![]() ![]() McKinty further wraps his story around a deliciously old-fashioned ‘locked room’ “Not content with constructing a complex plot, “A locked-room mystery within a manhunt killer, a clever and gripping setup that helps makes Duffy’s third outing easily his best so far.” Sunday Times (London) Thatcher is due to give a keynote speech … Meanwhile the clock is ticking down to the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in 1984, where Mrs. Sean knows that if he can crack the "locked-room mystery," the bigger mystery of Dermot's whereabouts might be revealed to him as a reward. ![]() In the course of his investigations Sean discovers a woman who may hold the key to Dermot's whereabouts she herself wants justice for her daughter who died in mysterious circumstances in a pub locked from the inside. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), is recruited by MI5 to hunt down Dermot McCann, an IRA master bomber who has made a daring escape from the notorious Maze prison. ![]() “McKinty’s writing is dark and witty with gritty realism, spot-on dialogue, and fascinating characters.” - Chicago Sun-Times A Catholic cop tracks an IRA master bomber amidst the sectarian violence of the conflict in Northern Ireland in this pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author Adrian McKinty. ![]()
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