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Headstone (2011)

by Ken Bruen(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0802126006 (ISBN13: 9780802126009)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Mysterious Press

series

Jack Taylor

review 1: Jack returns to form, getting duped on a case and the outcome is a dead priest who does not deserve to be dead. He gets duped elsewhere and as a result, he crosses his own lines, does something he would never have done, no matter how low he sank. But in between his terrible mistakes, is the central case of the novel. There's some terrorising going on, a tiny cult taking shape, planning something that will make them famous, and Taylor has to fit it all together before it happens. He has a very tender spot for vulnerable people, developmentally vulnerable people especially. So, he does what needs doing in order to get the information he needs. He has no qualms about the rightness of it.
review 2: I love the Jack Taylor books and this is no exception. The hero of ... morethis series is a battered former Irish policeman who between bouts of drink and despair solves crimes. This story revolves around a small group who decide to weed out those they think unfit to continue living. Jack is a hero for the modern age. He has no illusions about himself or others, he has no real hope for the future but he knows the difference between right and wrong. His motivating factor usually boils down to not letting the bastards get away with it. Often his driving force is that someone has pissed him off and, come hell or high water, he's going to make them pay, even if he is destroyed in the process. less

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