The Man Comes Around, Caimh McDonnell

Right so this is Book 9 in the Dublin Trilogy which is different from the McGarry Stateside books, both of which feature Bunny McGarry in timelines that may or may not make any sense whatsoever. (The author calls the Stateside books a follow-on - and to be fair, he probably knows what he's talking about). Doesn't matter a jot, it's a Bunny McGarry book, and it was an audio book read by Morgan C. Jones and I was happy. Although I've finished it now so I'm not so happy anymore because I'll have to wait for the next one. In whichever of the series which are sort of intertwined. The point is you'll finish this and have to wait if you've caught up on the various tentacles that form the McGarry universe. Although there is an upcoming TV series. Which had better be available immediately in Australia or I'll sulk. A lot.

So, back to the THE MAN COMES AROUND, and it's Halloween, and a long dead man returns from the grave to shoot his wife's new boyfriend. Which leads to a bunch of tricky problems - for the cops that happily declared Johnny Gildea dead, for his mother, wife and children who all thought he was dead, for the blokes that took over the gang he left behind, for his best friend Shakes, and for McGarry who now has to give up his holidays and find a dead man before he kills Bunny's working partner and best friend Pamela (Butch) Cassidy. Not so much for the bloke shot dead by a dead man - he personally might not have been happy about the whole being dead thing, but it's a sentiment not universally shared.

And somebody's pinched Deccy's bonfire. Just because bonfires and fireworks are illegal, it's a bloody liberty when some chinless wonder starts pinching kids bonfire piles. Which must be dealt with by Bunny at the same time that he's convincing Butch that he'll have to move to hers, or she'll have to move in with him (cue some very over optimistic neighbourhood responses at that one), and he's got to find a dead man before he kills somebody else.

Needless to say - mayhem. All jokes aside, it's a great plot this one, with plenty of new characters to deal with, and all the old favourites from Bunny's time in the Dublic Gardai. And Deccy - who manages to pump out a few versions of a few favoured catchphrases.

Blissfully funny listening with the standard warning about not when operating heavy machinery. Or sitting in a waiting room. You do get some odd looks when you're sitting in a doctor's waiting room with tears of laughter streaming down your face. People at the traffic lights tend to have a similar reaction.