Adrian McKinty Livres

Nordirland, 1983. Lorsqu'un jour de septembre, 38 terroristes de l'IRA s'évadent d'une prison de haute sécurité, l'alerte est maximale : parmi les fugitifs se trouve Dermot McCann, un spécialiste des explosifs formé en Libye. L'inspecteur Sean Duffy, ancien camarade de classe de McCann, se retrouve sous pression du MI5 pour le retrouver. Chaque instant compte, car des bombes pourraient exploser à tout moment, mais McCann reste introuvable. Soudain, l'ex-belle-mère de McCann contacte Duffy, prête à l'aider, mais à une condition : il doit d'abord résoudre le mystère de la mort de sa fille. Quatre ans auparavant, le corps de la jeune femme avait été découvert dans un pub verrouillé de l'intérieur. Bien que tout semble indiquer un accident, la mère est convaincue qu'il s'agit d'un meurtre. Duffy, désemparé, doit faire face à une course contre la montre, mêlant courses-poursuites haletantes, scénarios de bombes sombres et une affaire de meurtre vieille de plusieurs années.

C'était censé être des vacances en famille. Un terrible accident a tout changé. Vous ne savez pas de quoi vous êtes capable jusqu'à ce qu'ils s'en prennent à votre famille. Après avoir déménagé d'une petite ville de campagne à Seattle, Heather Baxter épouse Tom, un médecin veuf avec un jeune fils et une fille adolescente. Des vacances de travail à l'étranger semblent être le moyen parfait de rassembler la nouvelle famille, mais une fois qu'ils sont au cœur de l'arrière-pays australien, les enfants, fatigués et décalés, en ont assez de leur nouvelle mère. Lorsqu'ils découvrent l'île néerlandaise isolée, interdite aux visiteurs extérieurs, la famille réussit à monter sur le ferry, prenant un risque pour une aventure loin des iPhones et d'Instagram. Mais dès qu'ils mettent le pied sur l'île, dirigée par un clan local soudé, tout semble mal. Puis un accident choquant propulse les Baxter d'une situation troublante à un cauchemar absolu. Lorsque Heather et les enfants sont séparés de Tom, ils sont contraints de s'échapper seuls, quelques secondes avant leurs poursuivants. Maintenant, il incombe à Heather de sauver sa peau et celle des enfants, même s'ils ne lui font pas confiance, que le bush est rempli de dangers et que les locaux veulent sa mort. Heather a été sous-estimée toute sa vie, mais elle sait que seule elle peut ramener sa famille à la maison et devenir la mère dont les enfants ont désespérément besoin, même si cela signifie faire l'impensable pour les garder tous en vie.

Des parents dont l'enfant a été kidnappé sont piégés par un système machiavélique. Ils peuvent récupérer leur enfant sain et sauf, à condition qu'ils en kidnappent eux-mêmes un autre, et ainsi de suite, devenant à la fois victimes et criminels. Si un chaînon manque, les victimes sont tuées

A mysterious suicide and double murder are at the heart of this powerful thriller set in Northern Ireland amidst the Troubles, from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty "McKinty is in full command of language, plot, and setting in a terrifying period of history..." --Library Journal (starred review) Belfast, 1985. Amid the Troubles, Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, struggles with burnout as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide. Did Michael Kelly really shoot his parents at point-blank and then jump off a nearby cliff? A suicide note points to this conclusion, but Duffy suspects even more sinister circumstances. He soon discovers that Kelly was present at a decadent Oxford party where a cabinet minister's daughter died of a heroin overdose, which may or may not have something to do with Kelly's subsequent death. New evidence leads elsewhere: gun runners, arms dealers, the British government, and a rogue American agent with a fake identity. Duffy thinks he's getting somewhere when agents from MI5 show up at his doorstep and try to recruit him, thus taking him off the investigation. Duffy is in it up to his neck, doggedly pursuing a case that may finally prove his undoing.

New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty continues the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy series with Hang On St. Christopher. Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It's July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to "Shortbread Land." Duffy's a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It's an easy gig, if he can keep his head down. But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protégé is on holiday in Spain. A carjacking gone wrong and the death of a solitary, middle-aged painter. But something's not right, and as Duffy probes he discovers the painter was an IRA assassin. So, the question becomes: Who hit the hit man and why? This is Duffy's most violent and dangerous case yet and the whole future of the burgeoning "peace process" may depend upon it. Based on true events, Duffy must unentangle parallel operations by the CIA, MI5, and Special Branch. Duffy attempts to bring a killer to justice while trying to keep himself and his team alive as everything unravels around them. They might not all make it out of this one.

In this gripping installment of the Sean Duffy detective series by Adrian McKinty, Detective Inspector Duffy navigates the tumultuous 1990s in Northern Ireland. As he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl, he uncovers a dark underworld, raising the stakes for himself and his loved ones. Will he survive this final case?

"As he investigates a bizarre killing with an unusual weapon, Detective Sean Duffy only narrowly escapes becoming the next victim of the sinister underworld of 1980s Belfast"--Provided by publisher.

