The Cold Cold Ground - Sean Duffy, Bk 1 Author:Adrian McKinty For Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy, the troubles are only just beginning... — Northern Ireland. Spring 1981. Hunger strikes. Bombings. Assassinations. Sky high unemployment. Endemic rioting. Everyone who can is getting out. This is a society teetering on the edge of chaos and the brink of civil war. Amid the madness, Detective Sergeant Duffy is de... more »aling with two cases: what may be Northern Ireland's first ever serial killer and a young woman's suicide that may yet turn out to be murder. 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 one of their sworn enemies in the UVF. For Duffy, though, there's no question of which side he's on -- because as a Catholic policeman, nobody trusts him.
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.« less
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