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In Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland the murder rate is soaring and the gardai are struggling to cope with gangland wars, domestic disputes, and drunken brawls that spiral into fatal violence. To add to Detective Superintendent Colm McEvoy's workload are the deaths of two immigrants - an anonymous Lithuanian youth and an elderly German billionaire. While one remains an enigma, the murky history of the other is slowly revealed. But where there is money there is power and, as McEvoy soon learns, if you swim amongst sharks, you better act like a shark.
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Format:Paperback
Coming from a background in Irish law enforcement I can say that the sequel to Rob Kitchin's The Rule Book is a terrific read which describes the investigation by D/Supt McEvoy into the murder of an elderly German billionaire. This is a very well written novel which grips the reader from the outset and easily holds the interest. The novel depicts McEvoy as a dedicated policeman who is above all human and despite many problems still has tremendous investigative abilities. Highly recommended and by the way make sure you check out The Rule Book.
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The White Gallows fulfills the promise of Kitchin's first book
12 Jun 2010
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First Line: The young man was lying on the gentle slope down to the River Boyne, his head a foot from the shallow water.
It's been six months since Detective Superintendent Colm McEvoy of Ireland's National Bureau of Criminal Investigation dealt with a particularly crafty serial killer in The Rule Book, and things haven't gotten any better.
If anything, they're worse. Recession, budget cuts... it all means that the few who are left have three times as much to do. When McEvoy has the murders of a young Lithuanian immigrant and an elderly German billionaire added to his workload, he's at the verge of meeting himself coming and going.
McEvoy is still grieving for his wife who died of cancer a year ago, but he's finding himself attracted to a co-worker. At least while he's flirting he now has suits that fit, although he does have a difficult time keeping them clean.
The murder of the anonymous Lithuanian youth has no leads, but McEvoy is finding plenty of skeletons in the billionaire's closet. With a crime scene investigator injured by a pipe bomb and a local cop insisting that he has a right to wade into the middle of an investigation, it's a good thing McEvoy still suffers from insomnia because the poor man has so many plates spinning that he doesn't have a second to spare.
The White Gallows fulfills the promise shown in The Rule Book. McEvoy is exhausted and flawed, but he wants everything done right. His family supports him even though they're exasperated at the amount of time he spends away from his young daughter. The plot moves surefootedly through many twists and turns, and although I'd pieced together some of the clues, there were still several that surprised me.
In many ways, what I enjoy the most about these books is twofold: (1) I enjoy reading about a caring, exhausted man who makes mistakes but doesn't know how to quit until the job is done, and (2) the books contain a hearty dose of reality. The main characters are not bulletproof, and all the investigations aren't solved and tied up in pretty little ribbons when the last page is turned.
I do hope that a third book is in the works. One of these days, McEvoy has to get a full night's restful sleep... and manage to keep his suit clean for an entire day!
It's been six months since Detective Superintendent Colm McEvoy of Ireland's National Bureau of Criminal Investigation dealt with a particularly crafty serial killer in The Rule Book, and things haven't gotten any better.
If anything, they're worse. Recession, budget cuts... it all means that the few who are left have three times as much to do. When McEvoy has the murders of a young Lithuanian immigrant and an elderly German billionaire added to his workload, he's at the verge of meeting himself coming and going.
McEvoy is still grieving for his wife who died of cancer a year ago, but he's finding himself attracted to a co-worker. At least while he's flirting he now has suits that fit, although he does have a difficult time keeping them clean.
The murder of the anonymous Lithuanian youth has no leads, but McEvoy is finding plenty of skeletons in the billionaire's closet. With a crime scene investigator injured by a pipe bomb and a local cop insisting that he has a right to wade into the middle of an investigation, it's a good thing McEvoy still suffers from insomnia because the poor man has so many plates spinning that he doesn't have a second to spare.
The White Gallows fulfills the promise shown in The Rule Book. McEvoy is exhausted and flawed, but he wants everything done right. His family supports him even though they're exasperated at the amount of time he spends away from his young daughter. The plot moves surefootedly through many twists and turns, and although I'd pieced together some of the clues, there were still several that surprised me.
In many ways, what I enjoy the most about these books is twofold: (1) I enjoy reading about a caring, exhausted man who makes mistakes but doesn't know how to quit until the job is done, and (2) the books contain a hearty dose of reality. The main characters are not bulletproof, and all the investigations aren't solved and tied up in pretty little ribbons when the last page is turned.
I do hope that a third book is in the works. One of these days, McEvoy has to get a full night's restful sleep... and manage to keep his suit clean for an entire day!
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