I Hear the Sirens in the Street: Library Edition (Sean Duffy: Troubles)

McKinty, Adrian

4.07

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9781470879709: I Hear the Sirens in the Street: Library Edition (Sean Duffy: Troubles)

ISBN 10: 1470879700 ISBN 13: 9781470879709

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2013

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A Barry Award winner and shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award!

A torso in a suitcase looks like an impossible case. But Sean Duffy isn't easily deterred, especially when his floundering love life leaves him in need of distraction. So, with Detective Constables McCrabban and McBride, he goes to work identifying the victim. The torso turns out to be all that's left of an American tourist who once served in the US military. What was he doing in Northern Ireland in the midst of the 1982 Troubles?

The trail leads to the doorstep of a beautiful, flame-haired, twenty-something widow, whose husband died at the hands of an IRA assassination team just a few months before. Suddenly, Duffy is caught between his romantic instincts, gross professional misconduct, and powerful men he should know better than to mess with. These include British intelligence, the FBI, and local paramilitary death squads, enough to keep even the savviest detective busy.

Duffy's growing sense of self-doubt isn't helping. But, being a legendarily stubborn man, he doesn't let that stop him pursuing the case to its explosive conclusion.

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Review:

Praise for The Cold Cold Ground:

"Everything in this novel hits all the right notes, from its brilliant evocation of time and place to razor-sharp dialogue to detailed police procedures. McKinty. . . has another expertly crafted crime trilogy going here, and readers will want to see what he [does] in the next two." -Booklist Starred Review

"For fans of Stuart Neville's crime novels, a new and harrowing Irish trilogy is underway. At turns violent and labyrinthine, McKinty's fine police procedural is also the ultimate page-turner. I cannot wait for Book Two!" -Library Journal

"[T]he deft mix of noirish melancholy with express-train pacing and blockbuster-ready action enticingly sets the stage for Duffy's future adventures." -Publishers Weekly

"In this pitch-perfect sequel to "The Cold Cold Ground"...Duffy is nearly overwhelmed by politics. This is crime fiction at its best a police procedural with dialogue that's crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that's often lethal; McKinty's mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won't want to leave behind when the trilogy ends."
"--BOOKLIST", starred review

""I Hear the Sirens in the Street" blew my bloody doors off!"
--IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels

"Adrian McKinty has the chops to do all manner of things with words, and in "I Hear the Sirens in the Street" he unleashes a strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a story. Sean Duffy is a great creation, a figure of many parts, and the place comes alive."
--DANIEL WOODRELL, author of "The Outlaw Album: Stories"

Number three on "Booklist"'s The Year's Best Crime Novels /Top Ten Crime Fiction
Shortlisted for 2013 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel
Shortlisted for "Deadly Pleasures Magazine"'s Barry Awards, Best Paperback Original
Longlisted for the Theakston Best British Crime Novel Award
"In this pitch-perfect sequel to "The Cold Cold Ground."..Duffy is nearly overwhelmed by politics. This is crime fiction at its best a police procedural with dialogue that's crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that's often lethal; McKinty's mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won't want to leave behind when the trilogy ends."
"--BOOKLIST," STARRED REVIEW
""I Hear the Sirens in the Street" blew my bloody doors off!"
--IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels
"Adrian McKinty has the chops to do all manner of things with words, and in "I Hear the Sirens in the Street" he unleashes a strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a story. Sean Duffy is a great creation, a figure of many parts, and the place comes alive."
--DANIEL WOODRELL, author of "The Outlaw Album: Stories"

- Winner! Barry Awards for Best Paperback Original, 2014
- #3 on "Booklist"'s The Year's Best Crime Novels /Top Ten Crime Fiction
- Shortlisted for 2013 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel
- Longlisted for the Theakston Best British Crime Novel Award
"In this pitch-perfect sequel to "The Cold Cold Ground."..Duffy is nearly overwhelmed by politics. This is crime fiction at its best a police procedural with dialogue that's crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that's often lethal; McKinty's mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won't want to leave behind when the trilogy ends."
"--BOOKLIST," STARRED REVIEW
""I Hear the Sirens in the Street" blew my bloody doors off!"
--IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels
"Adrian McKinty has the chops to do all manner of things with words, and in "I Hear the Sirens in the Street" he unleashes a strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a story. Sean Duffy is a great creation, a figure of many parts, and the place comes alive."
--DANIEL WOODRELL, author of "The Outlaw Album: Stories"

