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Sep 26, 2024
Brenda
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About twenty people escaped from Her Majesty's Maze prison, and while most were recaptured, notorious IRA man Dermot McCann wasn't. When Sean Duffy was told to leave the force because he took the blame for someone else, he didn't enjoy the next few weeks. But when MI5 contacted him - Kate and Tom - and asked for his help in locating Dermot McCann, Duffy asked for something in return. So Duffy investigated the cold case of the death of a young woman four years prior. The police ruled it accidenta
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The third book in the 'troubles' series, once again brilliantly narrated by Gerald Doyle takes Sean Duffy, newly assigned to Special Branch back to his youth in search of an IRA man with whom he once shared a passing acquaintance. On the surface, this prison escapee manhunt seems like a criminal game of cat and mouse. Scratch that brittle and blood encrusted surface a little and the story bleeds over that preconception, evolving into a dangerous tale of terror complimented by a secondary plot of
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Oct 02, 2017
Donna
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it was amazing
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This book was touted to end the trilogy of Sean Duffy novels ... so glad that is wrong. First the narrator - utterly superb. That Irish accent - honey sweet hope he reads the rest of the series.
There's the usual mix of conspiracy, murder and violence one would expect of Northern Ireland in the early 80s.
Duffy, a maverick cop, imbued with dark, witty and self-deprecating humour. His discerning taste in music begs for a playlist to be included too. Dude keeps a Blind Willie Johnson cassette in his ...more
There's the usual mix of conspiracy, murder and violence one would expect of Northern Ireland in the early 80s.
Duffy, a maverick cop, imbued with dark, witty and self-deprecating humour. His discerning taste in music begs for a playlist to be included too. Dude keeps a Blind Willie Johnson cassette in his ...more
Adrian McKinty's writing reminds me a lot of Ian Rankin's - the same earthy style, often grim sense of place and flawed protagonist. I enjoyed this book because the narrative was well-paced and engrossing, even though there were not many twists and turns or surprises. I guessed the identity of the murderer as well as the ending, but that didn't detract from my enjoyment. In fact, I found the novel a lot more believable than others with more outlandish plots and lots of red herrings, and the fact
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Another excellent entry in this series featuring a Catholic police detective serving the RUC in Northern Ireland. Listened to the audio version which was narrated by Gerard Doyle who is one of my favorites.
Jan 30, 2015
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