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Loading... The Detective Up Lateby Adrian McKinty
   Top Five Books of 2023 (584) No current Talk conversations about this book.  katiekrug | May 7, 2024 |   The Detective Up Late is the latest in the Duffy series. In the very early nineties Duffy is set to retire and move to Scotland with his wife and daughter. Unfortunately there is one last case that needs to be wrapped up before the move can be completed, the disappearance of a young Tinker girl. Duffy vows that the case will receive the same priority as if she were an upper class lady, and doggedly pursues the case to the end, even as others urge him to let it go. The book is a good read, and delivers all the goods one would expect from a writer of McKinty's skill. (  ) norinrad10 | Apr 13, 2024 | Duffy and his team begin in the usual way: interviewing the girl’s family and people who saw her the night she disappeared. Due to a holiday, a few days have passed and the trail is not easy to follow. Lucky for Duffy and team, some critical evidence is discovered by locals and they are soon interviewing suspects. But the path from suspects to arrest is a winding one, as is determining what actually happened to the girl. And as is often the case in these novels, connections emerge which add international intrigue to a “simple” missing persons case. The novel ends with a tidy conclusion, which would be an acceptable way to wrap up the series. But I’ve heard Adrian McKinty may not be finished with Duffy yet, and that would be perfectly fine with me. ( ) lauralkeet | Apr 12, 2024 | ) Dokfintong | Feb 16, 2024 | I couldn’t be happier to see this latest title. Sean Duffy’s return is welcome and he is a character one never forgets. As usual, the story is tense, fast-moving and gritty. The writing, the dialogues, the characters and plot - all excellent. The portrayal of Northern Ireland during the time of ‘the Troubles’ is unforgettable, emotional and spot-on. “Can Sean survive one last case before getting himself and his family out over the water?” Five Stars ***** (  ) diana.hauser | Jan 8, 2024 | no reviews | add a review
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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 From New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty comes the next thrilling mystery in the Edgar Award - winning Sean Duffy detective series Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn't be higher. After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention. A fifteen-year-old traveler girl has disappeared and no one seems to give a damn about it. Duffy begins to dig and uncovers a disturbing underground of men who seem to know her very well. The deeper he digs the more sinister it all gets. Is finding out the truth worth it if DI Duffy is going to get himself and his colleagues killed? Can he survive one last case before getting himself and his family out over the water? No library descriptions found. |
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