The first in a trilogy featuring Detective Sean Duffy sets the pace for The Troubles Trilogy, based in Belfast, Ireland during the early 1980s. This series by Adrian McKinty is powerful and disturbing, but a must read for anyone looking for a unique police procedural.

Tension was high in the Spring of 1981 in Belfast, Ireland. The hunger strikes were in full force as were the riots, bombings and Protestant vs Catholic clashes. Sean Duffy, a young, Catholic detective was charged with finding a serial killer who was targeting gay men.

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