The Rising
- Author
- Brian McGilloway
- Narrator
- Gerard McCarthy
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 8 October 2026
- Run Time
- 7 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'A clever web of intrigue that deepens and darkens as it twists' Peter James on Gallows Lane
'Some of the very best crime fiction being written today' Lee Child on Bad Blood
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When Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin is summoned to a burning barn, he finds inside the charred remains of a man who is quickly identified as a local drug dealer, Martin Kielty. It soon becomes clear that Kielty's death was no accident, and suspicion falls on a local vigilante group. Former paramilitaries, the men call themselves The Rising.
Meanwhile, a former colleague's teenage son has gone missing during a seaside camping trip. Devlin is relieved when the boy's mother, Caroline Williams, receives a text message from her son's phone, and so when a body is reported, washed up on a nearby beach, the inspector is baffled.
When another drug dealer is killed, Devlin realises that the spate of deaths is more complex than mere vigilantism. But just as it seems he is close to understanding the case, a personal crisis will strike at the heart of Ben's own family, and he will be forced to confront the compromises his career has forced upon him.
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With his fourth novel, McGilloway announces himself as one of the most exciting crime novelists around: gripping, heartbreaking and always surprising, The Rising is a tour de force - McGilloway's most personal novel so far.
Praise for The Rising:
'This book should carry a health warning for insomniacs - once taken up it is impossible to put down.' Irish Independent
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Details
- Author
- Brian McGilloway
- Narrator
- Gerard McCarthy
- Duration
- 7 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9780349024042
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
<font size=+1"><b>'Dazzling' </b>The Guardian</font> on <i>Borderlands</i><br><br><font size=+1"><b>'A clever web of intrigue that deepens and darkens as it twists'</b> Peter James</font> on <i>Gallows Lane</i><br><br><font size=+1"><b>'Some of the very best crime fiction being written today' </b>Lee Child</font> on <i>Bad Blood</i><br><br><i>____________</i><br><br>When Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin is summoned to a burning barn, he finds inside the charred remains of a man who is quickly identified as a local drug dealer, Martin Kielty. It soon becomes clear that Kielty's death was no accident, and suspicion falls on a local vigilante group. Former paramilitaries, the men call themselves The Rising.<br><br>Meanwhile, a former colleague's teenage son has gone missing during a seaside camping trip. Devlin is relieved when the boy's mother, Caroline Williams, receives a text message from her son's phone, and so when a body is reported, washed up on a nearby beach, the inspector is baffled.<br><br>When another drug dealer is killed, Devlin realises that the spate of deaths is more complex than mere vigilantism. But just as it seems he is close to understanding the case, a personal crisis will strike at the heart of Ben's own family, and he will be forced to confront the compromises his career has forced upon him.<br>______________<br><b><i>With his fourth novel, McGilloway announces himself as one of the most exciting crime novelists around: gripping, heartbreaking and always surprising, The Rising is a tour de force - McGilloway's most personal novel so far.</i></b><br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Rising:</i></b><br><br><b>'This book should carry a health warning for insomniacs - once taken up it is impossible to put down.' </b><i>Irish Independent </i>
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