Ken Bruen
Publisher
Akashic Books
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Collection of crime stories, by authors from both sides of the Atlantic, that take place in Dublin, Ireland.
Irish crime-fiction sensation Ken Bruen and cohorts shine a light on the dark streets of Dublin. Dublin Noir features an awe-inspiring cast of writers who between them have won all major mystery and crime-fiction awards. This collection introduces secret corners of a fascinating city and surprise assaults on the "Celtic Tiger" of modern Irish...
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Jack Taylor blew town at the end of The Guards, his alcoholism was a distant memory and sober dreams of a new life in London were shining in his eyes. In the opening pages of The Killing of the Tinkers, Jack's back in Galway a year later with a new leather jacket on his back, a pack of smokes in his pocket, a few grams of coke in his waistband, and a pint of Guinness on his mind. So much for new beginnings."
"Before long he's sunk into his...
3) Priest
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 9
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Galway private investigator Jack Taylor confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland.
5) Ammunition
Author
Series
Brant novels volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
6) The devil
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
7) Sanctuary
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 7
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
8) Purgatory
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 10
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Juggling a precarious balance between his physical and addiction recovery efforts, former cop Jack Taylor investigates the work of a vigilante killer who has been sending him cryptic invitations to join him, an effort that jeopardizes Taylor's livelihood, friends and mental health.
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 12
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
10) Green hell
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 11
Publisher
The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 16
Publisher
The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Jack Taylor has finally escaped his violent life in Galway for a quiet retirement in the country. But on a day trip back into the city to sort out his affairs, Jack is hit by a truck in front of Galway's Famine Memorial, left in a coma but mysteriously without a scratch on him. When he awakens weeks later, he finds Ireland in a frenzy over the so-called "Miracle of Galway." People have become convinced that the two children seen tending to him are...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to remain sober and overcome a debt to a local thug, Jack Taylor accepts a job tracking down a woman who once befriended the thug's mother, an assignment that proves increasingly challenging and dangerous.
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 13
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As well-versed in politics, pop culture, and crime fiction as he is ill-fated in life, Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. In need of money, and with former cop on his resume, Jack has been hired as a night-shift security guard. But his Ukrainian boss has Jack in mind for a bit of off-the-books work. He wants Jack to find what some claim to be the first true book of heresy, The Red Book, currently...
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 14
Publisher
The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Ken Bruen has been called "hard to resist, with his aching Irish heart, silvery tongue, and bleak noir sensibility" (New York Times Book Review). His prose is as characteristically sharp as his outlook in the latest Jack Taylor novel, In the Galway Silence. After much tragedy and violence, Jack Taylor has at long last landed at contentment. Of course, he still knocks back too much Jameson and dabbles in uppers, but he has a new woman in his life,...
15) Galway girl
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 15
Publisher
The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Jack Taylor has never quite been able get his life together, but now he has truly hit rock bottom. Still reeling from a violent family tragedy, Taylor is busy drowning his grief in Jameson and uppers when a high-profile officer in the local Garda is murdered. After another Guard is found dead, and then another, Taylor's old colleagues from the force implore him to take on the case. The plot is one big game, and all of the pieces seem to be moving...
20) Tower
Author
Publisher
Busted Flush Pr
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Born into a rough Brooklyn neighborhood, outsiders in their own families, Nick and Todd forge a lifelong bond that persists in the face of crushing loss, blood, and betrayal. Low-level wiseguys with little ambition and even less of a future, the friends become major players in the potential destruction of an international crime syndicate that stretches from the cargo area at Kennedy Airport to the streets of New York, Belfast, and Boston to the alleyways...
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