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juliebcooper's review against another edition
4.0
Really enjoying this gritty series set in 1980s Northern Ireland. Real events and characters woven into fiction with a flawed, sympathetic main character who seems to have the world (or at least The Troubles) on his shoulders.
sandin954's review against another edition
5.0
Another excellent entry in this series featuring a Catholic police detective serving the RUC in Northern Ireland. Listened to the audio version which was narrated by Gerard Doyle who is one of my favorites.
constantreader471's review against another edition
4.0
This series is addictive and I rate this book 3.5 stars rounded up. Sean Duffy has an unrealistic character trait:he smokes marijuana and hashish regularly. This is book 3 in the series and they are better read in order, although I haven't done that. I am retired law enforcement, and starting in the mid 80s my agency required random drug testing for all uniformed persons. This book is set in 1984, and has Sean reinstated to the Royal Ulster Constabulary to help find Dermot McCann,IRA agent who has escaped from the Maze prison in N. Ireland. The British believe that he is planning something big and want to catch him first.
I read this book in 24 hours. It was a library book. If you can get past his drug use, you will like this police procedural series. I plan to read the rest of the series.
I read this book in 24 hours. It was a library book. If you can get past his drug use, you will like this police procedural series. I plan to read the rest of the series.
kenlaan's review against another edition
5.0
If the quality of an author's books determined how commercially successful they were, Adrian McKinty would be out-selling Michael Connelly in the crime fiction genre. But people are fickle and this book currently has about 1/10th the reviews of Connelly's third entry of his Harry Bosch series. So it goes.
In the Morning I'll Be Gone is the third book in the Sean Duffy series, which follows Detective Duffy as he works cases in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, during the Troubles. And it is the one that has finally convinced me to admit that I love these books unreservedly, without worrying about qualifying them as "genre fiction".
I sadly know next to nothing about Irish history, recent or otherwise, but the setting is such a fertile place for the stories McKinty comes up with. Duffy's a smart guy (the sort who doesn't think highly of himself, but those around him make it clear that he is) and the combination of sardonic Irish humor with the universal cynicism of a sharp-witted detective makes for a wonderful protagonist. It also helps that McKinty can write an excellent story. This one features a locked-room mystery, and it's clear that McKinty had a lot of fun with it.
In the Morning I'll Be Gone is the third book in the Sean Duffy series, which follows Detective Duffy as he works cases in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, during the Troubles. And it is the one that has finally convinced me to admit that I love these books unreservedly, without worrying about qualifying them as "genre fiction".
I sadly know next to nothing about Irish history, recent or otherwise, but the setting is such a fertile place for the stories McKinty comes up with. Duffy's a smart guy (the sort who doesn't think highly of himself, but those around him make it clear that he is) and the combination of sardonic Irish humor with the universal cynicism of a sharp-witted detective makes for a wonderful protagonist. It also helps that McKinty can write an excellent story. This one features a locked-room mystery, and it's clear that McKinty had a lot of fun with it.
thebookishkimmy's review against another edition
4.0
I found this on a list of great audiobooks, and I’ll have to agree. This is a third book in a series that I don’t know anything about but I thoroughly enjoyed this book so I’ll likely read more.
Early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy is forced out of the police force in disgrace, only for England’s MI5 to recruit him in order to find an old school friend who also happens to be an IRA master bomber. It’s a bit of a goose chase, with Duffy solving a murder mystery for a large portion of the book. It’s fairly fast moving- for perhaps that was the x2 speed? But it was action packed and interesting, I’d certainly recommend.
Early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy is forced out of the police force in disgrace, only for England’s MI5 to recruit him in order to find an old school friend who also happens to be an IRA master bomber. It’s a bit of a goose chase, with Duffy solving a murder mystery for a large portion of the book. It’s fairly fast moving- for perhaps that was the x2 speed? But it was action packed and interesting, I’d certainly recommend.
amn028's review against another edition
3.0
The Sean Duffy saga continues. There are two storylines here and it's hard to determine which is the main one. The murder investigation becomes so central that when it ends at the 3/4 mark, I'd almost forgotten there was also the IRA search to be dealt with. The murder mystery wraps you up and keeps your interest to the point where it's hard to put down. The characters are typical of a Sean Duffy novel - well rounded, interesting and deeply flawed. That is one of the best points of the Duff character - he wants to do and be good, but his flaws make him more human than a lot of other protoganists. I was very happy to learn that this book does not mark the end of Duffy's travels and a fourth book is now available.
nikkidolson's review against another edition
5.0
A brilliantly fun read with a locked room mystery in its heart. I put off the Duffy series because of my police procedural hangups but this one worked wonderfully for me.
unyunringz's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
Duffy actually used his brain in this book and didn’t fuck shit up so we love that for him, he also only fucked one person (I think) so we also love that for me (not that I slut shame it’s just that the sex scenes previously made me cringe). I think that the storyline was really interesting although it did end all rather abruptly after such a long lead up especially with Dermott. Overall I was more enthralled than the last two books and intrigued to read #4 now that duffy has thatcher looking after him
Duffy actually used his brain in this book and didn’t fuck shit up so we love that for him, he also only fucked one person (I think) so we also love that for me (not that I slut shame it’s just that the sex scenes previously made me cringe). I think that the storyline was really interesting although it did end all rather abruptly after such a long lead up especially with Dermott. Overall I was more enthralled than the last two books and intrigued to read #4 now that duffy has thatcher looking after him