I Hear the Sirens in the Street
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I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian Mckinty
Sean Duffy knows there's no such thing as a perfect crime. But a torso in a suitcase pretty close. Still, one tiny clue is all it takes, and there it is. A tattoo. So Duffy, fully fit and back at work after the severe trauma of his last case, is ready to follow the trail of blood - however faint - that always, always connects a body to its killer.
It blew my doors off -- Ian Rankin
A strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a storySean Duffy is a great creation, and the place comes alive - a uniquely beautiful and nasty part of the world -- Daniel Woodrell
Duffy is one of the most interesting, convincing and sympathetic police officers in recent crime fiction... McKinty gets better and better -- Marcel Berlins * Times *
Praise for The Cold Cold Ground - If Raymond Chandler had grown up in Northern Ireland, The Cold Cold Ground is what he would have written * The Times *
This is a very fine police thriller from a rising start of the genre. The pacing is brisk and exciting, and the plotting is full of interest and surprises. * Canberra Times, Australia *
McKinty keeps getting better and better ... Sirens is a humdinger - a highly enjoyable, smart, page-turner of a novel. -- Anne Sexton * Hot Press *
Not everyone could tackle such a splintered society, but McKinty seems to relish its challenges as much as its opportunities... Sirens won't disappoint McKinty fans, and may well attract many more. -- Mary Leland * Irish Examiner *
Don't miss out on McKinty's belting tale. Duffy mainlines into your bloodstream. Like the vodka and lime he's so fond of, he's definitely addictive. -- Liz Kennedy * Belfast News Letter *
This is crime fiction at its best: a police procedural with dialogue that's crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that's often lethal; McKinty's mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won't want to leave behind when the trilogy ends. * Booklist *
This novel is atmospheric, beautifully paced, precisely constructed, and genuinely hard to put down. Fans of the likes of Billingham, Rankin and Lehane will not want to miss out on McKinty * The Age, Melbourne Australia *
A tough, smart, darkly funny thriller that's brilliantly atmospheric. * The Sun *
Another exciting new voice -- Ian Rankin * Sunday Times *
Hard-boiled police procedurals set at the height of the Troubles ... Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is dark-humored shamus in the Phillip Marlowe tradition, the narrator is, like the author, university-educated and buoyed through the murderous chaos by his love of classical, punk and new-wave music, the Greek philosopher Epicurus and frothy pints of Guinness. * Wall Street Journal *
McKinty is seriously brilliant, his flair for language matched by his remarkable feel for place, appetite for redemptive violence and gravely cool appreciation of characters who reject conformity. There are echoes of Dennis Lehane, Joseph Wambaugh, Eoin McNamee and even Raymond Chandler but McKinty is resolutely his own hard man. -- Graeme Blundell * Weekend Australian *
A strain of rough and visual, sly and lyric narrative prose in service of one hell of a storySean Duffy is a great creation, and the place comes alive - a uniquely beautiful and nasty part of the world -- Daniel Woodrell
Duffy is one of the most interesting, convincing and sympathetic police officers in recent crime fiction... McKinty gets better and better -- Marcel Berlins * Times *
Praise for The Cold Cold Ground - If Raymond Chandler had grown up in Northern Ireland, The Cold Cold Ground is what he would have written * The Times *
This is a very fine police thriller from a rising start of the genre. The pacing is brisk and exciting, and the plotting is full of interest and surprises. * Canberra Times, Australia *
McKinty keeps getting better and better ... Sirens is a humdinger - a highly enjoyable, smart, page-turner of a novel. -- Anne Sexton * Hot Press *
Not everyone could tackle such a splintered society, but McKinty seems to relish its challenges as much as its opportunities... Sirens won't disappoint McKinty fans, and may well attract many more. -- Mary Leland * Irish Examiner *
Don't miss out on McKinty's belting tale. Duffy mainlines into your bloodstream. Like the vodka and lime he's so fond of, he's definitely addictive. -- Liz Kennedy * Belfast News Letter *
This is crime fiction at its best: a police procedural with dialogue that's crisp and occasionally lighthearted; blistering action that's often lethal; McKinty's mordant Belfastian wit; and a protagonist readers won't want to leave behind when the trilogy ends. * Booklist *
This novel is atmospheric, beautifully paced, precisely constructed, and genuinely hard to put down. Fans of the likes of Billingham, Rankin and Lehane will not want to miss out on McKinty * The Age, Melbourne Australia *
A tough, smart, darkly funny thriller that's brilliantly atmospheric. * The Sun *
Another exciting new voice -- Ian Rankin * Sunday Times *
Hard-boiled police procedurals set at the height of the Troubles ... Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is dark-humored shamus in the Phillip Marlowe tradition, the narrator is, like the author, university-educated and buoyed through the murderous chaos by his love of classical, punk and new-wave music, the Greek philosopher Epicurus and frothy pints of Guinness. * Wall Street Journal *
McKinty is seriously brilliant, his flair for language matched by his remarkable feel for place, appetite for redemptive violence and gravely cool appreciation of characters who reject conformity. There are echoes of Dennis Lehane, Joseph Wambaugh, Eoin McNamee and even Raymond Chandler but McKinty is resolutely his own hard man. -- Graeme Blundell * Weekend Australian *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846688188 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846688183 |
| Title | I Hear the Sirens in the Street |
| Author | Adrian Mckinty |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-01-10 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of Barry Awards 2014 (UK), Short-listed for Ned Kelly Awards 2013 (UK), Short-listed for Le Prix SNCF du Polar 2014 (UK), Short-listed for Barry Awards 2014 (UK), Long-listed for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2014 (UK), Long-listed for Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 2014 la sélection étrangère 2014 (UK) |
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