![]() His storytelling is understated, and his dialect work is remarkable.Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award., If Raymond Chandler had grown up in Northern Ireland, The Cold Cold Ground is what he would have written., Tropes are tropes for good reason. ![]() ![]() A brilliant piece of work which does for the North whatPeace's Red Riding Quartet did for Yorkshire., Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground has gotten onto my five best of the year listas it is riveting, brilliant, and just about the best book yet on NorthernIreland., Thisseries starter from McKinty introduces hard-boiled but likable Detective SergeantSean Duffy, a Catholic who remains brashly, winningly sardonic even under thepressure of 1981 Belfast's overwhelmingly Protestant police force.The deft mix of noirishmelancholy with express-train pacing and blockbuster-ready action enticingly setsthe stage for Duffy's future adventures., The audiobook exceeds all expectations because of narrator Gerard Doyle. Sean Duffy is a compellingdetective, the evocation of the period is breathtaking, and the atmosphereauthentically menacing. It's undoubtedly McKinty's finest novel: avisceral journey to the heart of darkness that was 1980s Northern Ireland.Written with intelligence, insight, and wit, McKinty exposes the cancer ofcorruption at all levels of society at that time. ![]()
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