Sean is assigned to lead the investigation.
Homosexuality is illegal, and the appearance of a non-political serial killer is unheard of. In the middle of all the chaos, a killer pops up who is murdering gay men. However, he's well aware of his precarious situation-every day before he goes to work, he checks under his car for a bomb. Surprisingly, he hasn't been targeted personally or professionally, although he isn't totally trusted by either camp. This included the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), and the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).ĭetective Sean Duffy is a Catholic who lives and works in a Protestant community. According to Wikipedia, the violence was characterized by the armed campaigns of Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. Riots, explosions and sectarian attacks were commonplace. By the 1980s, it seemed as if the country were in a constant state of warfare. The conflict over the constitutional status of Northern Ireland and the relationship between Protestants and Catholics known as The Troubles had begun in the 1960s. Compact Disc (January 5th, 2012): $29.1981 in Ireland is a chaotic time.Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural.Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery.Add to this the fact that, as a Catholic policeman, it doesn't matter which side he's on, because nobody trusts him, and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation. It's no easy job-especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman's suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things-and people-aren't always what they seem. "McKinty is one of the most striking and most memorable crime voices to emerge on the scene in years." -Tana French Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, The Cold Cold Ground is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles-and of a cop treading a thin, thin line-from The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty.
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