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Hang On St. Christopher

The Sean Duffy Series, Book 8

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New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty continues the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy series with Hang On St. Christopher.

Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It’s July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to “Shortbread Land.” Duffy’s a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It’s an easy gig, if he can keep his head down.

But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protégé is on holiday in Spain. A carjacking gone wrong and the death of a solitary, middle-aged painter. But something’s not right, and as Duffy probes he discovers the painter was an IRA assassin. So, the question becomes: Who hit the hit man and why?

This is Duffy’s most violent and dangerous case yet and the whole future of the burgeoning “peace process” may depend upon it. Based on true events, Duffy must unentangle parallel operations by the CIA, MI5, and Special Branch. Duffy attempts to bring a killer to justice while trying to keep himself and his team alive as everything unravels around them. They might not all make it out of this one.

©2025 Adrian McKinty (P)2025 Blackstone Publishing Crime Thrillers Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting

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Slow start, but well worth it. Really great story , made you feel totally engaged. Great ending sorry it was over.

Excellent story

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At first I thought this story was going be rather boring....
How wrong was I !
I loved it....it dribbled along the pebbles until it burst out ( im just trying it on !) Such a full story the characters all full...the main character... an enigma.. dragged between two lives.. .- I will search for more

All strangely grand

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All crime fictions fans should read or listen to this fantastic series. It has given me some understanding of life in Northern Ireland during the troubles.

The Sean Duffy series is both thrilling and educational, I couldn’t stop listening

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It caught me from the start. Brilliant narrator. Kept me listening till the end. Great!

Riveting!

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I love the narration. very well done
the description of the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland

brilliant book obviously plenty of research to make it believable

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