There may be troubles ahead...Northern Ireland. Spring 1981. Hunger strikes. Riots. Power cuts. A homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera. And a young woman's suicide that may yet turn out to be murder. On the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things - and people - aren't always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. It's no easy job - especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but last seen discussing business with someone from the UVF. Add to that the fact that as a Catholic policemen, it doesn't matter which side he's on, because nobody trusts him - and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation. Fast-paced, evocative and brutal, "The Cold, Cold Ground" is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles - and a cop treading a thin, thin line.
Klappentext
Book 1 in the Detective Sean Duffy series."McKinty is one of Britain's great contemporary crime writers and the Sean Duffy books are his masterpiece." - Ian RankinTwo dead. One left in a car by the side of a road. He was meant to be found quickly. His killer is making a statement. The other is discovered hanging in a tree, deep in a forest. Surely a suicide: she'd just given birth, but there's no sign of the baby. Nothing seems to link the two, but Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy knows the links that seem to be invisible are just waiting to be uncovered. And as a policeman who has solved six murders so far in his career, but not yet brought a single case to court, Duffy is determined that this time, someone will pay. RAIN DOGS WAS WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD 2017
Biografie
Adrian McKinty, geboren 1968, wuchs in Carrickfergus in der Nähe von Belfast auf. An der Oxford University studierte er Philosophie, dann übersiedelte er nach New York. Sechs Jahre lebte und arbeitete er in Harlem, u. a. als Wachmann, Vertreter, Rugbytrainer, Buchhändler und Postbote. 2001 zog er nach Denver, seit 2008 wohnt er mit seiner Familie in Melbourne.