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“A locked-room mystery within a manhunt killer, a clever and gripping setup that helps make Duffy’s third outing easily his best so far.” Sunday Times (London)
“An action movie view of the Troubles…A fast and
thrilling ride from the reliably excellent McKinty.” Mail on Sunday (London)
“McKinty places riveting police procedurals in the political context of The Troubles, sharply ratcheting up the tension and fear…But it’s not all grit: McKinty’s novels are also shot through with a smart, crackling humor that manages to be both dark and witty.” Boston Globe
“Not content with constructing a complex plot,
McKinty further wraps his story around a deliciously old-fashioned ‘locked room’
mystery, the solution to which holds the key to Duffy’s entire investigation.
Driven by McKinty’s brand of lyrical, hard-boiled prose, leavened by a
fatalistic strain of the blackest humor, In
the Morning I’ll Be Gone is a hugely satisfying historical thriller.” Irish Times
“This is the third in the series and, for me, the
best, for it contains a locked room mystery at the heart of a drama about a
major terrorist escape from the Maze prison, Belfast in 1983. Written in spare,
razor-sharp prose, and leading up to a denouement that creeps up on you and
then explodes like a terrorist bomb, it places McKinty firmly in the front rank
of modern crime writers.” Daily Mail (London)
“McKinty’s latest demonstrates his skill as one of
Ireland’s best and most innovative crime writers.” Belfast Telegraph
“[A] superb trilogy reaches its finality…The hunt
for [Duffy’s quarry] begins and ends spectacularly. McKinty is particularly
convincing in painting the political and social backdrops to his plots. He
deserves to be treated as one of Britain’s top crime writers.” Times (London)
“An older, more sobered Duffy, still unconventional
and willing to take chances but more reflective, more Sherlock Holmes and Edgar
Allen Poe than Robocop. His growing maturity results in fewer bedroom scenes,
but there is plenty of excitement and suspense elsewhere in this intelligent
and gripping yarn.” Irish Independent
“Sardonic Belfast cop Sean Duffy [in] another terrific
Troubles-set thriller.” Sun (UK), 4.5 stars
“The explosive conclusion to McKinty’s Troubles trilogy combines an IRA thriller with a locked-room mystery…Though it’s the end of the trilogy, readers will hope that this won’t be the last they see of Sean Duffy.” Publishers Weekly