Galway PI Jack Taylor is back on another dark, uncompromising road-trip through the underworld of Irish crime.
Ken Bruen was born in Galway, Ireland. After turning down a place at RADA, and completing a doctorate in Metaphysics, he spent 25 years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, South East Asia and South America. An unscheduled stint in a Brazilian prison where he suffered physical and mental abuse spurred him to write, and after a brief spell teaching in London, he returned to Galway, where he now lives with his daughter. Sanctuary is the seventh novel in the award-winning Jack Taylor series.
Tightly structured and compelling ... You don't want to meet Jack
Taylor in person, but if you're a crime fan, you do want to read
every book he features in.
*Irish Times for PRIEST*
Ken Bruen is finally getting his due. Priest is grimy, brooding,
pawkily funny and wholly original. Great.
*Observer for PRIEST*
A gripping story of guilt and redemption.
*Independent on Sunday for CROSS*
A compelling portrait of a haunted man.
*Guardian for CROSS*
Sanctuary...packs a powerful punch. Taylor's alcoholic self-disgust
is utterly convincing, and the supporting low life characters in
the story are deftly and vibrantly drawn through pared-to-the-bone
prose. Unforgettable.
*Irish Independent*
Tightly structured and compelling ... You don't want to meet Jack
Taylor in person, but if you're a crime fan, you do want to read
every book he features in. * Irish Times for PRIEST *
Ken Bruen is finally getting his due. Priest is grimy,
brooding, pawkily funny and wholly original. Great. * Observer for
PRIEST *
A gripping story of guilt and redemption. * Independent on Sunday
for CROSS *
A compelling portrait of a haunted man. * Guardian for CROSS *
Sanctuary...packs a powerful punch. Taylor's alcoholic self-disgust
is utterly convincing, and the supporting low life characters in
the story are deftly and vibrantly drawn through pared-to-the-bone
prose. Unforgettable. * Irish Independent *
Bruen's seventh Jack Taylor mystery (after Cross) is another tightly plotted tale featuring an often unlikable, hard-living antihero. When Jack receives a death list that he believes should be taken seriously, the police, including former friend and current nemesis Clancy, are dismissive. Only when the killings begin does Clancy come around, and even then not until the case becomes personal. It's up to Jack to stick his unwanted nose into the investigation, an effort not surprisingly complicated by his constant stumbles off the wagon of sobriety. There are two mysteries involved-the murderer's identity and the reason why Taylor has been personally drawn in-both of which Taylor manages to solve neatly. If there's a complaint to be made, it's that the novel feels extremely brief at only 200 well-spaced pages. Given the number of bloated efforts out there, however, perhaps it's best not to complain too loudly. Bruen's deft effort is recommended for all mystery collections [Library marketing; see Prepub Mystery, LJ 1/09.]-Craig Shufelt, Fort McMurray P.L., Alta Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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