Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I thought I’d celebrate by reviewing Adrian McKinty’s new Sean Duffy mystery, Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly. Sean Duffy is a police detective in Belfast. It’s 1988 and Duffy is investigating the bizarre murder of a drug dealer who is shot by crossbow. The drug dealer’s Bulgarian wife disappears and Duffy’s leads dry up. But when the IRA try to execute Duffy, the story really gets cranked up. Duffy has some relationship problems with his girl friend, Beth. The shifting alliances within the police establishment come into play, too. I’ve enjoyed the Sean Duffy series with Rain Dogs (with its impossible crime motif) as my favorite. My other reviews of the Sean Duffy mysteries are here, here, here, and here. GRADE: B+
THE SEAN DUFFY SERIES:
The Cold Cold Ground (2012)
I Hear the Sirens in the Street (2013)
In the Morning I’ll Be Gone (2014)
Gun Street Girl (2015)
Rain Dogs (2016)
Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly (2017)
Just finished this today. I have read all the Sean Dufy novels and enjoyed them.
Steve, RAIN DOGS is my favorite Sean Duffy mystery. But, like you, I’ve enjoyed all the books in the series. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Ditto. I have this one coming from the library. Indeed, had we been home I’d have it already. I like Duffy and the series, and I particularly like the title of this one.
Jeff, you’ll be sucked into POLICE AT THE STATION AND THEY DON’T LOOK FRIENDLY right from the opening scene!
I HEAR THE SIRENS IN THE STREET and RAIN DOGS would probably be my picks so far.
Jeff, I loved the “impossible crime” in RAIN DOGS!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you, too, George. I have yet to get this book, but have read his earlier work. McKinty has a wicked sense of humor. I will have to get on Amazon and order this one.
Elgin, I love Duffy’s sense of humor! But it usually gets him into trouble!
Happy St. Paddy’s, George!
I read Gun Street Girl and loved it. I’ll go back and fill in the others soon (I hope).
Beth, when you retire, you’ll have plenty time to catch up on the Sean Duffy mysteries!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, George. This certainly isn’t a forgotten book, or even an old book. What’s up with that?
Rick, I thought the setting in Belfast, Ireland would be in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day. And perhaps some people have forgotten the previous Sean Duffy books! And, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you, too!
Fair enough.