Norah Woollard Book order (chronological)

"For the Minister the street exploded in noise. He felt the iron-hammer blow of the 7.62 mm shell crashing into his chest, tearing through the soft fleshand shattering his backbone." Intelligence Officer Harry Brown arrives in Belfast to try and find the minister's killer. He is immediately involved in the 'game of urban terrorism' - a game where there can only be losers.

This is a story about the Olympic Games in the 1950's. In those days, the Games were smaller and friendlier than they are today. You read the results next day in the newspaper, or heard them - faintly - over a radio. Geordie is also a romantic story about the Scottish Highlands. There, on a smaller scale, various Highland Games take place, involving competitors from several Scottish villages.