- Winner! Barry Award for Best Paperback Original, 2014
- #3 on "Booklist"'s The Year's Best Crime Novels /Top Ten Crime Fiction
- Shortlisted for 2013 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel
- Longlisted for the Theakston Best British Crime Novel Award
"In this pitch-perfect sequel to "The Cold Cold Ground."..Duffy is nearly overwhelmed by politics. This is crime fiction at its best a police procedural with dialogue that's crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that's often lethal; McKinty's mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won't want to leave behind when the trilogy ends."
"--BOOKLIST," STARRED REVIEW
""I Hear the Sirens in the Street" blew my bloody doors off!"
--IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels
"Adrian McKinty has the chops to do all manner of things with words, and in "I Hear the Sirens in the Street" he unleashes a strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a story. Sean Duffy is a great creation, a figure of many parts, and the place comes alive."
--DANIEL WOODRELL, author of "The Outlaw Album: Stories"

Winner! Barry Award for Best Paperback Original, 2014
#3 on"Booklist" s The Year s Best Crime Novels /Top Ten Crime Fiction
Shortlisted for 2013 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel
Longlisted for the Theakston Best British Crime Novel Award
In this pitch-perfect sequel to "The Cold Cold Ground."..Duffy is nearly overwhelmed by politics. This is crime fiction at its best a police procedural with dialogue that s crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that s often lethal; McKinty s mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won t want to leave behind when the trilogy ends.
" BOOKLIST," STARRED REVIEW
"I Hear the Sirens in the Street" blew my bloody doors off!
IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels
Adrian McKinty has the chops to do all manner of things with words, and in "I Hear the Sirens in the Street" he unleashes a strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a story. Sean Duffy is a great creation, a figure of many parts, and the place comes alive.
DANIEL WOODRELL, author of "The Outlaw Album: Stories""

Winner! Barry Award for Best Paperback Original, 2014
#3 onBooklist s The Year s Best Crime Novels /Top Ten Crime Fiction
Shortlisted for 2013 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel
Longlisted for the Theakston Best British Crime Novel Award
In this pitch-perfect sequel to The Cold Cold Ground...Duffy is nearly overwhelmed by politics. This is crime fiction at its best a police procedural with dialogue that s crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that s often lethal; McKinty s mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won t want to leave behind when the trilogy ends.
BOOKLIST, STARRED REVIEW
I Hear the Sirens in the Street blew my bloody doors off!
IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels
Adrian McKinty has the chops to do all manner of things with words, and in I Hear the Sirens in the Street he unleashes a strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a story. Sean Duffy is a great creation, a figure of many parts, and the place comes alive.
DANIEL WOODRELL, author of The Outlaw Album: Stories

- Winner! Barry Award for Best Paperback Original, 2014
- #3 on Booklist's The Year's Best Crime Novels /Top Ten Crime Fiction
- Shortlisted for 2013 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel
- Longlisted for the Theakston Best British Crime Novel Award

"In this pitch-perfect sequel to The Cold Cold Ground...Duffy is nearly overwhelmed by politics. This is crime fiction at its best a police procedural with dialogue that's crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that's often lethal; McKinty's mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won't want to leave behind when the trilogy ends."
--BOOKLIST, STARRED REVIEW

"I Hear the Sirens in the Street blew my bloody doors off!"
--IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels

"Adrian McKinty has the chops to do all manner of things with words, and in I Hear the Sirens in the Street he unleashes a strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a story. Sean Duffy is a great creation, a figure of many parts, and the place comes alive."
--DANIEL WOODRELL, author of The Outlaw Album: Stories

Book Description:

Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy returns for the incendiary and critically acclaimed sequel to The Cold Cold Ground.

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