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Gallows Lane (Inspector Devlin Mystery 2) (Paperback)

by Brian McGilloway (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Pan (3 April 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230707696
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230707696
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,456 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'An intriguing, inventive, crime story.' --Eurocrime


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'McGilloway's Borderlands was one of last year's most impressive debuts. Does Gallows Lane pass the feared "second novel" test? Easily.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for all fans of crime fiction, 14 April 2009
Are you the kind of person who likes to be ahead of the trends? Who spotted JK Rowling before anyone else - or wish you had? If so, I have a tip for you: Brian McGilloway. His crime novels, featuring the life and cases of Inspector Benedict Devlin, are not yet household names: but they very soon will be.

I read the first of the Devlin novels, Borderlands, a year or so ago, and its sequel, Gallows Lane, at the weekend. McGilloway's third and most recent offering, Bleed A River Deep, hurries from Amazon as I write.

Series detective novels are difficult to pull off. They need to be satisfying in their own right, but at the same time to show character development in the protagonist. (Unless you opt for the Agatha Christie approach and deploy unchanging Poirot or Marple time after time). Your protagonist must be essentially sympathetic but with credible flaws sufficient to make him interesting. And please, don't make those flaws centre around alcohol abuse--it's been done before, you know. Chandler and Rankin can get away with it; the rest of you have to come up with something else. (Just about the only flaw in The Wire, TV's most novelistic cop show, is McNulty's hard-drinking act).

Brian McGilloway has realised all this. Devlin is not an embittered loner; he is a family man and his attempts to reconcile the demands of domestic life with the rigours of policing is one of the interesting and original features of the series. Devlin is clearly one of the good guys, but he's not above doing the wrong thing for what he thinks are the right reasons (in Gallows Lane he plants evidence on a suspect he cannot otherwise convict: you know it's not going to turn out well).

McGilloway is already attracting comparisons to Ian Rankin and it's easy to see why. Both are socially-aware crime writers whose work is firmly anchored to a specific time and place.: both are also extremely accomplished. The series detective can go one of two ways: Rebus, growing credibly but sometimes unexpectedly, or Scarpetta, ever less believable with a welcome long outstayed. Given McGilloway's understanding of character, I have no doubt he'll be in the former camp.

I'm looking forward to keeping Inspector Devlin company in his cases for years to come.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gallows Lane - Brian McGilloway, 8 Feb 2009
By S. Lloyd (Norfolk, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gallows Lane (Inspector Devlin Mysteries) (Hardcover)
In the second of the DI Benedict Devlin series, the body of a young girl is found in a new housing development. On top of this, Devlin's boss, Costello, announces he will be retiring and encourages Ben to put himself forward. His colleague, Patterson, is up for consideration for the same promotion. When Patterson suddenly finds arms and drugs he is given good press which Devlin cynically questions.

Then there is a burglary and the novel starts with a local man released from prison returning to Lifford.

McGilloway weaves all these strands effortlessly into a story which I just couldn't put down.

Devlin as the central character is great. In the main he is a good man but he is prone to temptation and a little bit of dishonesty for the greater good.

For me, Graham Hurley is the master of British police procedurals. It's easy to think that with this only being a second in a series, this will be a top Irish police procedural series as this has it all, well-crafted plot, great characterisation, realistic dialogue, a different setting, superb prose - what more can I add!
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17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars New Rebus!, 16 April 2008
By J. R. Daniell "Avid Reader" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gallows Lane (Inspector Devlin Mysteries) (Hardcover)
This is based in Borderlands of Ireland and it is a excellent new author and series. Borderlands being his first book. Great character as the lead role and you will love this guy, it has all the usual twists and guessing that is needed and is superbly written.
Brian McGilloway has only done 2 books so far so read them now and you will be dying to read the next one.
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