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A review by scotchneat
Headstone by Ken Bruen
3.0
I have a real soft spot for the beat-up, half-drunk, well-read, philosophical, warm-hearted Irish detective (of which there are a surprising number).
Bruen's writing is very stylized - staccato, epigraphic, a bit like Peter Temple (or the other way around). The style is as much a part of the writing as the plot.
Jack Taylor has to figure out who "Headstone" is - a group of twisted thugs who nearly beat an old priest to death and kill a special needs kid, and who send Jack and his pals a tiny headstone to let them know they are next.
It's pretty violent, with lots of wit and Irish humility.
Bruen's writing is very stylized - staccato, epigraphic, a bit like Peter Temple (or the other way around). The style is as much a part of the writing as the plot.
Jack Taylor has to figure out who "Headstone" is - a group of twisted thugs who nearly beat an old priest to death and kill a special needs kid, and who send Jack and his pals a tiny headstone to let them know they are next.
It's pretty violent, with lots of wit and Irish humility.