Continuing with my Inspector Devlin mystery read. This is surprisingly a very gratifying read. McGilloway is a born storyteller as well as a gifted writer. Not only did he weave a clever web of intrigue and suspense, he brings maturity and authenticity to his second novel. I will be reading his third novel in the series named Bleed A River Deep (2009).
The fourth and latest book in the Inspector Devlin Mystery is The Rising (2010). I sincerely hope there is a fifth one in the works.
Last line in the book: On such small victories must the future be built.
Paperback blurb: It's summertime in the Irish borderlands, and as temperatures rise, a series of gruesome murders takes place.
Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin's enquiries point to a local body-builder, but when born-again ex-con James Kelly appears on the scene Devlin realizes that the case is more complex, and more sinister, than he had imagined.
Torn between his young family and his job, Devlin is determined to apprehend the killer - or killers - before they strike again, even as the carnage starts to jeopardize those he cares about most.
Gallows Lane (first published in 2008) is a virtuoso piece of writing form crime fiction's most exciting new talent, Brian McGilloway.
Jen's Book Thoughts review (USA).
Brian McGilloway talks about his interesting central character, Inspector Benedict Devlin:
Rating: 4/5
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