Book description
From New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty comes the next thrilling mystery in the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy detective series.
Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern…
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1 author picked The Detective Up Late as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
McKinty’s Sean Duffy series (The Detective Up Late is #7) has been a barnstormer of a series since the get-go.
Duffy, a Catholic Royal Ulster Constabulary officer in ‘Troubles’ torn Northern Ireland has a price on his head. So maybe as the 80s bleeds inexorably into the 90s and peace remains a long, long way off it’s time to retire. But before that one last case.
Ending a series on a high note is a tough proposition for any writer – but McKinty nails it and maybe, just maybe, there might yet still be a resurrection for Duffy ahead.
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