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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

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 Narrator, Gerard Doyle, with his wonderful Irish Accent will take you on another thrilling ride, exposing
the high pressured life of the Irish Police during the troubled times in Belfast during the mid 1980’s. A fast paced thriller with lots of music references, booze, twists and turns. I loved every minute of this third Shaun Duffy Detective series.

Another excellent audible written by Adrian McKinty.

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This series really gets a hold of you. Sean Duffy is a very flawed individual but you feel some sympathy for him and can admire his dogged determination. The background to the "troubles" is very well written, explains why things happened but doesn't get in the way of a fine procedural detective story. The narrator does a great job.

Another gripping book

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loved it, enjoy narrator and the dry, wry Irish humour, but still wondering how he survives so much vodka

another great Sean Duffy story

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I particularly like the Irish humour, the narrative and the sound of the Irish voices

An excellent read

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Another great book from this amazing author, how does he do ot. Gerard Doyle is the master story teller, he just does a superb job on this great novel. Sean our hero is such a wonderful character, you cant help but warm to him, You also feel for him, what a tough life imagine having to look under you car everyday to see if a bomb as been planted. The humour continues which is incredible how the author adds the humour through such troubled times. Great book a must listen, I will look foward to book 5. Thank you Adrian and Gerard.

Just Superb

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loved it , devoured it.....can't wait for his next release. my favourite author. .

exceptional as always.....

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Complex & satisfying. The Duffy novels get better & darker. Fantastic plotting, as Duffy high on cocaine & whiskey seeks truth, justice & tenderness. Great narration.

Duffy tangles with the Americans again

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McKinty has maintained the high standards of story, character and setting that he set in the previous three Duffy novels. The historical setting of the troubles is handled beautifully and the reader is immersed in the northern Ireland of the '80's as the story itself is intrinsically enmeshed in the political and social order of place and time. Duffy is a little older and a little wiser as he navigates being a catholic Detective Inspector in the predominantly protestant RUC CID and he remains reflective, self-aware and with an ethical compass that is perhaps more utilitarian than it is traditionally catholic.

Once again, Gerard Doyle does a magnificent job as the narrator. He really is faultless.

All in all, this was another terrific novel and I sincerely hope that we haven't seen the last of DI Sean Duffy.

Another gripping Duffy instalment

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Such a great story and excellent narration. After two books, I am now a huge fan of both Adrian McInty and Gerard Doyle.

Terrific

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McKinty and Doyle evoke an era so well. I grew up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and these books bring back a lot of memories. Intricately plotted and a joy to listen to .

Each book in this series gets better and better

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