A Galway Epiphany, Ken Bruen
A Galway Epiphany, Ken Bruen
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A Galway Epiphany

Author: Ken Bruen

Narrator: Gerry O'Brien

Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/19/2020


Synopsis

Ex-cop-turned-PI Jack Taylor has finally escaped the despair of his violent life in Galway in favor of quiet retirement in the country with his friend Keefer, a former Rolling Stones roadie, and a falcon named Maeve. But on a day trip back into the city to sort out his affairs, Jack is hit by a truck in front of Galways Famine Memorial and left in a comabut mysteriously without a scratch on him. When he awakens weeks later, he finds Ireland in a frenzy over the so-called Miracle of Galway. People have become convinced that the two children spotted tending to him are saintly and the site of the accident is sacred. The Catholic Church isnt so sure, and Jack is commissioned to help find the children to verify the miracleor expose the stunt. But Jack isnt the only one looking for these children, and hes about to plunge into a case involving an order of nuns, an arsonist, and a girl who may be more manipulative than miraculous.

About Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen received a doctorate in metaphysics, taught English in South Africa, and then became a crime novelist. The critically acclaimed author of the Jack Taylor novels and the White Trilogy, he is the recipient of two Barry Awards and two Shamus Awards, and he has twice been a finalist for the Edgar Award. He lives in Galway, Ireland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on March 31, 2024

This is the sixteenth book in Bruen’s series featuring former Irish cop Jack Taylor. As I already knew from the one book in this series I’d previously read, Jack is a typical hard boiled front man: scarred, prone to acts of violence and fond (very fond) of a tipple. When the story opens, we find him......more