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Gallows Lane (2008)

by Brian McGilloway(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0230706193 (ISBN13: 9780230706194)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

series

Inspector Devlin

review 1: This is the second in the Inspector Devlin series. As all detectives we love, Devlin breaks rules and is determined to get evidence and get the guilty parties put away. In this book, he is still partners with the female colleague who gets into trouble in Book 4. Working on the Donegal border with Northern Ireland, criminals easily move back and forth during peacetime creating even more headaches for Devlin. The past is never far removed in this series, especially the legacy of The Troubles. Devlin is on the line after multiple murders, a brutal assault on a 15-year-old girl, and a burglary. He is convinced they are linked but has a hard time convincing his superiors.
review 2: In this second Inspector Devlin procedural, Devlin is up for promotion to superintend... moreent, but so is a fellow officer at his station. A recently released convict and convert to evangelical Christianity has returned to town to make amends with the gang that left him to take the fall for a robbery gone wrong. When one of the former gang members is found murdered, all evidence points to him. Yet soon he turns up dead. So who is behind the murderers and what does a hidden cache of weapons and drugs have to do with it all. Devlin struggles with the notion of good and evil, and with what truly constitutes justice. His battle with himself results in several severe panic attacks which jeopardize several lives. This was a well-plotted mystery, and I appreciate the very realistic portrayal of a protagonist who is not perfect. less

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