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  • Detective Sean Duffy, Book 5
  • By: Adrian McKinty
  • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
  • Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (298 ratings)
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Rain Dogs

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Summary

Edgar Award winner, Best Paperback Original, 2017.

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).  

It's just the same things over and again for Sean Duffy: riot duty, heartbreak, cases he can solve but never get to court. But what detective gets two locked-room mysteries in one career? 

When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus castle, it looks like a suicide. Yet there are a few things that bother Duffy just enough to keep the case file open, which is how he finds out that Bigelow was working on a devastating investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power in the UK and beyond. And so Duffy has two impossible problems on his desk: Who killed Lily Bigelow? And what were they trying to hide? 

©2016 Adrian McKinty (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"McKinty expertly balances Duffy's tense and suspenseful investigation with the political tensions of the region." ( Publishers Review)
"McKinty manages a second locked-room success...another standout in a superior series, combining terrific plotting with evocative historical detail." ( Booklist)
"The tension between McKinty's competing love of tight, formal puzzles and loose, riffing dialogue is what makes the Duffy novels such a tremendous joy." ( The Guardian)

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Storytelling and poetry tugging at your memory all the time

First time I have listened to a Adrian McGinty novel and it took me a little while to settle into it, the style and the narration. Initially I could not make my mind up if it was a black comedy or a genuine whodunnit whilst looking at that period of history in Ireland. But I loved this book, possibly a bit because I lived during this chaos which touched everyone. Well worth the investment of the time.

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A Binge Listener

I've been binge listening the entirely improbable adventures of Sean Duffy, as he fights his way through the Northern Irish troubles and encounters many of the famous personalities and events if the 1980s. I know how unlikely it is that one person should have had so many close calls with history, but that hasn't slowed me down for a minute. I'm straight on to vol 6 now.

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enjoyable read

enjoyable read, interesting interweave with recent news stories, would look for more in the series

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McKinty delivers again.

Excellent story with lots of twists and turns. Interesting use of Jimmy Saville and other scandals intertwined with Sean Duffy to give an added edge and suspension of disbelief underlaid with gallows humour .

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Great book

I love this series, can’t wait to download book six and see how Sean copes with being a dad

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Another top book

I simply cannot say enough about Adrian McKinty, Sean Duffy and Gerard Doyle. Thanks for getting together boys

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Slow burner with little action and clichè occurrences.

Invested about 5 hours and was comforted by the softly spoken narrator but the story lacks depth.

My first attempt at a Duffy book and not the usual high paced detective thriller I wanted. Overall, I thought it was quite boring.

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good story

I think this is a fair representation of what northern Ireland was like in the trouble's, the story is good and I listened to the end.

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Great plot

Interesting and amusing with well-integrated political references that enhance. Well read and very enjoyable

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another great read

loved the series start to finish! absolutely addictive storyline in each and every book. Can't wait for the next edition.

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