Unwilling to accept the human degradation caused by Molloy’s drugs, violence and prostitution. He has made up his mind to bring Molloy down, but just how far is he willing to go to make that happen? What is he willing to do and what fall-out will ensue for himself and his garda colleagues?
This tense crime novel (the first in a series featuring Collins) tells the story of two immovable forces colliding. Something has to give. Running out of time before the murder of two teenagers becomes inevitable, and with a traitor in the garda station feeding information back to Molloy, Collins takes his battle to new heights. He is determined to win, whatever the cost, whatever it takes.
Buy Whatever It Takes
About Tadhg Coakley
Tadhg Coakley is from Mallow and lives in Cork city. His debut novel The First Sunday in September was shortlisted forthe Mercier Press fiction prize and was published in 2018 to much acclaim. His sports writing has appeared in The Irish Examiner and The Holly Bough. He has also been published in The Stinging Fly, The Honest Ulsterman, Silver Apples,Quarryman and the From the Well anthology. He is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing course at University College Cork. 
www.tadhgcoakley.com
Thanks so much for taking part in the blog tour, Meredith!
Meggy from Love Books Tours
I hope the formatting was okay. I noticed that it seemed a bit blurred and I tried to sharpen the photo on my photo editor. But it sounds like a fabulous book and I hope the rest of the tour goes well!