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A review by bookchickjlm
In the Morning I'll be Gone by Adrian McKinty
4.0
The Troubles Trilogy by Adrian McKinty is a series of detective novels set in the author’s hometown during the same time period as his childhood – the early 1980s in Northern Ireland. They follow the career and cases of Sean Duffy, a Catholic police detective working for the Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Carrickfergus (near Belfast), who is torn between the two warring factions. Each novel tells the story of a specific detective case, but the backdrop of the violence in Northern Ireland adds historical interest, complications, and increasing danger for Duffy. Well-written and fast paced, these books are the best of the police detective genre and I find myself extremely disappointed that the author decided to end this series as a trilogy!
In In the Morning I’ll Be Gone, Sean Duffy, demoted and ready to be run out of the force completely, gets a break. When his childhood friend, Dermot McCann, an IRA leader and an explosives expert, breaks out of prison M15 recruits Duffy to find him. If he can, they will clear things with the RUC, getting him his old job back. When he finds Dermot’s mother-in-law she promises Duffy a lead – but only if he can solve the mystery of her daughter’s death first. She’s convinced that what appears to be an accidental death is actually a locked-room murder, and she wants to know who killed her daughter. It seems like even Sean Duffy won’t be able to figure it out. And if he does will she lead him to Dermot? And will it be in time? And in the end what will it all mean? And of course, Margaret Thatcher is due in Brighton to give a speech at the Conservative Party Conference…
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In In the Morning I’ll Be Gone, Sean Duffy, demoted and ready to be run out of the force completely, gets a break. When his childhood friend, Dermot McCann, an IRA leader and an explosives expert, breaks out of prison M15 recruits Duffy to find him. If he can, they will clear things with the RUC, getting him his old job back. When he finds Dermot’s mother-in-law she promises Duffy a lead – but only if he can solve the mystery of her daughter’s death first. She’s convinced that what appears to be an accidental death is actually a locked-room murder, and she wants to know who killed her daughter. It seems like even Sean Duffy won’t be able to figure it out. And if he does will she lead him to Dermot? And will it be in time? And in the end what will it all mean? And of course, Margaret Thatcher is due in Brighton to give a speech at the Conservative Party Conference…
See more at www.watchingthewords.com