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A review by constantreader471
Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty
3.0
I rate this book 3.5 stars rounded down. It is an entertaining mystery. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is called to the scene of a double murder. Duffy is a Catholic in an overwhelmingly Protestant RUC(Royal Ulster Constabulary). He is also determined to solve this murder, since it could be his last case. He has been offered a job with MI5.
He does solve the case, with unsatisfying results. He tangles with American spies, Special Branch, and Protestant terrorists.
I find that Duffy's use of drugs to be upsetting. He confiscates a bag of cocaine from an American Celebrity and keeps half for his personal use.
One quote: "In the last fourteen hours I'd had tea, coffee, pharma cocaine, hashish, tobacco, codeine, whiskey, bourbon, beer, and as a sleep aid: Valium and vodka and lime."
This is book 4 in the series and they are best read in order.
This was a library book that I read in 2 days.
He does solve the case, with unsatisfying results. He tangles with American spies, Special Branch, and Protestant terrorists.
I find that Duffy's use of drugs to be upsetting. He confiscates a bag of cocaine from an American Celebrity and keeps half for his personal use.
One quote: "In the last fourteen hours I'd had tea, coffee, pharma cocaine, hashish, tobacco, codeine, whiskey, bourbon, beer, and as a sleep aid: Valium and vodka and lime."
This is book 4 in the series and they are best read in order.
This was a library book that I read in 2 days.