Book description
New York Times Bestselling author Adrian McKinty won an Edgar Award for this “standout in a superior series” (Booklist).
“Shot through with a smart, crackling humor that manages to be both dark and witty…”―The Boston Globe
It’s just the same things over and again for Sean Duffy: riot duty, heartbreak,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Rain Dogs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The fifth installment in the Sean Duffy detective series, Rain Dogs is as compelling, intelligent, and dark as the others.
Duffy is an Irish Catholic policeman in a mostly Protestant police force, solving crimes in 80s Northern Ireland. (Yes, I was on a Northern Ireland kick this year). He is smart and knows it, but he’s also flawed and very decent. He fights valiantly for what he believes is right, regardless of the side that lands him on politically.
But mostly, I love this book, and the series, for the gorgeous, spare prose and, in audiobook, for Gerard Doyle’s superbly…
If you love Rain Dogs...
The Rosewood Penny
2023 Queer Indie Award Nominee!
The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction.
On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…
Want books like Rain Dogs?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 97 books like Rain Dogs.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,341
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like Rain Dogs, you might also like...
Murder, Lies and Chocolate
Book 2, Death by Chocolate series.
Rodney Bradford comes into Lindsay's restaurant, offers to buy her small house for double its value, eats her brownies, and drops dead on the sidewalk in front. Next, her almost-ex-husband offers to sign the divorce papers, but only if she'll give him her small,…
Tangle of Time
A spellbinding journey through time and cultures.
When Annie Thornton, midwife and apprentice witch, falls through time to a 15th-century Yorkshire village with her telepathic cat, Rosamund, she befriends Will and Jack, two soldiers returning from the French Wars. Mistress Meg, Annie’s ancestral aunt living in the 15th century, is…
