Northern Ireland. Spring 1981.

Hunger strikes. Riots. Power cuts.

A homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera. And a young woman's suicide that may yet turn out to be murder.

On the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things - and people - aren't always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. It's no easy job - especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but last seen discussing business with someone from the UVF. Add to that the fact that as a Catholic policemen, it doesn't matter which side he's on, because nobody trusts him - and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation.

Author

Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty is an Irish novelist. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1968 and grew up in Victoria Council Estate, Carrickfergus, County Antrim. He read law at the University of Warwick and politics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, living first in Harlem, New York and from 2001 onwards Denver, Colorado where he taught high school English and began writing fiction. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two children.

Country of Origin

Books:

Series:

Series: Dead Trilogy

Book Number:
3
2010
Book Number:
2
2010
Book Number:
1
2003

Series: Detective Mercado

Book Number:
1
2009

Series: Michael Forsythe

Book Number:
3
2008
Book Number:
1
2003

Series: Sean Duffy

Book Number:
7
2024
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5
2015
Book Number:
4
2013
Book Number:
3
2013
Book Number:
1
2012
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Saturday, August 9, 2014
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Friday, August 8, 2014
Review Review - IN THE MORNING I'LL BE GONE, Adrian McKinty
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Blog CR - In The Morning I'll Be Gone, Adrian McKinty
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Blog CR - In The Morning I'll Be Gone, Adrian McKinty
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Monday, February 3, 2014
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Friday, September 6, 2013
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The First Shift - Crime Factory Presents
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Review THE COLD COLD GROUND - Adrian McKinty
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The Cold Cold Ground, Adrian McKinty
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Review FALLING GLASS - Adrian McKinty
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Blog Currently Reading - Falling Glass, Adrian McKinty
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
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Blog Currently Reading - Fifty Grand, Adrian McKinty
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Monday, September 14, 2009
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - Dead I Well May Be, Adrian McKinty
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - The Bloomsday Dead, Adrian McKinty
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
ISBN
9781846688225
Year of Publication
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Series
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1
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