Retired NYPD detective-sergeant Jimmy Murphy is on a mission to find the truth behind his son’s death inside the World Trade Center on 9/11. Murphy’s investigation takes him from his home turf in the Irish American enclave of Rockaway Beach to Muslim Atlantic Avenue and beyond in order to find his own truth about 9/11. Dry-eyed and determined, Murphy battles barstool patriotism, the NYPD blue wall of silence, and a ticking clock - all the while haunted by his own secrets and the raw memory of his difficult relationship with his dead son.
Written by author and musician Larry Kirwan, Rockaway Blue is a thrilling and poignant story of a family struggling to pull itself together after an unthinkable trauma. Kirwan was the leader of the New York-based Irish political rock band Black 47 for twenty-five years. He is the author of five previous books, including Liverpool Fantasy, Rockin’ the Bronx, and Green Suede Shoes, he has written or collaborated on eighteen plays and musicals, including Broadway bound Paradise Square and The Informer. Kirwan writes a bi-weekly column for The Irish Echo, and hosts Celtic Crush, a popular radio show on SiriusXM. He was president of Irish American Writers & Artists for five years.