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Detective Inspector Sean Duffy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary has form when it comes to locked-room mysteries, and the unlikelihood of catching two such cases in a single career causes him to resist thinking the apparent suicide could have been foul play. But at the same time, his police instincts won't let him rest until he gets to the bottom of the case and learns the truth, however personally difficult and dangerous it might prove to be.
This is the fifth book in McKinty's excellent police procedural series, and possibly the best one yet. Because the events of each book build upon those that came before, I highly recommend starting the series with Book 1, In the Cold, Cold Ground. You'll thank me later.
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Rain Dogs, a stunning installment in the Sean Duffy thriller series, following the Edgar Award-nominated Gun Street Girl, is another standout in a superior series. It's just the same things over and again for Sean Duffy: riot duty, heartbreak, cases he can solve but never get to court. But what detective gets two locked-room mysteries in one career? When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus Castle, it looks like a suicide. Yet there are a few things that bother Duffy just enough to keep the case file open, which is how he finds out that Bigelow was working on a devastating investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power in the UK and beyond. And so Duffy has two impossible problems on his desk: Who killed Lily Bigelow? And what were they trying to hide?… (more)