Headstone, Ken Bruen
Headstone, Ken Bruen
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Headstone
A Jack Taylor Novel

Author: Ken Bruen

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/11/2011

Synopsis

Acclaimed Irish crime writer Ken Bruen has won numerous awards for his hard-charging, dark thrillers, which have been translated into ten languages. In Headstone, an elderly priest is nearly beaten to death and a special-needs boy is brutally attacked. Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has encountered most of them, and has the scars to prove it. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland that leave even the national police shaken. And Jack is especially vulnerable now that he has finally found love and happiness.
 
 Jack, slowly accepting the sheer power of Headstone, comes to realize that in order to fight back he must relinquish the remaining shreds of what has made him human. Headstone barrels along its deadly path right to the center of his life and the heart of Galway. In a moment of awful clarity, Jack realizes that not only might he be powerless to stop Headstone; he may not have the grit needed to even face it. A terrific read from a writer called “a Celtic Dashiell Hammett,” Headstone is an excellent addition to the Jack Taylor series.

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 Minty on October 12, 2018

I'm afraid this series may be........................ past its sell-by date. First off, what on earth is up with................... all the ellipses? It took enough to grow accustomed to Jack's Constant Incessant Intrusive list-making. But now, 9 books in, Bruen's finger has got stuck on the period key......more

Goodreads review by Josh on June 05, 2017

The most brutal and brilliant of the Jack Taylor series, HEAD STONE, the 9th book in the series elevates Taylor to a whole new level - one where his demons escape his maddened mind and find their way towards the surface. Jack is pursued by a gang calling themselves Headstone, their purpose to eradic......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on March 16, 2012

What could be more fitting on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day than to read the ninth book in the Jack Taylor series, perhaps as good as they come. It is a kick-off novel from a new imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Otto Penzler’s Mysterious Press, and serves well as a guide to the future. As in the previous vo......more

Goodreads review by Ozzie on October 10, 2012

In HEADSTONE, like other novels by Ken Bruen, the prose lifts off the page and sings for the reader. Bruen is a great stylist. If Cormac Mccarthy co-wrote a book with James Lee Burke, it would come out a Ken Bruen novel. Bruen is easy to read, but his stories and his characters always leave me feeli......more

Goodreads review by Mike on November 24, 2017

Back to black - and a Jay. Back to Jack Taylor; cannot stay away for long, Jack. 'Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.' Irish saying, appropriate for Taylor who often bites off more than he can chew. A group called Headstone, enough to terrify Jack, this manifestation of pure evil......more

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