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A review by vorpalblad
Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty
5.0
It's no coincidence that McKinty is the editor of a book of short stories titled Belfast Noir. His series following Detective Sean Duffy is gritty noir to its core. Gun Street Girl is the fourth novel in the series, and if you haven't read the rest, I'd suggest starting with The Cold Cold Ground, but you can certainly pick this up as a stand-alone.
I've written prior reviews of this series praising the way McKinty's writing pulls you into the grim, claustrophobic world of 1980s, Troubles Belfast, but something that tickles the hack historian in me is the way he always manages to center his tale around a real event. This time he has loosely (or not so loosely... "I can't recall") based the central mystery around some missing missiles from one of the last manufacturers in Northern Ireland. I would highly recommend reading about the original characters on which it is based. Truth, in this case, is just as strange as fiction.
I've written prior reviews of this series praising the way McKinty's writing pulls you into the grim, claustrophobic world of 1980s, Troubles Belfast, but something that tickles the hack historian in me is the way he always manages to center his tale around a real event. This time he has loosely (or not so loosely... "I can't recall") based the central mystery around some missing missiles from one of the last manufacturers in Northern Ireland. I would highly recommend reading about the original characters on which it is based. Truth, in this case, is just as strange as fiction.