The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy #1)
by Adrian McKinty is $0.99 at Amazon US.
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Northern Ireland, Spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer, and a young woman’s suicide: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things aren’t always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. It’s no easy job—especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force. Add to this the fact that, as a Catholic policeman, it doesn’t matter which side he’s on, because nobody trusts him, and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation.
Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, The Cold Cold Ground is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles—and of a cop treading a thin, thin line.
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FYI, I read this last year and recommend it. The portrait of Northern Ireland during the Troubles was particularly interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Ground-S...dp/B07SLDNBT2/