“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’s fine police procedural is also the ultimate page-turner.” “McKinty creates a marvelous sense of time and place.”
“A crime novel, fast-paced, intricate, and genre to the core.” “A masterpiece of Troubles crime fiction.” “If Raymond Chandler had grown up in Northern Ireland, The Cold Cold Ground is what he would have written.” Add to this the fact that, as a Catholic policeman, it doesn’t matter which side he’s on, because nobody trusts him, and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation. It’s no easy job-especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman’s suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things-and people-aren’t always what they seem. “McKinty is one of the most striking and most memorable crime voices to emerge on the scene in years.” -Tana French Add to this the fact that, as a Catholic policeman, it doesn't matter which side he's on, because nobody trusts him, and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation.Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, The Cold Cold Ground is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles-and of a cop treading a thin, thin line-from The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty. It's no easy job-especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman's suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things-and people-aren't always what they seem.
"McKinty is one of the most striking and most memorable crime voices to emerge on the scene in years." -Tana French Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, The Cold Cold Ground is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles-and of a cop treading a thin, thin line-from The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty.
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