In the Morning I’ll Be Gone
- Author Adrian McKinty
- Narrator Gerard Doyle
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 4 March 2014
- Run Time 9 hours and 52 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural.
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What to expect
A Catholic cop tracks an IRA master bomber amidst the sectarian violence of the conflict in Northern Ireland in this pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author Adrian McKinty.
“McKinty’s writing is dark and witty with gritty realism, spot-on dialogue, and fascinating characters.” —Chicago Sun-Times
It's the early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), is recruited by MI5 to hunt down Dermot McCann, an IRA master bomber who has made a daring escape from the notorious Maze prison. In the course of his investigations Sean discovers a woman who may hold the key to Dermot's whereabouts; she herself wants justice for her daughter who died in mysterious circumstances in a pub locked from the inside. Sean knows that if he can crack the "locked-room mystery," the bigger mystery of Dermot's whereabouts might be revealed to him as a reward. Meanwhile the clock is ticking down to the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in 1984, where Mrs. Thatcher is due to give a keynote speech …
Critics Review
u201cA locked-room mystery within a manhunt killer, a clever and gripping setup that helps make Duffyu2019s third outing easily his best so far.u201d
u201cAn action movie view of the Troublesu2026A fast andnthrilling ride from the reliably excellent McKinty.u201d
u201cMcKinty places riveting police procedurals in the political context of The Troubles, sharply ratcheting up the tension and fearu2026But itu2019s not all grit: McKintyu2019s novels are also shot through with a smart, crackling humor that manages to be both dark and witty.u201d
u201cNot content with constructing a complex plot,nMcKinty further wraps his story around a deliciously old-fashioned u2018locked roomu2019nmystery, the solution to which holds the key to Duffyu2019s entire investigation.nDriven by McKintyu2019s brand of lyrical, hard-boiled prose, leavened by anfatalistic strain of the blackest humor, Innthe Morning Iu2019ll Be Gone is a hugely satisfying historical thriller.u201d
u201cThis is the third in the series and, for me, thenbest, for it contains a locked room mystery at the heart of a drama about anmajor terrorist escape from the Maze prison, Belfast in 1983. Written in spare,nrazor-sharp prose, and leading up to a denouement that creeps up on you andnthen explodes like a terrorist bomb, it places McKinty firmly in the front ranknof modern crime writers.u201d
u201cMcKintyu2019s latest demonstrates his skill as one ofnIrelandu2019s best and most innovative crime writers.u201d
u201c[A] superb trilogy reaches its finalityu2026The huntnfor [Duffyu2019s quarry] begins and ends spectacularly. McKinty is particularlynconvincing in painting the political and social backdrops to his plots. Hendeserves to be treated as one of Britainu2019s top crime writers.u201d
u201cAn older, more sobered Duffy, still unconventionalnand willing to take chances but more reflective, more Sherlock Holmes and EdgarnAllen Poe than Robocop. His growing maturity results in fewer bedroom scenes,nbut there is plenty of excitement and suspense elsewhere in this intelligentnand gripping yarn.u201d
u201cSardonic Belfast cop Sean Duffy [in] another terrificnTroubles-set thriller.u201d
u201cThe explosive conclusion to McKintyu2019s Troubles trilogy combines an IRA thriller with a locked-room mysteryu2026Though itu2019s the end of the trilogy, readers will hope that this wonu2019t be the last they see of Sean Duffy.u201d
u201cDoyleu2019snNorthern Irish voices will inhabit listenersu2019 minds long after listeningu2026Bothnwriting and narration are superb in this combination of political thriller andnclassic locked-room mystery.u201d
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