My Brothers Hands

By Dan O'Riordan

Seventeen-year-old Jack O'Sullivan has confessed to murder.
The evidence is overwhelming. His fingerprints. The blood. His own signed statement.

The case should be simple. It isn't.

In a West Cork courtroom, Jack listens as his future is decided but he refuses to explain what really happened that night. Because the truth would cost more than his freedom.

For five years, violence ruled their home. A volatile father. A frightened mother. Two brothers forced to grow up far too fast. Jack learned to endure the blows. To stay silent. To keep the worst from spilling over.

Until one February night, when fear, rage, and desperation collided, and everything went wrong.

Now Jack faces years behind bars, while his thirteen-year-old brother, Cian, watches from the gallery, carrying a secret no child should ever have to bear. Whatever happened in that kitchen was not meant to be survived.

My Brother's Hands is a powerful courtroom drama about brotherhood, silence, and the devastating consequences of a single moment.
It asks how far you would go to protect your family, and what happens when telling the truth could destroy what little you have left.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GLHQ5NZK
• ISBN13: 9798245123417
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"