The Bloomsday Dead

By: Adrian McKinty

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

Critic reviews

"[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)

Another winner

McKinty and Gerard Doyle make an excellent partnership. This story has lots of twists and turns. It is like a roller coaster ride, a burst of speed riding up and down, hold onto your seat the action never stops.

Good

Great ending, good story, I'd love to keep the adventure going but am totally satisfied with the way this book went. Michael has the heart of a gold, spirit of a lion,.and the luck of the Irish! :-)

Great finale of the trilogy

Read the series, it’s a couple decades old but McKinty’s story telling is mesmerizing and Doyle could read a phone book and make it interesting. Bravo- McKinty is smart, witty and well-educated: his books capture this along with the rawness of the subject matter but never make the reader feel stupid if they don’t catch a reference. Well worth the credits.

SIX STARS ******

After slogging through a number of adequate audible books recently, I jumped at the opportunity to acquire the latest McKinty. I was so taken with the first chapter that I called my husband when I reached the end of the first chapter just to revel in the fine writing and reading. Today, I hit my parking space near the end of the first download and sat in the lot until the chapter ended. There is absolutely no better combination of writer and reader in the Audible library!

If you have not listened to any of the other McKintys, do NOT start with this one. Do the "Dead" series in sequence.

Michael Forsyth - The Legend Continues!

Adrian McGinty stories are tornado-twisty! And Michael Forsyth is 'the' Irish super-dark-hero. You gotta' start this series with "Dead I May Well Be" the first in this epic. Oh, this book stands on its own bottom but you'll like it enough to want to read the other two in the trilogy only to discover that you began at the ending.

Some reviewers are shocked… SHOCKED! That Michael Forsyth and his hair-trigger mob buddies talk like men. If you are shocked… SHOCKED! By the way that men talk in ugly and dangerous situations… Well, go find a teenage romance novel or maybe a Disney story about unicorns and dancing bunnies, K? Sigh.

BTW, McGinty has the power to make you laugh out loud in complex moments. Oh… Of course I gotta' mention Gerard Doyle's narration… Okay… "WOW!" You got a better superlative? Fill it in here __________. Thanks.

Great pulp fiction, and perfect narration

I loved the first two in this series, "Dead I Well May Be" and "Dead Yard". If you enjoy a good story of swearing, drinking, lusting, and killing, you should love this. This third book (and I'm about 75% done) is even more over the top with it's cliff hangers and close calls than the first two, which may be fitting for a swan song. Logic, realism and character depth? Hell no! But grit, blood, lust and revenge. Yeah, more of that please. Oh, and the narration fits the first person tale perfectly. Ya wee shite!

Great ending to a thriller series!!

The Bloomsday Dead is the third and final book in Adrian McKinty's wonderful Michael Forsythe thriller series. It is definitely best read after Dead I Well May Be and The Dead Yard, but it can also stand on its own. Forsythe in the earlier books quit the Irish mafia, testified against some of them, and was placed in the US witness protection. Rather than give away the plot, I'll just say that this book ends the story of gangster Micheal Forsythe perfectly and his future is bright indeed.

For those not accustomed to Adrian McKinty the Forsythe novels are a great introduction. McKinty is among the best thriller writers living today. Every one of his books is superb. This series is over a decade old. His current novels are mostly in his Sean Duffy series. I recommend all of them.

McKinty is one of those authors who found an outstanding narrator for his audiobooks and stayed with him. Gerard Doyle is one of the best.

Exceeds Expecation

I was anxiously awaiting the release of this book after listening to "Dead I Well May Be" and "The Dead Yard".

It didn't disappoint! As a matter of fact it exceeded all expectations. I couldn't quit listening.

Listen to them in order, it's a great Trilogy!

Very violent and strong language, but if you don't mind it, you'll Love It!!

Excellent series

This final Michael Forsythe book was just as exciting and action packed as the previous two books. I have thoroughly enjoyed this series and, as always, McKinty has done an excellent job with the character development and pacing of this book. This was an exciting listen and I couldn't wait to reach the final climax of the story. I enjoyed it immensely and definitely recommend it. The narration by Gerard Doyle is excellent.
I am not giving it 5 stars because I found the ending (the last few pages) rather ridiculous. It was very tidy and didn't seem true to what I knew of the characters McKinty had developed up until this point. It wasn't terrible, it just didn't fit for me.

Outstanding in every way

Having throughly enjoying the first two books, I wanted to take a break and listen to something else, but the magnetism of stories and the fantastic narration were too much temptation.

The three books combine to make my absolute favorite audio book(s) of all time! The books are incredibly well written and the narration could not be better. This is definately a case where the narration enchances the effort. You really would be mission something if you read this book from a rack.