![]() The atmosphere of Belfast in the time of the 'troubles' is a perfect backdrop to this gritty police procedural. I still wish the author had not included his use of drugs but I managed to overlook those sections because the rest was so good. ![]() I will not spoil the book by saying which result he The second book in the series and Sean is growing on me. He can either end up with a medal or a demotion. Sean Duffy is smart (in most ways), persistent and inclined to disregard authority when it suits him. The second book in the series and Sean is growing on me. I’m so glad there are quite a number of books in this series. And the story ends with a bit of a cliffhanger concerning Duffy’s future, so I’ll be interested to see where it goes in the next book. I can’t say I found all parts of the story believable but it was good entertainment. Fast paced and just convoluted enough to keep the listener constantly engaged. The narrator, Gerald Doyle, is spot on perfect. While everyone with any smarts is trying to find a way out of Northern Ireland, he stubbornly stays put, wanting to be part of the solution. McKinty not only nails the atmosphere but also the characters. Sean’s investigation takes all sorts of twists and turns. Especially when it’s determined the cause of death was from a rare poison. In a time when most murders were from car bombs or gunshots, a cut up body in a suitcase is pretty unique. McKinty’s Sean Duffy series takes place during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. I don’t think I’ve ever read a mystery series that does a better job of detailing time and place. ![]() And wherever he goes, he smells a rat.more So from country lanes to city streets, Duffy works every angle. So Duffy, fully fit and back at work after the severe trauma of his last case, is ready to follow the trail of blood-however faint-that always, always connects a body to its killer.Ī legendarily stubborn man, Duffy becomes obsessed with this mystery as a distraction from the ruins of his love life, and to push down the seed of self-doubt that he seems to have traded for his youthful arrogance. ![]() Still, one tiny clue is all it takes, and there it is. But a torso in a suitcase is pretty close. A legendarily stubborn man, Sean Duffy knows there's no such thing as a perfect crime. So Duffy, fully fit and back at work after the severe trauma of his last case, is ready to follow the trail of blood-however faint-that always, always connects a body to its killer. Sean Duffy knows there's no such thing as a perfect crime.
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