My Sunshine Away is a literary mystery novel blending psychological suspense with coming-of-age themes. Set in suburban Louisiana, the story is narrated retrospectively by an unnamed man reflecting on a traumatic childhood event—the assault of a teenage girl in his neighbourhood—and his own possible connection to it.
 
Rather than a conventional “whodunnit,” the novel unfolds as a meditative exploration of memory, guilt, and perception, where truth is gradually revealed through fragmented recollection.
 
Personally signed by the author, M.O. Walsh. UK First edition, first printing.