Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Sean Duffy Series #6)

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A BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2017! Shortlisted for the Anthony, Ned Kelly, and Edgar® Awards! Belfast 1988: A man is found dead, killed with a bolt from a crossbow in front of his house. This is no hunting accident. But uncovering who is responsible for the murder will take Detective Sean Duffy down his most dangerous road yet, a road that leads to a lonely clearing on a high bog where three masked gunmen will force Duffy to dig his own grave. Hunted by forces unknown, threatened by Internal Affairs, and with his relationship on the rocks, Duffy will need all his wits to get out of this investigation in one piece.

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ISBN-13:	9781633882591
Publisher:	Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:	03/07/2017
Series:	Sean Duffy Series , #6
Pages:	319
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Adrian McKinty is the author of eighteen novels, including the acclaimed Detective Sean Duffy novels. Rain Dogs was the winner of the 2017 Edgar® Award and the Barry Award for Best Paperback Original. Gun Street Girl was shortlisted for the Anthony, Ned Kelly, and Edgar® Awards. The Cold Cold Ground won the Spinetingler Award. I Hear the Sirens in the Street won the Barry Award and was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award. In the Morning I'll Be Gone won the Ned Kelly Award and was selected by the American Library Association as one of the top-10 crime fiction novels of 2014. McKinty is also the author of the standalone historical The Sun Is God. Born and raised in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, McKinty was called "the best of the new generation of Irish crime novelists" in the Glasgow Herald.

Prologue: You Can't Trust a Special Like the Old-Time Coppers1. No Hay Banda2. Just Another Dead Drug Dealer3. The Big Sheep4. A Pretty Shitty Morning On the Ballypollard Road5. Inspector Dalziel6. Mr. Deauville's Interesting Past7. The Bulgarians and the Bel Tel8. Ivan Morrison9. DAADD Knows Best10. Death On the Rock11. The Lady Vanishes12. The Angry Father13. The Paper, the Scissors, and Michael Stone14. A Taste of Honey15. That Petrol Emotion16. Out Here In the Woods17. The Old Files18. Infernal Affairs19. Lifted20. Out of the Silent Planet21. Aftermath22. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 23. The ACC24. Driving Music25. The Offer26. The Factory27. Running for the Border28. Detective Sergeant John Crabbie McCrabban29. The Chief Constable30. O Masterful Bleak Cop31. Silencio

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Editorial Reviews

THE DETECTIVE SEAN DUFFY NOVELS HAVE WON SPINETINGLER, BARRY, AND NED KELLY AWARDS AND HAVE BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR, ANTHONY, CWA IAN FLEMING, AND THEAKSTON AWARDS.

“McKinty is one of the great storytellers writing crime fiction today.”

– DON WINSLOW, New York Times-bestselling author of The Cartel

"McKinty is one of Britain's great contemporary crime writers and the Sean Duffy books are his masterpiece."

– IAN RANKIN, New York Times-bestselling author of Rather Be the Devil

“This is the sixth novel in the series.... For readers who have not shared in the rapture, there is no time like the present to join…. A must read for fans of Stuart Neville and Celtic noir.”

– Booklist STARRED REVIEW

“McKinty's hero is irreverent, charming, and mordantly, laugh-out-loud funny, and his eclectic personal soundtrack and bitter, pragmatic politics make for vivid period detail.”

– Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW

"McKinty continues to astound .... [His] novels are, in my mind, already elevated to canonical status.... McKinty takes the time-tested conventions of the mystery genre and builds a narrative utterly unique and compelling over them.... In short, McKinty has learned from the masters, and in my opinion, now is one."

– MysteryPeople

"Mixes a mordant wit and casual, unpredictable violence that vividly portrays a turbulent time.... McKinty is in full command of language, plot, and setting in a terrifying period of history that sometimes seems forgotten. Fans of gritty Northern Irish crime writers such as Stuart Neville, Declan Hughes, and Brian McGilloway will enjoy this talented author."

– Library Journal STARRED REVIEW

"Remarkably clever.... Written in a darkly funny, laconic style... riveting. The noir ambiance is irresistible, and the Belfast setting is disturbingly vivid.... Sure to inspire readers to go back and catch up on more of McKinty's superb writing.... An excellent noir thriller."

– Shelf Awareness for Readers

From the Publisher

★ 2016-12-19
Detective Inspector Sean Duffy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Rain Dogs, 2016, etc.) tries to cut back on the smoking and do decent police work despite bombs, riots, and bureaucracy.By 1988, the Troubles have turned any high-minded nationalism, loyalist or republican, into little more than a front for drug runners and sociopaths. Still, no one trusts the likes of Duffy, a Catholic taking the king's shilling. When a penny-ante heroin dealer is found dead, the only surprise is that he was shot with a crossbow. For once, the paramilitaries aren't claiming credit for wiping out the scourge of drug dealers (read: their competition), and the silent, untraceable, and perfectly legal crossbow is a devilishly clever murder weapon. The victim's widow, Elena Deauville, has clearly been smuggling their stock in from Bulgaria, and though she's not talking, Duffy knows she knows something. Meanwhile, Duffy's posh, Protestant girlfriend, Beth, wants to move to a posh, Protestant house. When Duffy hesitates, Beth packs herself and their baby off to her parents'. The brass are pushing Duffy to write off the case—no one cares about a dead criminal—when Elena disappears. While Belfast riots, Duffy uncovers a part of Ulster's bloody history casting its long shadows over his case, as over everything else. McKinty's hero is irreverent, charming, and mordantly, laugh-out-loud funny, and his eclectic personal soundtrack and bitter, pragmatic politics make for vivid period detail.

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Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Sean Duffy Series #6)

Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Sean Duffy Series #6)

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