GALWAY GIRL

From the addictive series which finds ex-cop turned private eye Jack Taylor on the hunt for a psychotic assassin who's been killing Galway police officers, one by one. Jack Taylor has truly hit rock bottom. Still reeling from a violent family tragedy, he's busy drowning his grief in Jameson and uppers when a high-profile officer in the local Garda is murdered. After another Guard is found dead and then another, Taylor's old colleagues from the force implore him to take on the case. The assassination plot is one big game, and all of the pieces seem to be moving at the behest of one dangerously mysterious team - a trio of young killers with very different styles, united by a common desire to take down Jack Taylor. Their ringleader is Jericho, a psychotic girl from Galway who is grieving the loss of her lover and who will force Jack to confront some personal trauma from his past. Lyrical, brutal, and ceaselessly suspenseful, this is a starkly bleak and violent novel from the popular writer. 354pp.