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Pam
Sep 30, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ireland-mystery
02/19/08
TITLE/AUTHOR: THE WRONG KIND OF BLOOD by Declan Hughes
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Mystery/2006/340 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #1 Ed Loy
TIME/PLACE: Present/Ireland
CHARACTERS: Ed Loy/PI
FIRST LINES: The night of my mother's funeral, Linda Dawson cried on my shoulder, put her tongue in my mouth & asked me to find her husband.
COMMENTS: Re-read for MOTB discussion 02/20/08. Loved this book 2nd time around as well as 1st read. The writing... very descriptive. Living in S FL could defini
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Pam
Feb 14, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ireland-mystery
12/12/05 #218
TITLE/AUTHOR: THE WRONG KIND OF BLOOD by Declan Hughes
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Crime Fiction, 2006, 312 pgs
COMMENTS: Stunning debut, hope it's the start of a series,
Ed Loy, left Dublin 20+ yrs ago for LA. He returns to
bury his Mum and is hired by a friend to find her
missing husband.
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Christy McKenna
Pretty good. A couple of unexpected twists. Black & depressing crimes.
Doina
Oct 25, 2007 marked it as to-read
Brian
May 30, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Gaijinmama
Dec 24, 2011 marked it as to-read