Meet Mick Boyle, a decorated detective consigned to a backwater posting in the West of Ireland. Once one of An Garda Síochána’s brightest and best, he is struggling to overcome a past blighted by alcoholism, indiscipline and a failed marriage. Just when he starts to believe he can sit back and let the world pass him by, Boyle is confronted with a serial killer investigation, a drugs war with a high body count, and the theft of priceless paintings that leads the world’s press to his doorstep.
There’s no hiding place. Is this Boyle’s chance for redemption? Or is he a spent force?
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“Sometimes a book comes along that you instantly know......damn, I am now going to have to read this all over again for the sheer joy of the narrative. It means that I will have to swear off other books for a time as very few can provide the utter joy and delight of Joe McCoubrey's superb novel.”
KEN BRUEN, international bestselling author of the Jack Taylor Irish crime series.
Meet Mick Boyle, a decorated detective consigned to a backwater posting in the West of Ireland. Once one of An Garda Síochána’s brightest and best, he is struggling to overcome a past blighted by alcoholism, indiscipline and a failed marriage. Just when he starts to believe he can sit back and let the world pass him by, Boyle is confronted with a serial killer investigation, a drugs war with a high body count, and the theft of priceless paintings that leads the world’s press to his doorstep.
There’s no hiding place. Is this Boyle’s chance for redemption? Or is he a spent force?
ENDORSEMENT
“Sometimes a book comes along that you instantly know......damn, I am now going to have to read this all over again for the sheer joy of the narrative. It means that I will have to swear off other books for a time as very few can provide the utter joy and delight of Joe McCoubrey's superb novel.”
KEN BRUEN, international bestselling author of the Jack Taylor Irish crime series.