Gun Street Girl
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Gun Street Girl by Adrian Mckinty
SHORTLISTED FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL AT THE EDGAR AWARD 2016 Book 4 in the Detective Sean Duffy series Belfast, 1985. Gunrunners on the borders, riots in the cities, The Power of Love on the radio. And somehow, hanging on, is Detective Inspector Sean Duffy, a Catholic policeman in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The usual rounds of riot duty and sectarian murders are interrupted when a wealthy couple are shot dead while watching TV. Their son jumps to his death, leaving a note claiming responsibility. But something doesn't add up, and people keep dying. Soon Sean Duffy, Belfast's most roguish detective, is on the trail of a mystery that will pit him against shadowy US national security forces, and take him into the white-hot heart of the biggest political scandal of the decade.
Fluent and fast-paced * Sunday Times *
A superb satire of its time and place* Irish Times *
Adrian McKinty is back with the same perceptive commentary on social conditions and an acute awareness of political realities in the Belfast of the eighties ... Lucky for us there must be plenty of unresolved crimes, even in a backwater like Carrickfergus, for Inspector Duffy to tackle and for McKinty to turn into further gripping episodes. * Irish Independent *
Gun Street Girl's roots in historical fact render it a superb satire of its time and place. -- Declan Burke * Irish Times *
McKinty, with his machine-gun prose and cold hard characters, drops us slam-bang into the racing heart of the fourth Sean Duffy thriller. Strap yourself in. * RTE Guide *
This is a first-rate crime-thriller that commands attention from the opening pages * Sydney Morning Herald *
Duffy always reminds me of one of Iain Banks's jaded-but-idealistic narrator-heroes, and not just because of the protagonist's taste for pharmaceutical-grade cocaine. Anyone missing their Banks fix should give McKinty a go. -- John O'Connell * Guardian *
Gun Street Girl revels in the farce that was the past to deliver a stellar crime novel for the present. Simply outstanding. * Sydney Morning Herald *
McKinty's Troubles-set tales of sarky Belfast cop Sean Duffy are becoming one of the great crime series ... Brilliant * The Sun *
Books of the Year: McKinty is belatedly beginning to enjoy the recognition he deserves -- Chris Mullin * Observer *
A superb satire of its time and place* Irish Times *
Adrian McKinty is back with the same perceptive commentary on social conditions and an acute awareness of political realities in the Belfast of the eighties ... Lucky for us there must be plenty of unresolved crimes, even in a backwater like Carrickfergus, for Inspector Duffy to tackle and for McKinty to turn into further gripping episodes. * Irish Independent *
Gun Street Girl's roots in historical fact render it a superb satire of its time and place. -- Declan Burke * Irish Times *
McKinty, with his machine-gun prose and cold hard characters, drops us slam-bang into the racing heart of the fourth Sean Duffy thriller. Strap yourself in. * RTE Guide *
This is a first-rate crime-thriller that commands attention from the opening pages * Sydney Morning Herald *
Duffy always reminds me of one of Iain Banks's jaded-but-idealistic narrator-heroes, and not just because of the protagonist's taste for pharmaceutical-grade cocaine. Anyone missing their Banks fix should give McKinty a go. -- John O'Connell * Guardian *
Gun Street Girl revels in the farce that was the past to deliver a stellar crime novel for the present. Simply outstanding. * Sydney Morning Herald *
McKinty's Troubles-set tales of sarky Belfast cop Sean Duffy are becoming one of the great crime series ... Brilliant * The Sun *
Books of the Year: McKinty is belatedly beginning to enjoy the recognition he deserves -- Chris Mullin * Observer *
Adrian McKinty was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, and grew up at the height of the Troubles. He studied law, politics and philosophy at university. In the early 1990s he moved to New York City where he worked in bars, bookstores and building sites. He now lives in Melbourne, Australia. The first Sean Duffy novel The Cold Cold Ground won the 2013 Spinetingler Award, its sequel I Hear The Sirens In The Street was shortlisted for the 2013 Ned Kelly Award, and Sean Duffy Thriller #3, In the Morning I'll be Gone, won the 2014 Ned Kelly Award and was picked as one of the top 10 crime novels of 2014 by the American Library Association.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781846689819 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846689813 |
| Title | Gun Street Girl |
| Author | Adrian Mckinty |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for MWA Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original 2016 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |