The Bloomsday Dead

De: Adrian McKinty

Narrado por: Gerard Doyle

In this concluding book of Adrian McKinty's highly praised Dead series, Michael Forsythe confronts his former lover and archrival, Bridget, a New York Irish Mob boss.

Michael has survived his infiltration of an IRA splinter cell in Boston, and now, his many near fatal wounds healed, he begins his next adventure as manager of hotel security in Lima, Peru. It is there that he is contacted by Bridget, whose fiancé he killed.

Bridget, calling from Dublin, says that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. Michael's choice is to fly to Dublin and help her find the girl, or be executed at the hands of Bridget's goons, who are holding him at gunpoint. He agrees to nothing, but is soon on the way to Dublin, leaving the first two of many dead bodies in his wake.

Don't miss these other noir thrillers in the Michael Forsythe series: Dead I Well May Be (Unabridged) and The Dead Yard (Unabridged).©2007 Adrian McKinty (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"[H]is most visceral, satisfying effort yet....McKinty writes masterful action scenes, and he whips up a frenzy as the bullets begin to fly." (Publishers Weekly)
"[O]utpaces its immediate predecessor, The Dead Yard...with [McKinty's] trademark dark lyricism, one great red herring, and a masterful plot twist that brings Forsythe's character full circle in a lightning flash." (Booklist)

fast take

Some readers were put off by the slow and seemingly meandering route McKinty took in "Dead I Well..." I really missed it in this third (and final?) book in the series.

At his best this writer knows how to keep the tension high and draw us steadily onward by feeding our imagination with telling details of his character's inner life along with near poetic observations of a fascinating and always dangerous external setting. His skill at creating convincing and gripping action sequences is unquestionable, but it is what leads us to those moments--the uncertainty, the wry and even painful humor, the ambiguity of relationship, and the constant tension between the wise calculation and the compelling need to ignore it--which keeps us fascinated and completely engaged and which defines McKinty's wonderful talent.

This foray into the deadline-driven, action thriller neutralized those strengths and reduced the whole thing to a long and far less original series of set piece confrontations. By the end they become so predictable and unconvincing that I no longer recognized the writing I had loved so much when it introduced me to this unlikely, conflicted and oh-so-human protagonist.

entertaining

the narrator was excellent it was an easy and enjoyable listen

Fantastic

Great series of books...highly recommended!
If you can handle the violence...well written and engaging

Tight plot, rich characters. Unsurpassed reader.

Adrian McKinty is in a league of his own with a tight plot and rich characters. Gerard Doyle is my number one reader for accents, drama, and pace. Don’t pass this book up!

Highly recommended

Great plot, great narration as always. And a great way to wrap up the series!