Hang on St. Christopher is book 9 in Adrian McKinty's Sean Duffy series. Duffy, a Belfast detective, is by turns bold, smart, and funny, but most of all, he is doggedly persistent.
Set in Northern Ireland during the violent times known as The Troubles, the story is clever and fast-paced, with one satisfying twist after another. It captured my attention from beginning to end.
New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty continues the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy series with Hang on St. Christopher.
Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It's July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to "Shortbread Land". Duffy's a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It's an easy gig, if he can keep his head down.
But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protege is on holiday…
After watching (and loving) the TV series Department Q, I read the book it is based on, The Keeper of Lost Causes (book 1 in a 10-book series). I found it a bit rough, but liked it well enough that I'll definitely read book two. A gripping, original plot with twists galore.
Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen.
Carl Morck used to be one of Denmark's best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl-who didn't draw his weapon-blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl's got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at…
I've long been a fan of Jeff Carson' David Wolf series. Tuscan Blood is the second installment of his newest project, the Ali Falcon series, which centers on the exploits of an Italian detective. Carson, a Colorado native, has lived in Italy, and it shows, as Ali Falco's gritty world rings true. I'm looking forward to reading her further adventures.
A rookie detective in a Tuscan town faces her first case in this chilling international mystery-thriller from the bestselling author of the David Wolf Series. After five years on foot patrol inside the idyllic Tuscan walled city of Siena, Italy, Ali Falco is eager to stretch her limbs into the surrounding region and prove her worth in her new role of detective. Still recovering from gunshot wound surgery after the events up north in Como, she gets her chance sooner than expected when a man is found murdered inside his family vineyard home in the wine country of Montalcino.The death…
After two combat tours in Afghanistan, Adam Cash returns to small-town Pinyon, Texas, hoping for peace and a steady job as deputy sheriff. But his high school nemesis, Sheriff Griff Turner, has other plans and makes it clear Cash isn’t welcome.
Still haunted by war—and by the heartbreak of walking away from his high school sweetheart, Edie—Cash launches a longshot campaign to unseat Turner and loses. When Turner turns up dead the next day, all signs point to Cash.
Now on the run and desperate to clear his name, Cash uncovers a conspiracy far more dangerous than he imagined—one that could destroy countless lives. To stop it, he will have to risk everything, including the one chance he has left with Edie.
Blunt Force Trauma is the gripping first book in the Adam Cash Mystery Series, perfect for fans of Craig Johnson, C.J. Box, and modern Western crime thrillers.
Award-winning author Jeff Kerr brings his deep Texas roots and passion for the Western tradition to this explosive, character-driven series packed with suspense, heart, and justice.
