The Dead Yard

By: Adrian McKinty

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

In this exciting sequel to the acclaimed Dead I Well May Be, the mercenary Michael Forsythe is forced to infiltrate an Irish terrorist cell, confronting murder, mayhem, and the prospect of his own execution.

Michael is on holiday in Spain when a soccer riot between the Paddies and the Brits escalates out of control and he winds up in a Spanish prison. Enter Samantha, a beautiful British Intelligence agent. She makes Michael an offer he can't refuse: instead of extradition to Mexico to serve time for a prison break, he can infiltrate an IRA sleeper cell in the United States. Thrust into the nightmare world of men known for their distinctive brands of torture and revenge, Michael crosses and double-crosses key players, narrowly escapes his own lies, loses his only ally, and falls for the daughter of his enemy.

Don't miss these other noir thrillers in the Michael Forsythe series: Dead I Well May Be (Unabridged) and The Bloomsday Dead (Unabridged).

©2006 Adrian McKinty (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

• Winner of Audio Publishers Association 2007 Audie Award, Thriller/Suspense

• Audie Award Finalist, Solo Narration - Male, 2007

"McKinty's literate, expertly crafted third crime novel...confirms his place as one of his generation's leading talents." (Publishers Weekly)

Great

I really enjoyed this and got thoroughly engrossed. Narration is spot on. If you read this, read the other 2 in the series also.

diegovela

The pleasure, although gorey and graphic, will be all yours.
Reader plus writer never disappoint.
Each book in the the series is a stand slone masterpiece for the genre.
It is best to ready them in order as if they were a trilogy.
But each book has a brutal charm of its own.

Another good read by Adrian McGinty

The Dead yard is another great thriller by Adrian McGinty. Good plot, interesting characters, a funny, erudite, and resourceful, if brutal, hero

Adrian + Gerald

A match made in heaven. Adrian McKinty is a superb weaver of story and Gerald Doyle absolutely gets him. The pacing and inflection are perfect.

Doyle is a master

good story and excellent performance by Gerard Doyle. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

Brilliant! But exhausting!

The story is wonderfully told and draws you in. Brilliant, identifiable characters.
Warning for graphic violence!

If you like Adrian McKinty’s prior books you will like this

This is a gritty story. There is violence but also poetry. The level of violence is so extreme that it makes it somewhat easier to digest. Michael Forsyth is either very skilled or extremely lucky. You decide.

A more mature Michael...

I listened to this book immediately after the first, and prefer this one-- the protagonist is seven years older and has indeed matured, his motivations are clearer, the contrasts in his behavior (savage) and his intellect/sensitivity (intense) are less stark, which results in a more nuanced and intelligent novel, though still very much of a piece with the first. Although I could admire some things about Michael Forsythe in the first novel (his bravery, his poetry, his intelligence), in this novel I came to like him, the author gives him more internal conflict, more of a chance for redemption. As with the first book I found the read intense, but blood and gore don't stream through the book for shock's sake, it's not a book where the violence repulses though it certainly sounds as a constant in the novel and the protaganist's life. As with the first novel, the male characters are much more compelling and three-dimensional than the females, but...this particular world is a very ugly male world so far, so no real surpise. Nice to have two consistent, high caliber novels - I'm ready to read the third and hope for the same!

Three for Three

Unbelievably, this third novel by McKinty is the best of the three he's written. I say that because the other two were so excellent, it was hard to think he could match them...but match and exceed them he did. Gerard Doyle adds so much to the experience of this book that I'm not quite sure on whom to heap praises - the author or the narrator.

This book is surprisingly hilarious at times. When Michael is being hugged by the bad guy he's consorting with, he wonders whether the guy really likes him or whether it is the world's most subtle murder attempt.

However, a word of caution. It is excruciatingly violent and gory. The last two hours was so full of graphic violence and edge of the seat tension, I actually got nauseated and nearly threw up. You'll know what I mean if you read this book. I had to get up and pace back and forth the last 30 minutes. I haven't been this nervous since Silence of the Lambs' basement scene.

I hope McKinty continues to write "The Forsythe Saga" and I hope Doyle never gets laryngitis. I have totally, totally enjoyed this book, and the two previous.

I give it five stars and it will give you a heart attack.

Hope you like it as much as I did.

Noir with a twist of humor : a great enjoyment !

Episode two of the Michael Forsythe saga : hardboiled, dark, humorous and at times poetic, this book is addictive and a pleasure to read. Great characters , a reasonably credible plot and an underpinning suspense all along the 9 hours .
Gerald Doyle is as good as it gets and brings truly added value to the book.