A Catholic cop tracks an IRA master bomber amidst the sectarian violence of the conflict in Northern Ireland in this pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty.
“McKinty’s writing is dark and witty with gritty realism, spot-on dialogue, and fascinating characters.” –Chicago Sun-Times
It’s the early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), is recruited by MI5 to hunt down Dermot McCann, an IRA master bomber who has made a daring escape from the notorious Maze prison. In the course of his investigations Sean discovers a woman who may hold the key to Dermot’s whereabouts; she herself wants justice for her daughter who died in mysterious circumstances in a pub locked from the inside. Sean knows that if he can crack the “locked-room mystery,” the bigger mystery of Dermot’s whereabouts might be revealed to him as a reward. Meanwhile the clock is ticking down to the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in 1984, where Mrs. Thatcher is due to give a keynote speech …
Author: Adrian McKinty
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 05/09/2023
Series: Sean Duffy #3
Weight: 1.6lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9798212018852
Language: English
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