In the Morning I'll Be Gone

Detective Sean Duffy, Book 3

By: Adrian McKinty

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Winner of the 2014 Ned Kelly Award and a 2015 Audie Award nominee for best mystery

A Catholic cop tracks an IRA master bomber amidst the sectarian violence of the conflict in Northern Ireland

It's the early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), is recruited by MI5 to hunt down Dermot McCann, an IRA master bomber who has made a daring escape from the notorious Maze prison. In the course of his investigations Sean discovers a woman who may hold the key to Dermot's whereabouts; she herself wants justice for her daughter who died in mysterious circumstances in a pub locked from the inside. Sean knows that if he can crack the "locked-room mystery", the bigger mystery of Dermot's whereabouts might be revealed to him as a reward. Meanwhile the clock is ticking down to the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in 1984, where Mrs. Thatcher is due to give a keynote speech.

©2014 Adrian McKinty (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

It's hard to give a five star review

I can't justify a five - But I'm tempted to give 41/2. This is probably my favorite Sean Duffy novel yet. I normally steer away from mysteries and books that occur outside the current decade - But Adrian and Gerard have kept me on the hook with the Sean Duffy series. I give equal credit to both - Because without a good narrator - I wouldn't have continued series after book one. This one has the better mystery out of them all in my opinion. I'm 4th generation Irish - Just wish I had that darned accent =0)

A thank you to my ancestors

This trilogy is definitely gripping and gritty. I can't tell you how happy it makes my that my ancestors left northern Ireland when they did (well before this story) or this could have been a portrait of my life. That said, the books are about someone who stays even though he knows just how bad it is; and who still sees the beauty that is there. Makes you think at least.

A great story with an ending full of twists

Would you listen to In the Morning I'll Be Gone again? Why?

I enjoyed the book and yes after a year or so I would listen to it again

What did you like best about this story?

Many highs and lows full of the problems of life in a civil war zone

Which scene was your favorite?

Too many to mention getting the confession was a great scene

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Life can be hard Death easy

Any additional comments?

The last in a series but wish he would write one more

A perfect series for a wet autumn

First a bit of advice, start with the first book in the series The Cold Cold Ground. I have read or listened to nearly every book written by Adrian Mckinty, but I come back to Duffy over and over. The short terse style brings me into the story space better than any descriptive verbosity. The mystery is good, but it's far more than the mystery, it's the time (early 80s) and space (Northern Ireland) and the characters that people them that make these books soar. These are chilly rainy season books. Ah hell, they are damn good books, spend your credit I don't think you'll be sorry.

Perfect in Every Way

I’m hooked. You will be, too.
Beautiful, baleful tale. Narration by a master.
Listen now.