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. McKinty is one of the most striking and most memorable crime voices to emerge on the scene in years. --Tana French Northern Ireland, spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young womans suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things--and people--arent always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. Its 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. Add to this the fact that, as a Catholic policeman, it doesnt matter which side hes on, because nobody trusts him, and Sergeant Duffy really is in a no-win situation.

Adrian McKinty