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In the aftermath of a brutal attack that left a woman in intensive care and her husband and young children dead, brash cop Scorcher Kennedy and his rookie partner, Richie, struggle with perplexing clues and Scorcher's haunting memories of a shattering incident from his childhood.
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Dublin Murder Squad novels volume 6
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"Being on the Murder squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she's there. The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she's getting close to the breaking point. Their new case looks like yet another by-the-numbers lovers' quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed...
3) Holy orders
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In 1950s Ireland, newspapers are censored, social conventions are strictly defined, and appalling crimes are hushed up. Why? Because the Catholic Church controls the lives of nearly everyone. But when the body of his daughter Phoebe's closest friend is brought to his autopsy table, Quirke can no longer play by the Church's rules. Along with Inspector Hackett, his sometime partner, Quirke investigates Jimmy's death and learns just how far the Church...
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When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspector Hackett realize that, rather than the suspected suicide, "Diamond Dick" has in fact been murdered.
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The first in a new series featuring Detective Jim Kinsella. Who murdered Molly? Was it Leopold Bloom, in the kitchen, with a teapot . . .?
This finely crafted historical mystery, using several recognizable characters and the famous setting from James Joyce's Ulysses, marks an intriguing departure for saga writer Jessica Stirling.
Detective Inspector Jim Kinsella of the Dublin police force is called to the scene when the body of...
This finely crafted historical mystery, using several recognizable characters and the famous setting from James Joyce's Ulysses, marks an intriguing departure for saga writer Jessica Stirling.
Detective Inspector Jim Kinsella of the Dublin police force is called to the scene when the body of...
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Peter McGarr mysteries volume 16
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The theft of the Book of Kells an exquisite ninth-century amalgam of Christian doctrine and Celtic legend from the Trinity College library is, in itself, a most shocking crime. But it is the brutal slaying of a night watchman that throws Peter McGarr of the Dublin Murder Squad into the mix. Forced to share investigative duties equally with a publicity-hungry co-Chief Superintendent, McGarr is soon entangled in a twisted web of murder, thievery, backbiting...
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George Keegan, a Dublin lawyer, wakes to find himself lying in a pool of blood. He can't remember what happened the night before. He soon has a clue when he sees the body of his girlfriend and colleague, Orla, on the TV news. But who killed Orla? And why? George wants to know. And so does Inspector Sean Murphy of the Dublin police.
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Joe Swallow mysteries volume 3
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"In Dublin, newly promoted detective inspector Joe Swallow's life looks to be taking a turn for the better. In addition to his promotion, he's settled into a comfortable arrangement with his landlady and paramour, Maria Walsh--that is, until his newfound peace is chaotically uprooted when a series of violent attacks against women lead to an outbreak of panic and fear. Swallow is drawn into the chase for a vicious serial murderer down Dublin's dark...
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Joe Swallow mysteries volume 1
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"In the 1880s the Dublin Metropolitan Police classified crime in two distinct classes. Political crimes were classed as 'special,' whereas theft, robbery and even murder ... were known as 'ordinary.' [In] June 1887, the city swelters in a long summer heatwave, the criminal underworld simmers, and with it, the threat of nationalist violence is growing ... Then the mutilated bodies of a man and a child are discovered in Phoenix Park and Detective Sergeant...
10) Faithful Place
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"Back in 1985, Frank Mackey was a nineteen-year-old kid with a dream of escaping his family's cramped flat on Faithful Place and running away to London with his girl, Rosie Daly. But on the night they were supposed to leave, Rosie didn't show. Frank took it for granted that she'd given him the brush-off--probably because of his alcoholic father, nutcase mother, and generally dysfunctional family. He never went home again. Neither did Rosie. Then,...
11) Ściana sekretów
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Investigating a photograph of a boy whose murder was never solved, aspiring Murder Squad member Stephen Moran partners with detective Antoinette Conway to search for answers in the cliques and rivalries at a Dublin boarding school.
12) Bez śladu
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W życiu liczy się tylko kilka chwil. Dla Franka Mackeya to te, kiedy miał dziewiętnaście lat i jego dziewczyna Rosie nie pojawiła się w umówionym miejscu. I nie chodziło o zwykłe spotkanie zakochanej pary. Zamierzali wspólnie uciec z Dublina do Londynu. Rosie zniknęła, zostawiwszy list, z którego wynikało, że postanowiła uciec sama. Dwadzieścia dwa lata później Frank pracuje jako detektyw wydziału tajnych operacji. Tymczasem w...
13) Starving men
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"Dublin psychiatrist Michael Gleeson never intended to be a killer, but history and heritage gave him no choice. Haunted by childhood tales of the gruesome history of the Irish people under British rule, Michael enlists the help of one of his patients to exact a long-awaited revenge on behalf of his country. But Michael's twisted plan doesn't run smoothly: not only must he learn the brutal truth about the role models who formed him as a child, but...
14) Intrusión
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"La brigada de homicidios de Dublín dista mucho de ser lo que había soñado la detective Antoinette Conway. El único que parece alegrarse de su presencia es su compañero, Steve Moran. El resto de su trabajo es una acumulación de casos ingratos, novatadas hirientes y acoso laboral. Antoinette es una detective fiera y con la piel muy dura, pero está llegando a su límite. El nuevo caso que le asignan parece sencillo: otra pelea de novios que acaba...
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