The Detective Up Late, Adrian McKinty
The Detective Up Late, Adrian McKinty
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The Detective Up Late

Author: Adrian McKinty

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 9 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/08/2023

Synopsis

“Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget.”—Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling authorFrom New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty comes the next thrilling mystery in the Edgar Award–winning Sean Duffy detective seriesSlamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher. After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention. A fifteen-year-old traveler girl has disappeared and no one seems to give a damn about it. Duffy begins to dig and uncovers a disturbing underground of men who seem to know her very well. The deeper he digs the more sinister it all gets. Is finding out the truth worth it if DI Duffy is going to get himself and his colleagues killed? Can he survive one last case before getting himself and his family out over the water?

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 Ceecee on June 29, 2024

It’s the dawn of the 1990’s and DI Sean Duffy of the RUC is glad to bid au revoir to the ‘80’s and these are his final days at Carrickfergus before semi retirement and a move to Scotland with his partner Beth and daughter Emma. He’s still busy though, for one thing he has a tricky triple agent to ha......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on August 03, 2023

New Year's Eve 1989, Northern Ireland is ready to put the bloody decade behind them. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is among them. Duffy is retiring and moving his family to Scotland due to the constant threat to their lives. He's looking forward to the future and seeing what life has in store for t......more

Quotes

“Gerard Doyle has a fabulous brogue and the ability to deliver a sly joke and dialogue between an Irishman and a Scot with equal facility.” AudioFile

“Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget.” Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author

“The story is infested with operatives of the IRA and the Ulster Volunteer Force, double agents, triple agents, hit squads, junkies, and murderers, all served up with mordant wit, erudition, and stylistic panache. It’s another superb outing for Duffy.” Washington Post

“There’s an ambivalence about almost every aspect of the book, including Duffy himself. He’s a Catholic in the RUC, a man out of sync. The Troubles weave in and out of the narratives, reminding us of what an extreme time it was. These are crime novels that are unafraid to explore the complications of living at a time when which church you went to could be enough to get you killed.”  The Guardian (London)

“The writing is first-rate, and the story commands attention from the opening pages…The Detective Up Late is a fine piece of crime fiction and is one of my favorites of the year so far. Once more McKinty sets the standard for clever, reflective novels of detection.” Murder, Mayhem, and Long Dogs

“Written with style, lyricism, and wry dark humor, nobody writes literary crime fiction like Adrian McKinty.” Belfast Telegraph

“[McKinty] is not your typical mystery writer, there’s a way in which he’s overeducated and esoteric…I love him most for his Detective Sean Duffy series.” Colin McEnroe, host of Connecticut Public Radio on NPR/PBS

“You know how the state of the world can sometimes seem irredeemably awful? The fact that we’re getting a new Sean Duffy novel from Adrian McKinty is proof that wonderful things happen. Known for bestsellers The Chain and The Island, McKinty has been writing a multinovel masterpiece about a Belfast detective during the Troubles that you need to read. This is the seventh book (and not the last, I hear) so start reading now so you’ll be ready when it hits stores.” Southern California News Group

“Set in Northern Ireland during the period known as the Troubles, these novels are superb…In this new book Duffy is older and wiser. There’s lots of action and a sizzling plot.” Dayton Daily News

“A highlight of the year in books was undoubtedly the return of Carrickfergus’s finest, DI Duffy…As is always the case with the best crime fiction, it transcends the genre. Not only an exploration of a violent and wild period in history, it tells people’s stories, captures the dialogue, and gives you a sense of the times and how they lived through them.” Concrete Islands

Awards

  • Boston Globe Pick
  • Publishers Weekly Pick
  • South Florida Sun Sentinel Pick
  • Boston Herald Pick
  • Los Angeles Daily News Pick
  • New Hampshire Weirs Times
  • A Rap Sheet Pick
  • Barnes & Noble Pick
  • Real Book Spy Pick
  • CrimeReads Pick
  • Novel Suspects
  • Barnes & Noble Favorite Indie Book
  • AudioFile Editors’ Pick
  • Washington Post Pick
  • Voice Arts Award
  • Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
  • China Rhyming Pick
  • Mystery Tribune Pick
  • Concrete Islands Pick
  • Belfast Telegraph
  • Dayton Daily News
  • Guardian Pick
  • Barry Award
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