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Adrian McKinty
"Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget."--Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author
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IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VACATION.
For Heather Baxter, a working trip to Australia with her new husband, Tom, and his two teens is a dream come…
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A high concept thriller masterpiece by a world class writer: it doesn’t get any better than The Chair.
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"Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget." - Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author
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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…
Belfast, 1985. Amidst the ‘Troubles,’ Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), struggles with burn-out as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide…
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New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty won an Edgar Award for this "standout in a superior series" (Booklist).
"Shot through with a smart, crackling humor that manages to be…
In the heart-stopping finale of the Dead trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chain, tough guy Michael Forsythe--bad-boy antihero of the critically acclaimed Dead I Well…
Theres always a clue. Sometimes its just hard to see. A torso in a suitcase looks like an impossible case. But Sean Duffy isnt easily deterred, especially when his floundering…
Alexander Lawson is an ex-detective for Northern Ireland’s police force. After a disastrous six-month stint in the drug squad, he became addicted to heroin and resigned in disgrace. Now twenty-four…
The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city and hundreds are murdered every month. Michael Forsythe and his lads tumble through the streets, shaking down victims, drinking…
A high concept thriller masterpiece by a world class writer: it doesn't get any better than THE CHAIN.
Thirteen-year-old Jamie is overjoyed when a bequest sends him and his mother to live on an Irish island, where he and his newfound friend Ramsay travel back in time to…
This propulsive thriller is a "gruesomely accurate portrayal of '80s life in Ireland" (Kirkus Reviews) from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty.
"Adrian McKinty just…
Propulsive, terrifying, and blade-sharp, The Island is the next thrilling adventure from the mastermind behind the award-winning global sensation The Chain, and a family story unlike any you've read yet…
Michael Forsythe crosses and double-crosses, escapes his own lies by a hair’s breadth, buries a woman’s shredded, ravaged body in the dunes of Plum Island, and vows to avenge her…
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chain comes the riveting sequel to his acclaimed debut, Dead I Well May Be, featuring mercenary bad boy Michael Forsythe--the hero…
A mysterious suicide and double murder are at the heart of this powerful thriller set in Northern Ireland amidst the Troubles, from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning…
The unmissable new thriller from the bestselling, award-winning author of THE CHAIN.
From New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty, this thrilling mystery featuring Detective Sean Duffy was a Boston Globe Best Book of the Year.
Belfast, 1988. A…
Northern Ireland, 1981. A homophobic serial killer and a young woman’s suicide appear unrelated, but things aren’t always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is assigned to investigate and soon…
A Catholic cop tracks an IRA master bomber amidst the sectarian violence of the conflict in Northern Ireland
It’s the early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic cop…
Colonial New Guinea, 1906. A small group of mostly German nudists live an extreme back-to-nature existence on the remote island of Kabakon. Eating only coconuts and bananas, they purport to…
A parent receives a panicked phone call from a stranger who reveals that both of their children have been kidnapped by someone who demands that they abduct another child to…
A high concept thriller masterpiece by a world class writer: it doesn’t get any better than THE CHAIN.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chain comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a family that must face their darkest fears--and deepest secrets--when they go on the run…
First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Serpent’s Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd. –Copyright page.
Rain Dogs, a stunning installment in the Sean Duffy thriller series, following the Edgar Award-nominated Gun Street Girl, is another standout in a superior series (Booklist).
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Michael Forsythe gets a phone call from his former lover, Bridget, saying her young daughter has been kidnapped. Michael must help her or be executed. Agreeing to nothing, he is…
Appointed by a crime boss to lead a gang of Irish thugs against rival powers in Harlem and the Bronx, young illegal immigrant Michael Forsythe falls out of favor when…
Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, The Cold Cold Ground is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles--and of a cop treading a thin, thin line--from The New…
