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The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty

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Also by Adrian McKinty:

The Island, May 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
The Chain, July 2019
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Rain Dogs, March 2016
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Gun Street Girl, March 2015
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The Sun Is God, September 2014
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The Cold Cold Ground, November 2013
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)

The Cold Cold Ground
Adrian McKinty

The Troubles #1
Seventh Street Books
November 2013
On Sale: November 13, 2013
322 pages
ISBN: 1616147164
EAN: 9781616147167
Kindle: B00C4B2L2I
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks.

In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, is trying to track down a serial killer who is targeting gay men. As a Catholic policeman, Duffy is suspected by both sides and there are layers of complications. For one thing, homosexuality is illegal in Northern Ireland in 1981. Then he discovers that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but was last seen discussing business with someone from the Protestant UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force).

Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, this book is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles and a cop caught in the cross fire.

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