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In this noir thriller by a New York Times best-selling and Edgar award-winning author, a retired IRA fixer takes a lucrative last job finding the ex-wife and daughters of a wealthy airline owner.

Richard Coulter is a man who has everything. His beautiful new wife is pregnant, his upstart airline is undercutting the competition and moving from strength to strength, his diversification into the casino business in Macau has been successful, and his fabulous Art Deco house on an Irish cliff top has just been featured in Architectural Digest.

But then, for some reason, his ex-wife Rachel doesn’t keep her side of the custody agreement and vanishes off the face of the earth with Richard’s two daughters. Richard hires Killian, a formidable ex-enforcer for the IRA, to track her down before Rachel, a recovering drug addict, harms herself or the girls.

As Killian follows Rachel’s trail, he begins to see that there is a lot more to this case than first meets the eye and that a 30-year-old secret is going to put all of them in terrible danger.

McKinty is at his continent-hopping, well-paced, evocative best in this thriller, moving between his native Ireland and distant cities within a skin-of-his-teeth timeframe.

©2011 Adrian McKinty (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Thriller y Suspenso Misterio Suspenso Aterrador Ficción Emocionante Matrimonio

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By now, Adrian McKinty’s reputation for solidly crafted Irish crime novels is well-established. Equally familiar is the context into which this latest narrative is dropped. McKinty spent his childhood in Belfast at the height of paramilitary conflict there, and Falling Glass centers around a minor character from his Michael Forsythe trilogy that is steeped in precisely those historical influences. Killian, a legendary IRA heavy, emerges from retirement for what appears to be an easy money job of rescuing some rich businessman’s kids from their drug-addled mother. Naturally, complications abound and Killian soon finds himself in fierce competition with an apparently invincible Russian hit man on a case that evolves into something much uglier than a straightforward kidnapping scheme.

Throughout this debacle, Killian’s Pavee senses of humor and realism never abandon him. He has the dry wit and keen improvisational reflexes of a man raised among the Irish gypsies, which gets him into and out of trouble in equal measure. McKinty has a discerning ear for Killian’s banter, colorfully supported by Gerard Doyle’s authentic brogue. Doyle has won numerous audio awards, but perhaps more importantly, has also been with McKinty every step of the way. As narrator for the entire Michael Forsythe trilogy, Doyle is not only aware of this new novel’s background, but has also already established a clear sense of voice for many of this novel’s chief characters.

Although Forsythe takes a back seat in this story, fans of the previous trilogy will be gratified by the return of Doyle’s vision for the voice work, and find a credible set of new developments among beloved characters. But this novel is also quite capable of standing alone, and listeners who are coming fresh to Adrian McKinty’s work will not have any trouble picking up the story’s thread, thanks in part to Gerard Doyle’s confident hold on the reins of the narration. McKinty and Doyle obviously have a good chemistry going, and the conclusion of Falling Glass satisfyingly leaves plenty of room for the development of a Killian trilogy. Megan Volpert
Gripping Plot • Vivid Descriptions • Perfect Irish Accent • Complex Characters • Unexpected Twists • Rich Irish Culture

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Falling Glass is a very brutal, fast paced thriller. Killian Pavee is an interesting protagonist. He is an aging (all things being relative) enforcer for an Irish kingpin in America but is trying to get out of the business. However, fate intervenes in the guise of a payday he cannot refuse. All he has to do is find an Irish airline magnate's wayward ex-wife who has disappeared with the couple's children. Of course all is not as it seems. There are some graphic scenes of violence which I found disturbing but the need to know what happened superseded any queasiness I felt while reading them. Adrian McKinty is a very good writer.

Good thriller well written

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This book is so good I struggled to know where to begin to talk about it. As the opening of the story indicates, an important and wonderful theme throughout the story is the role of Killian’s ethnic history and folklore. If you don’t like that sort of thing—though I dare you not to like it in this story and told by this great narrator with the engaging lilt—then you will likely not enjoy this story as much as I did. Another great aspect of the story is the characters and their full development interpersonally and intrapersonally. You get a clear picture of the world, of what’s going on, and are able to answer some “why” questions, to understand. This book is a moderate thriller combined wonderfully with an aspect of drama at its best. That’s what makes the so good. It’s a combination piece just like real life is. And the balance of the two genres really works. Also, there are no big coincidences that authors so often use to tie things together. This book is entirely plausible and therefore, enjoyable. And the narrator only adds to the great experience of this book. I don’t really have a complaint, but I will say that this is a story that doesn’t really jump out of the gate. It’s a story that improves as you get into it. So it takes a bit of time to see how good it is. I think that’s both good and bad about the story. And, be warned that the ending is unbearable, gut-wrenching and superb. I could go on, but I won’t. You get the gist. Get the book.

Great characters, story, folklore

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Having said that this is my first AM novel, I also admit this is a genre I listen to only rarely. But, I used to be a big Nelson DeMille fan, and after reading the summary of this book my interest may peaked again. It wasn't, but I admit there were strains of extremely good writing throughout the book.

I enjoyed Killian's story telling and would have like to hear more. All of the characters have flaws, but in truth the flaws are in areas most Baby Boomers have had atleast a brush with. I suspect that these characters are more true to life then the "great guy" characters we love in Clancy's and DeMilles books.

The narrator is great, and the fact that I finished the book and was engaged throughout the reading demands that I give it 4 points.

New to AM

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Fast paced story vividly made real by the fine narration of Gerard Doyle. I couldn't stop listening!

Another winner from McKinty and Doyle!

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I ran across this because I had recently listened to Stuart Neville's The Ghosts of Belfast (highly recommended), which Gerard Doyle narrated. He's a marvelous narrator; a little understated, with a unique tension which keeps you on the edge of your seat. This is my first Adrian McKinty, and I really enjoyed it. I love mysteries and thrillers but can't take the violence, which imposes serious limits on what I can read. There were just a couple of seriously violent scenes here, and I could see them coming and skipped past. This didn't detract from my understanding of the book. The characters are interesting, the writing is very good, the whole thing is engaging. A great listen.

First-rate

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