“The audiobook exceeds all expectations because of narrator Gerard Doyle. His storytelling is understated, and his dialect work is remarkable…Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award.”

“A dark-humored shamus in the Philip Marlowe tradition.”

“A masterpiece of Troubles crime fiction.”

“A crime novel, fast-paced, intricate, and genre to the core.”

“McKinty creates a marvelous sense of time and place.”

“If Raymond Chandler had grown up in Northern Ireland, The Cold Cold Ground is what he would have written.”

“Reader Gerard Doyle captures every ironic twitch of McKinty’s world-weary Duffy…In each note of Doyle’s narration you hear Duffy’s resignation to the madness surrounding him. The plots are riveting, but the front-row seat to Duffy’s deteriorating equilibrium makes them even better.”

“Everything in this novel hits all the right notes, from its brilliant evocation of time and place to razor-sharp dialogue to detailed police procedures.”

“McKinty’s fine police procedural is also the ultimate page-turner.”

“A journey into a terrifying and almost dreamlike labyrinth of violence and betrayal.”

“[A] deft mix of noirish melancholy with express-train pacing and blockbuster-ready action.”

“A razor-sharp thriller…told with style, courage, and dark-as-night wit.”

“Riveting, brilliant, and just about the best book yet on Northern Ireland.”