The Bloomsday Dead, Adrian McKinty
The Bloomsday Dead, Adrian McKinty
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The Bloomsday Dead

Author: Adrian McKinty

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

In this concluding book of Adrian McKinty’s highly praised Dead series, Michael Forsythe confronts his former lover and now archrival, Bridget.Michael Forsythe has just survived his infiltration of an IRA splinter cell in Boston. Now, his many near fatal wounds healed, he begins his next adventure as manager of hotel security in Lima, Peru. It is there he is contacted by his former lover, Bridget, whose husband he killed. Bridget, calling from Dublin, says her fourteen-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. Michael’s choice is to fly to Dublin and help her or to be executed at the hands of the goons holding him at gunpoint. He agrees to nothing and soon is on the way to Dublin, the first two of many dead bodies left in his wake.

About Adrian McKinty

How does one graduate from prestigious Oxford University and end up with such a mixture of odd jobs. Such was the life of Irish born author, Adrian McKinty. He was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1968 as number four of five children. His father was a welder and boilermaker, but then became a merchant seaman. Adrian grew up reading crime novels and science fiction.

McKinty moved to New York City after receiving his Oxford degree, where he lived in Harlem. This is where the Oxford graduate took jobs as bartender, security guard, bookstore clerk, rugby coach, door to door salesman, and librarian for the Columbia University Medical School Library. After that, Adrian moved to Denver, Colorado where he was a high school English teacher. During this phase of his career, he began writing fiction with his first novel being, Dead I Well May Be. It received great recognition from peer review publishers. The next award winning novel was the sequel to his first entitled, The Dead Yard.

McKinty and his wife moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2008 with their children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LenaRibka on May 07, 2020

Excellent! My favorite installment in the series. I complained about the second book (let me note, we are talking about the complaints at a very high level), that it was probably a wee overacted, in the first place in the final phase. Well, The Bloomsday Dead is by no means less bloody and yet I had......more

Goodreads review by Donna on June 19, 2022

This is the last of the books in the Michael Forsyth trilogy, and it is fucking masterful. McKinty is one of the few authors for whom I will crawl to the library; I have never yet been given access to a galley, but a luminary like this guy doesn't really need the approbation of a schoolteacher blogg......more

Goodreads review by Mainer207 on December 07, 2016

I LOVED this!!! I shouldn't have - too much murder - but it was delightful. How strange that is. In a few cases I felt like I was reading about a gang that shouldn't shoot straight. Michael is adorable - for a cold-blooded killer. That's what makes this a confusing series. I smiled and laughed throu......more

Goodreads review by John of Canada on August 12, 2017

Not as funny as some of McKinty's other Forsythe books but one of the most thrilling finishes ever.I loved the ending.This was a fine ending to the 'Dead' series,but we are not entirely finished with Mr. Forsythe.See Falling Glass.Three thumbs up for Adrian McKinty!......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on February 14, 2019

The final book in the 'Dead' Trilogy which chronicles the life of Michael Forsythe, one-time Irish mob gangster turned informer, and now permanently on the run fearing vengeance from his one-time lover, now leader of the mob (after he killed everyone else in a revenge spree). Forsythe is a charming r......more

Quotes

“A near-perfect marriage of fiction and performance, The Bloomsday Dead is a must-listen…Forsythe is portrayed by Doyle in an intimate virtuoso performance that intensifies the taut, gritty writing…in this soaring, tragic story…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

“His most visceral, satisfying effort yet…McKinty writes masterful action scenes, and he whips up a frenzy as the bullets begin to fly.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Outpaces its immediate predecessor, The Dead Yard…with [McKinty’s] trademark dark lyricism, one great red herring, and a masterful plot twist that brings Forsythe’s character full circle in a lightning flash.” Booklist (starred review)

“As always, Gerard Doyle provides a lively, often unexpectedly comic performance. No one could possibly interpret McKinty’s continually exciting and surprising fiction as well. Highly recommended.” Library Journal (starred review)

“[With] a clean, well-articulated Irish lilt…Doyle’s skillful narration draws the listener deep into this dark side of the emerald isle.” Publishers Weekly (audio review)

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
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