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The Bloomsday Dead

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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 In this concluding book of Adrian McKinty's highly praised Dead series, Michael Forsythe confronts his former lover and archrival, Bridget, a New York Irish Mob boss.

Michael has survived his infiltration of an IRA splinter cell in Boston, and now, his many near fatal wounds healed, he begins his next adventure as manager of hotel security in Lima, Peru. It is there that he is contacted by Bridget, whose fiancé he killed.

Bridget, calling from Dublin, says that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. Michael's choice is to fly to Dublin and help her find the girl, or be executed at the hands of Bridget's goons, who are holding him at gunpoint. He agrees to nothing, but is soon on the way to Dublin, leaving the first two of many dead bodies in his wake.

Don't miss these other noir thrillers in the Michael Forsythe series: Dead I Well May Be (Unabridged) and The Dead Yard (Unabridged).©2007 Adrian McKinty (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Mystery Fiction

Critic Reviews

"[H]is most visceral, satisfying effort yet....McKinty writes masterful action scenes, and he whips up a frenzy as the bullets begin to fly." (Publishers Weekly)
"[O]utpaces its immediate predecessor, The Dead Yard...with [McKinty's] trademark dark lyricism, one great red herring, and a masterful plot twist that brings Forsythe's character full circle in a lightning flash." (Booklist)
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I was entertained throughout the series and my rating is a review of it entirety, not of Bloomsday alone.

Bruce!

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I loved the flow of the story, liked that include references to real people and times

it was funny while including a very brutal narrative

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As always, a fast paced action book by Adrian McKinty and superbly narrated by Gerald Doyle. Sad to see this series finished. Enjoyed every minute of it.

A grand finale

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Entertaining, lively action thriller centred around Irish recent battlegrounds with strong sense of place (and humour)

classic action thriller

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A day with Leopold Bloom this is not. How many people can Michael Forsyth kill in one day? An awful lot as it turns out. And the eternal soliloquies! I wanted someone to shoot Michael just to put an end to them. A good story, but needed a hard edit. The narrator, as ever, is a dream to listen to, and kept me going to the blessed end.

In Which Everyone is Trying to Kill Michael

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