I Hear the Sirens in the Street (Detective Sean Duffy) - Softcover

McKinty, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846688183 ISBN 13: 9781846688188

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2013

Synopsis

Sean Duffy knows there's no such thing as a perfect crime. But a torso in a suitcase is pretty close.

Still, one tiny clue is all it takes, and there it is. A tattoo. 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.

A 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.

So from country lanes to city streets, Duffy works every angle. And wherever he goes, he smells a rat ...

About this title

Review

'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

'Duffy is one of the most interesting, convincing and sympathetic police officers in recent crime fiction ... McKinty gets better and better.' The Times

'McKinty keeps getting better and better ... Sirens is a humdinger a highly enjoyable, smart, page-turner of a novel.' --Hot Press

'Don't miss out on McKinty's belting tale. Duffy mainlines into your bloodstream. Like the vodka and lime he's so fond of, he's definitely addictive.' --Belfast News Letter

'The ever-excellent McKinty is on great form ... characteristically fast and thrilling' Mail on Sunday

'A tough, smart, darkly funny thriller that's brilliantly atmospheric' --The Sun

'The ever-excellent McKinty is on great form ... characteristically fast and thrilling' --Mail on Sunday

'Hard-boiled police procedurals set at the height of the Troubles ... Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is dark-humored shamus in the Phillip Marlowe tradition, the narrator is, like the author, university-educated and buoyed through the murderous chaos by his love of classical, punk and new-wave music, the Greek philosopher Epicurus and frothy pints of Guinness' --Wall Street Journal

Book Description

Detective Inspector Sean Duffy returns for the incendiary sequel to The Cold Cold Ground.

Edition details

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1846688183
• ISBN 13: 9781846688188
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256