![]() ![]() The scarlet whoosh of Molotovs intersecting with exacting surfaces. A distant yelling like that of men below decks in a torpedoed prison ship. Phosphorescence from the barrels of plastic bullet guns. Arcs of gasoline fire under the crescent moon. The riot had taken on a beauty of its own now. Add to this the fact that, as a Catholic policeman, it doesn’t matter which side he’s on, because nobody trusts him, and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation. It’s no easy job-especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman’s suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things-and people-aren’t always what they seem. “McKinty is one of the most striking and most memorable crime voices to emerge on the scene in years.” -Tana French Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, The Cold Cold Ground is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles-and of a cop treading a thin, thin line-from The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author Adrian McKinty. ![]()
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