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S'està carregant… Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (2017)de Adrian McKinty
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The sixth of the Sean Duffy novels and my favorite so far. The philosophical Duffy is even more ruminative now that he's a father, and he is questioning his future with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The seemingly random killing of a drug dealer leads him into a maze of sectarianism, betrayal, and corruption. This was a perfectly paced, thoughtful crime novel that opens strongly and never lets up. I thought this was the best of the series. Lots more excitement and action, great characters as always, and even a seemingly happy ending (you never know, though). As usual, there's a lot of references to music in addition to the usual title being derived from songs by Tom Waits. It's pretty funny when Duffy has practically got himself and his entire family killed, and he's racing along at 140 mph, and has to play the radio because he doesn't think putting in a tape would be a good idea. He's always thinking about what music to play no matter what's happening. Also, poor Sean gets his usual abuse from up above and from the press, all of it unfair. But he accepts it as normal, which unfortunately, it seems to be. But in this story, we get some clue as to why his record looks so bad. Although, to be fair, he's a bit too nice and fair, so his arrest record is not as good as it could be. This one also has some pretty terrible things going on by the IRA that are unbelievable, but probably true. Torture of the worst sort, indiscriminate bombings, especially against police, etc. The police always have to check under their cars before driving in case there's a bomb. Modern-day Muslim terrorists are not any worse than IRA terrorists, and the Muslim haters should look at these Christian terrorists before calling names. In the middle of all the excitement, there is the usual groaner joke or two. One goes to a young girl he comes across: “Why don’t blind people skydive?” The sixth in the police series set in the Troubles in Belfast. Sean Duffy investigates a drug-related murder done, bizarrely, with a cross-bow, and finds himself involved with old crimes of the IRA, and some new ones as well. In the meantime he tries to hold on to his new family, and not get killed. Not my favorite, but still pretty good. Last of the Sean Duffy books for now (though i hear there are more in the works). They are good- sometimes very good, but i'm still seeing them as a guilty pleasure. Probably on account of the like clockwork brushes with death and mild Sean heroics ... this time being marched out to die in the irish countryside and tricking his loser abductors with a prayer. Later, we get to go 150 mph in his trusty BMW ... (is that what it is?) ... So pretty exciting stuff. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Pertany a aquestes sèriesSean Duffy (6) PremisDistincions
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HTML: Another thrilling mystery featuring Detective Sean Duffy and his most dangerous investigation yet Belfast, 1988. A man is found dead, killed with a bolt from a crossbow in front of his house. This is no hunting accident. But uncovering who is responsible for the murder will take Detective Sean Duffy down his most dangerous road yet, a road that leads to a lonely clearing on a 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. .No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Duffy’s personal life has previously been treated as an unimportant side topic, with only the briefest updates and minimal character development. But he is now a father, and Adrian McKinty gives this new side of Duffy and his additional responsibilities the coverage it deserves, and shows him striving to balance professional demands with some now expanded goals for his life. I’m very interested to see how this plays out in the next book. ( )