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Gun Street Girl

Detective Sean Duffy, Book 4

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Gun Street Girl

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Belfast, 1985. Amid the Troubles, Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, struggles with burnout as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide. Did Michael Kelly really shoot his parents at point-blank range and then jump off a nearby cliff? A suicide note points to this conclusion, but Duffy suspects even more sinister circumstances. He soon discovers that Kelly was present at a decadent Oxford party where a cabinet minister's daughter died of a heroin overdose, which may or may not have something to do with Kelly's subsequent death.

New evidence leads elsewhere: gun runners, arms dealers, the British government, and a rogue American agent with a fake identity. Duffy thinks he's getting somewhere when agents from MI5 show up at his doorstep and try to recruit him, thus taking him off the investigation.

Duffy is in it up to his neck, doggedly pursuing a case that may finally prove to be his undoing.

©2015 Adrian McKinty (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedural

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Critic reviews

  • Shortlisted for the 2016 Audie Award (Best Mystery) and the 2016 Edgar Award (Best Pbk Original)

"When it comes to Northern Irish crime fiction, Adrian McKinty forged the path the rest of us follow. The Sean Duffy series is the culmination of a career spent examining our darkest moments, and McKinty is the only crime writer who can do justice to our singular history." (Stuart Neville, author of The Final Silence)

"Series fans will appreciate the further insight into the fallout from tragic cases, department politics, and war. As usual, there's plenty of entertaining territorial battling between the dizzying array of law-enforcement agencies acting in Belfast, and Duffy's investigative skills seem somehow sharpened by his lost hope." (Booklist)

"Gerard Doyle gives a stunning narration of the fourth installment of McKinty's Detective Sean Duffy series.... From the subtle changes in dialect to McKinty's distinct writing cadence and dark humor, Doyle hones in on the details that make this procedural a joy to listen to." (AudioFile)
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The best listen a while. The narrator was great the best iv heard. A fab read. This is one book I definitely recommend.

GREAT

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Perfect blend of fictional story with actual historical events during the s••t storm that was the NI troubles of the 80s. Normally I would run a mile from novels about this time in our history but Adrian McKinty covers both sides of the argument with sympathy and no little knowledge. Narration is also excellent by Gerard Doyle and believable apart from the odd dodgy NI place name pronunciation.

Another excellent Sean Duffy Yarn

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I found this book to be really interesting and a good view of a certain period of time in Northern Ireland. If you like the other Sean Duffy books you will love this one to

As always the Sean Duffy books are a good listen

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This book was an absolute joy. I did the first three Detective Sean Duffy novels in successive short order. Was on holiday when I finished number 3, but wanted to keep run going and decided to take novel 4 as an audiobook. I was already immersed in the dangerous and dramatic world of the Ulster troubles and Adrian McKinty’s protagonist Sean Duffy, a police officer who marches to an entirely different drum beat. Gerard Doyle brings McKinty’s characters to life with his marvellous narration. I have the next two books in the series in paperback format, but I’m tempted to revert to audio for a repeat of this first rate audiobook experience. I’m very late to this series but I’m all over it now. Highly recommended.

Wonderful Storytelling and Brilliant Narration

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This series has been consistently brilliant so far - great protagonist in Sean Duffy, an unputdownable story, a gritty 1980s Northern Ireland setting and sharp witty narrative. Gun Street Girl is the best so far and the bar was already high!

Best one yet

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