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The cold cold ground : a Detective Sean Duffy novel / Adrian McKinty.

McKinty, Adrian. (Author).

Summary:

Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks. In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, is trying to track down a serial killer who is targeting gay men. As a Catholic policeman, Duffy is suspected by both sides and there are layers of complications. For one thing, homosexuality is illegal in Northern Ireland in 1981. Then he discovers that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but was last seen discussing business with someone from the Protestant UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force). -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781616147167
  • ISBN: 1616147164
  • Physical Description: 320 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Seventh Street Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published: London: Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd., 2012"--title page verso.
Subject:
Police > Northern Ireland > Fiction.
Gay men > Crimes against > Fiction.
Catholics > Fiction.
Serial murderers > Fiction.
Police.
Gay men.
Northern Ireland > History > 1968-1998 > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 11 total copies.
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