By seeking romance on the Internet the Honorable Joseph Lavin Lyons, a judge of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, unwittingly finds himself in the middle of international intrigue concerning the 9th Century Book of Kells, the national treasure of Ireland. Joe Lyons gets much more than he clicked the computer for.

LYONS AT THE GATE Further Adventures of Judge Joe Lyons Fresh off a reckless, injudicious, indiscreet, international romantic adventure (detailed in Lyons and Tigers and Bears) Judge Joe Lyons returns home to Boston to settle down and coast into retirement, peace and quiet. He hopes. The legal and Constitutional right of gay people to marry is being fought for in an elaborate chess game at the Statehouse and Courthouse on Beacon Hill in Boston, Joe Lyons' very neighborhood and workplace. While Joe is on a lark of his own (in the middle of the court day) at the Starbucks at the foot of Beacon...