Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Detective Sean Duffy) - Softcover

McKinty, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781256926 ISBN 13: 9781781256923

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2017

Synopsis

'McKinty is one of Britain's great contemporary crime writers and the Sean Duffy books are his masterpiece.' Ian Rankin

This time, help isn't coming. This time, Duffy has to save himself.

Belfast 1988: a man has been shot in the back with an arrow. It ain't Injuns and it isn't Robin Hood. But uncovering exactly whodunnit will take Detective Inspector Sean Duffy down his most dangerous road yet, a road that leads to a lonely clearing on the high bog where three masked gunmen will force Duffy to dig his own grave.

Hunted by forces unknown, threatened by Internal Affairs and with his relationship on the rocks, Duffy will need all his wits to get out of this investigation in one piece.

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Review:

Adrian McKinty has come up with an unforgettable title for the latest terrific novel in his superb DI Sean Duffy series, which is set in Northern Ireland. Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly (Serpent’s Tail £12.99) is a line from a song by Tom Waits, and it perfectly sums up the paranoid atmosphere at Carrickfergus CID in the late 1980s. The murder of a small-time drug dealer doesn’t obviously have political implications, but it leads back to the activities of a notorious police unit, the B Specials, in 1968. McKinty moves seamlessly between action and reflection, and his sardonic tone is a delight. (The Sunday Times)

McKinty has all the virtues: smart dialogue, sharp plotting, sense of place, well-rounded characters and a nice line in what might be called cynical lyricism. This is gateway McKinty: you won't stop here (Irish Times)

The tension between McKinty's love of tight, formal puzzles and loose, riffing dialogue is what makes the Duffy novels such a joy (Guardian)

A new Sean Duffy novel is always one of the highlights of a crime reader's year (Sydney Morning Herald)

A treat and an education (Val McDermid)

One of the great crime series. Absolutely brilliant (Sun)

Book Description:

SEAN DUFFY #6: This time, help isn't coming. This time, Duffy has to save himself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1781256926
• ISBN 13: 9781781256923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352