The Priest - Rilegato

O'Donovan, Gerard

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ISBN 10: 1451610602 ISBN 13: 9781451610604

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2011

Riassunto

From the most riveting writer to come out of Ireland since John Connolly, the first in a series of Dublin-based thrillers introducing Inspector Mike Mulcahy, who is pitched into a deadly battle with a religion-obsessed serial killer.

Gerard O’Donovan puts Dublin on the map with this gripping tale featuring a diabolical serial killer steeped in Ireland’s Catholic history. Struggling to find his feet back in Ireland after a lengthy posting with Europol in Spain, drugs specialist Mike Mulcahy is plunged into unfamiliar territory when the daughter of a politician suffers a horrific sex attack. Dragged into the case against his will, Mulcahy becomes convinced there is more to it than a random frenzied sexual assault, especially when he discovers that the weapon used by the attacker to torture the victim was a crucifix. But know-it-all colleagues and politically motivated bosses, eager for a quick, uncontroversial result, ignore his belief that the attack had religious rather than sexual motivations. Sidelined and overruled, Mulcahy sets about his own investigation, but frustrations abound at every turn—until reporter Siobhan Fallon turns up asking awkward questions. As more young women are attacked and assault turns to murder, Mulcahy and Fallon are drawn into an uneasy alliance, and each step they take hurtles them ever closer to the monstrous killer known only as The Priest and a final showdown that is as explosive as it is unforgettable.

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“It is difficult to believe that The Priest is Gerard O’Donovan’s first novel, so gripping and assured is it. And, one asks, in crime-writing terms, is Ireland becoming the new Scotland?”--The Times (London)

“Fast-paced, exciting and thrilling, this is an impressive debut.” – The Sunday Times (Ireland)

“A sure command of plot and pacing, a lively sense of locale and a quirky sense of character...compelling.” --Irish Independent

“In Mike Mulcahy, O'Donovan has created a well-drawn, multi-faceted cop who readers are likely to want to spend more time with in the future...An impressive debut, with a well-paced plot and enough twists to keep the reader interested until the last page.”--Sunday Business Post (Ireland)

“An exciting serial-killer thriller . . . The writing is strong and the Dublin locations are well described and interesting.”—Canberra Times (Australia)

“Gerard O'Donovan is a pleasing new Irish voice and his DI, Mike Mulcahy, may do for Dublin what Ian Rankin's hard-boiled cop, Rebus, did for Edinburgh. Well-paced and full of the set-pieces crime fans adore, O'Donovan's first Mulcahy novel is a classy exploration of the melancholy cop story.”-- Weekend Australian

“With deft atmospheric prose and an ear for crisp dialogue, Gerard O’Donovan tells a tale you’d like to look away from, but cannot.”--Bryan Gruley, author of Starvation Lake and The Hanging Tree

"A fine debut . . . This is a book you want to read right now, so you can later lay claim to bragging rights of having been 'one of O'Donovan's earliest fans.'"--Bookpage

"Mr. O'Donovan builds suspense carefully and cleverly, leading us to a pulse-raising climax . . . just the thing for St. Patrick's Day."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

L'autore:

Gerard O’Donovan was born in Cork and grew up in Dublin. After a brief career in the Irish civil service he travelled widely, working as a barman, bookseller, gherkin-bottler, philosophy tutor, and English teacher before settling down to make a living as a journalist and critic for, among others, The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph. In 2007 he was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association’s prestigious Debut Dagger competition.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1451610602
• ISBN 13: 9781451610604
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 323