EDGAR AWARD SHORTLISTEDSPINETINGLER AWARD WINNERNED KELLY AWARD WINNERSTEEL DAGGER AWARD SHORTLISTED'McKinty's Troubles-set tales of sarky Belfast cop Sean Duffy are becoming one of the great crime series ... Brilliant!' - THE SUN'It blew my doors off' - IAN RANKINIt's just the same things over and again for Sean Duffy. Riot duty. Heartbreak. Cases he can solve but never get to court. But what detective gets two locked room mysteries in one career?When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus castle, it looks like a suicide. But there are just a few things that bother Duffy enough to keep the case file open. Which is how he finds out that she was working on a devastating investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power in the UK and beyond.And so Duffy has two impossible problems on his desk: who killed Lily Bigelow? And what were they trying to hide?BOOK 5 IN THE DETECTIVE SEAN DUFFY SERIES

Sean Duffy knows there's no such thing as a perfect crime. But a torso in a suitcase is pretty close. Still, one tiny clue is all it takes, and there it is. A tattoo. So Duffy, fully fit and back at work after the severe trauma of his last case, is ready to follow the trail of blood - however faint - that always connects a body to its killer.

It's been five years since Michael Forsythe slaughtered Darkey White and his crew of thugs in Harlem. Five years spent in the Witness Protection Program with a price on his head and not much to do with his days. Allowed to take a holiday at last, Michael heads to Spain, but he's arrested after a football riot and brought to a Spanish prison.

This is a riveting, muscular thriller set amid the gang violence of early 90s New York. The reader guns unswervingly for McKinty's hero - the green-eyed, quick-witted Michael Forsyth - during his brief career as henchman to a crime boss, his fall from grace and subsequent imprisonment. Michael?s escape from a Mexican jail and tortuous return to New York is an exhilarating, unforgettable sequence that culminates in a clinical and bloody denouement. A masterclass in revenge narrative, Dead I Well May Be delivers explosive action with gallows humour and a poet's touch.

Part 3 of The Dead TrilogyMichael Forsythe might be, as one of his assailants puts it, 'un-f*cking-killable', but that doesn't seem to deter people from trying. He's living in Lima, reasonably well-hidden by the FBI's Witness Protection Program, but Bridget Callaghan, whose fianc� he murdered twelve years ago, has an enduring wish to see him dead. So when her two assassins pass him the phone to speak to her before they kill him, Michael thinks she just wants to relish the moment. In fact, out of desperation, she is giving him a chance to redeem himself. All he has to do is return to Ireland and find her missing daughter. Before midnight.Tenacious and brutal, with the hunted man's instinct for trouble, Forsythe leaves a trail of mayhem as he tries to end the bloody feud once and for all. The Bloomsday Dead pulsates with break-neck action and wry literary references; McKinty's distinctly Irish voice packs a ferocious punch.'McKinty is one of Britain's great contemporary crime writers and the Sean Duffy books are his masterpiece.'IAN RANKIN

In a 1981 Northern Ireland rife with sectarian violence, Catholic detective Sean Duffy investigates a serial killer who is targeting gay men--a series of murders that may have political implications as well.

A thriller that takes you to the heart of New York City's most bloody era. A writer whose dialogue is as hard and true as the streets.

Lee Child, Eoin McNamee, and others explore the dark corners and alleyways of Belfast.

The stunning conclusion to an epic trilogy, which Children’s Literature calls “a thought-provoking sci-fi adventure with universal appeal”In this final and most ambitious book in a wonderfully inventive sci-fi trilogy, veteran interplanetary travelers Jamie and Ramsay must protect their alien friend Wishaway, now living with them on Earth, from the scrutiny of sinister forces on their own planet. In the meantime, Wishaway’s beloved home planet of Altair seems to be hurtling toward doom. Just when circumstances on both worlds are at their most dire, members of the ancient race who built the mysterious lighthouses return to offer Jamie a terrible choice: He can save Earth or Altair, but not both. The fate of two planets is in the hands of the teenage Lord Ui Neill. Which home will he save? His or Wishaway’s?The worlds that Adrian McKinty’s characters inhabit are vividly real. This third book will be the sleeper hit of the fall season.Praise for The Lighthouse Trilogy“McKinty, previously known for adult crime novels, brings an attuned ear for dialogue and a taut pacingto his first YA outing . . .” —Publishers Weekly“This thought-provoking sci-fi adventure offers universal appeal, excitement, and a one-of-a-kind hero whose courage and compassion will inspire any reader.” —Children’s Literature“Few readers will be able to resist . . .” —VOYAF&P level: YF&P genre: SF

Ein gnadenloser Killer jagt die Exfrau eines mächtigen Unternehmers und einen wortgewandten Gangster durch Irland. Ein atemloses Katz-und-Maus-Spiel, an dessen Ende alle ihren Frieden finden – und sei es im Tod. Killian ist ein Spezialist darin, Menschen zu finden, die nicht gefunden werden wollen. Richard Coulter, Besitzer einer Fluglinie mit Beziehungen zu den höchsten politischen Kreisen Irlands, bietet ihm eine halbe Million Pfund, wenn er seine Exfrau Rachel und die beiden Töchter zu ihm zurückbringt. Killian wittert den Job seines Lebens, doch er stellt bald fest, daß er nicht der erste ist, der sich an Rachel die Zähne ausbeißt. Als er merkt, daß ein russischer Killer auf ihn angesetzt wurde, und ihm klar wird, daß es um mehr als eine Familienangelegenheit geht, muß Killian sich entscheiden, auf wessen Seite er steht.