‘The Cold Cold Ground’ is the first in the series featuring Detective Sean Duffy set in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1981. We see Detective Duffy tasked with solving not one but three murders -wondering if there is a serial killer in Northern Ireland; but not all of the murders fit the same criteria – one being an ex-wife of an IRA Man and the other two are homosexual males. Are they connected and if so how are the questions that Detective Duffy has.
Running alongside the serial killer story is that of the IRA men in the Maze prison who are on a political hunger strike. I loved the fact that as well as fiction there is a bit of reality and history within McKinty’s book. And being from Northern Ireland I enjoyed that one of the characters and features of the book is the Island of Ireland
I am excited to continue reading more about Detective Sean Duffy in McKinty’s other books. I also recommend this book to other people, whether crime novel lovers or not – McKinty’s writing is excellent and gripping.
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