Her mam had often said that Brigit’s problem was she thought she was too good for an ordinary life, but she didn’t think that was fair. Brigit just felt that an ordinary life wasn’t good enough for anybody. It felt like she had been born in the safest and most boring time in human history. Everywhere the world had been discovered. Even outer space, it seemed, was full of, well just boring old space. There had to be more. There had to be some adventure, some magic, left in the world. In the meantime, he was dotting the ‘I’s and crossing the ‘T’s, waiting for the S and the H to show up.” Book Review: The Day That Never Comes". The Quiet Knitterer. 27 January 2017 . Retrieved 29 November 2018.

It won’t be a book I remember years or even months down the road, but it’s definitely a lovely way to spend a few hours as long as you don’t mind a bit of crass juvenile humor and sitcom-like situations and a slight level of absurdity throughout the whole story. It’s a book that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that’s where its charm lies.

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But not to be just negative, I really liked how he refered movie titles in the story and conversations between main characters (Paul and Brigit) were funny. The writing is full of witty one-liners, humorous observations and colourful characters. The action is well paced, clearly plotted and exciting.

A young woman is killed outside Harper’s apartment—a woman who chillingly resembles her. As Harper searches for information about the victim, she discovers unsettling links to two other murders. And then there’s a third doppelganger, still alive. Harper’s life is not the only one hanging in the balance.Side characters were really well done. Although Paul and Brigit are the main characters, there are a number of side ones that pop in and out of the plot. Dr. Sinha rapidly became my favorite guest appearance: If you like stories by Colin Bateman, Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey and Janet Evanovich then you'll enjoy A Man With One of Those Faces." **** The View from the Blue House Meet Paul Mulchrone. He’s a 28 year old Dubliner dedicated to being a permanent thorn in the side of his dead great aunt’s lawyer (the aunt is dead, the lawyer is just irritated). After ignoring him all her life, she left a provision in her will for him to receive 500 GBP a month until he found a job. Oh, and he has to do 6 hours/week charity work & stay out of trouble. It was all going so well. He ends up on the run, unaware of who his enemies are. Unseen forces being helped by people he may or may not know. But one thing is clear, they want him dead because of his conversation with the stabbing corpse and they are always two steps ahead of him. Brigit offers to help him because she's an expert. She has watched all American crime shows and has read all the Hardy Boys and true crime novels. But he refuses until he gets a phone call telling him to run then promptly gets into a life or death situation with a cat. Paul also comes to the realisation that he isn't smart enough to deal with the situation. Have to say I’ve been waiting for this one for a while, a rare book on the library circuit but one in high demand which has finally reached me after 4 months of waiting list so no pressure then!

Paul started life as the son of a single mother - the father had abandoned them, I believe. When he was 6 years old, he first met his great-aunt Fidelma, who refused to help them. He met her a second time at 12, after his mother died, and his aunt wanted nothing to do with him. But perhaps she had some tiny shred of decency left because when she died, she remembered him in her will. She left most of her estate and money to Donegal Donkey Sanctuary, but left him the use of one of her houses and a very small stipend to last until he got a job. In return, he had to perform 6 hours a week of charity work. He was not too happy, and dedicated the rest of his life to hating her, making do on the small stipend, and not getting a job. He would even visit her grave regularly to curse her.

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DI Jimmy Stewart disliked unusual. Before you knew it, unusual became awkward, and then it was just a hop, skip and a dodgy chain of evidence to awkward becoming complicated. More than anything, Jimmy Stewart hated complicated. Dessau, Bruce (5 July 2022). "Caimh (C.K.) McDonnell Shortlisted For Book Award". Beyond The Joke . Retrieved 20 March 2023. If you want the honest-to-God truth, most people have a lot they want to say and not that much they want to hear.” What follows is a mad tale of mistaken identity, gangsters, bent cops, murder & a decades old kidnapping. There’s even a kitchen sink. It’s an entertaining combination of hair raising encounters & hilarious observations sure to appeal to fans of the Coen brothers. Think “Fargo” but with Irish accents. I've been told that I have an uncanny resemblance to Brad Pitt...in the sense that we both have a body with two legs, two feet, two arms, two hands, and a head with two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth and hair. It's only the shape of everything that differs. In fact, if you take away his fame, money, charisma, success and Hollywood starlets as wives, we are the same man!

If you are feeling down or even if your not feeling down GET THIS BOOK! I have no hesitation in recommending this book to pretty much anyone that has a pulse. What I particularly loved about this book was how incredibly fast-paced it was, especially once we were on the run with Paul and Brigit. I’m not usually a huge fan of crime thrillers because the plots can spiral wildly out of the author’s control, but McDonnell creates a captivating plot with enough juicy twists to prevent it becoming predictable. It’s also bursting with humour; for a face that screams ‘nothing special’, Paul is an extremely witty character. Although it’s written in third person, it still feels like you’re following Paul’s thoughts – and his commentary on the severity of his situation is very funny. All the characters are given rich stories and are well-developed, even down to Brigit’s ex-fiance who sports an alarmingly odd head of hair thanks to a recent hair transplant. Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. White, Peter (9 June 2021). " 'Veep's Chris Addison & 'Breeders' Producer Avalon To Adapt Caimh McDonnell's 'The Dublin Trilogy' Novels For TV". Deadline . Retrieved 20 March 2023. Paul has a special job. Due to his generic facial characteristics, he manages to pretend to be whatever the feeble minded residents of an old people home think he is. On some occasions he is a long lost son, other times a estranged sibling, whatever might help an old tired soul to find inner peace. Brigit is the nurse who finds Paul all these hopeless cases. One day she wants him to see one more “client” a dying man who never had any visitor. Unfortunately, the old man confuses Paul with someone not so dear and tries to kill him. He ends up stabbed in hospital and the old man dead. From here everything goes nuts, people are trying to kill him, he is running but doesn’t know why and from who and the comedy is on. Brigit is the expert help as she read all the detective stories ever. One of the other interesting characters is Bunny, the owner of the above mentioned farts, an excellent policeman but with brutal methods and a foul mouth.The point I'm trying to make - in a very, very roundabout way - is that, given the right circumstances, just about anybody can be anybody else. A MAN WITH ONE OF THOSE FACES is about Paul Mulchrone, a man with an average face, built and, well, everything. He could be anybody - somebody you feel you recognize but can't quite place at that moment. And it is important, because he needs it to do his charity work of scamming people. As far as I’m concerned, there is a need for panic. In fact, it was for situations exactly like this, that panic was invented.” AND…….. PHEW……. It’s a grand start, the man with one of those faces is straight into it’s patter, the main character is a dry individual & one I immediately took to with his sarcastic humour & observations of life. Very funny is Paul from the off….. or is that his real name?