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Cross (Hardcover)

by Ken Bruen (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Press (2 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0593057279
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593057278
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 637,956 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Cross can be defined as: an ancient instrument of torture; in a very bad humour; and, a punch thrown across an opponent's punch. Jack Taylor brings death and pain to everyone he loves. His only hope of redemption - his surrogate son, Cody - is lying in hospital in a coma. At least he still has Ridge, his old friend from the Guards, though theirs is an unorthodox relationship. When she tells him that a boy has been crucified in Galway city, he agrees to help her search for the killer. Jack's investigations take him to many of his old haunts where he encounters ghosts, dead and living. Everyone wants something from him, but Jack is not sure he has anything left to give. Maybe he should sell up, pocket his Euros and get the hell out of Galway like everyone else seems to be doing. Then the sister of the murdered boy is burned to death, and Jack decides he must hunt down the killer, if only to administer his own brand of rough justice.

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A boy has been crucified in Galway city.

People are shocked; the broadsheets debate what this says about the state of the nation; the Irish Church is scandalized. No further action is taken.

When the sister of the murdered boy is burned alive, PI Jack Taylor decides to take matters into his own hands.

Taylor’s investigations lead him to some old city haunts where he encounters ghosts – living and dead.But what he eventually finds surpasses even his darkest imaginings …

Gripping and atmospheric, Cross will draw you into the deepest recesses of the human mind and haunt you long after you turn the last page.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This Cross Burns into the Mind, 28 Mar 2007
By Ali "Ali" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cross (Paperback)
Cross by Ken Bruen

Has it been a year since the prolific Ken Bruen released `Priest' ? And now we have the 6th in the award-winning Jack Taylor PI series set against the backdrop of a changing Ireland and a developing Galway City.

A little recap for those not familiar with the Jack Taylor series, as Taylor is not your normal P.I. and Bruen not your normal crime-writer. As Bruen holds a PhD in Metaphysics, you will find surreal insights into the human condition all seen through the troubled and cynical eye of his alter ego - Jack Taylor, a man displaced from his former position as a `guard' [an Irish Policeman], now etching a living as a private-eye of sorts. Bruen's Jack Taylor novels are not plot driven, but character driven tales of the darkness that lurks in the heart of the changing society that we find ourselves in.

`Cross' starts right where `Priest' left off, where P I Jack Taylor is still seeking redemption from the death of a child that fell from a Balcony and the case of the decapitated priest who had the shadow of child abuse hanging over him. The wonderfully terse writing style of Bruen means that even if you've not read the preceding novels in the series, it's what the Irish would call `No Bother', because your thrown right slap-bang into the story. Taylor is mooching around his haunts, the bars of Galway city, buying drinks, suffusing himself with the aroma of alcohol and the atmosphere of the pubs, but not letting himself drift back into the grip that alcohol had on his life. Ridge, his old friend from the Garda [aka Guards / Irish Police] tells him that a young boy has been found crucified, while another contact wants to hire him to track down a missing dog. Stark contrast is always a fixture in this P.I.'s life. Taylor is at a crossroads. The city he called home - Galway is changing fast, like the rest of Ireland. No longer is it a sleepy backwater in Europe but now a bustling gateway, where the tiger-economy, finance, property speculation has transformed completely what was home for Taylor. An influx of immigrants from all over the world is making Irish society bristle from what was a land where people fled to survive; now the Irish see strangers come to their shores to share in the new found wealth. And as a consequence to the changes comes crime in the most brutal of all guises. Bruen's writing has a beguiling quality, written in very intimate first person, we get inside the mind of Taylor and his thoughts. I must admit at the scenes that he describes like walking into the pub and ordering a pint of Guinness and a shot of Irish Whiskey made me do the exact same act. While Taylor leaves his drinks on the bar, I had to sip mine while I read Bruen's words.

Meanwhile Cody - the kid Taylor considers his surrogate son lies in a hospital ward in a coma, and all the while we peer into Taylor's existential thoughts about life, death and what the word humanity means. I can tell you that happiness is not something that crosses [pardon the pun] Taylor's path because as he tackles these cases which take over his life, a dark shadow is cast over Taylor's friends. Watch out for the last page, because it is a real kick in the guts

If you like your crime thrillers to challenge the way you think - Bruen's your man. I predict `Cross' to be a big mover this Easter, and not because of the religious angle, no, because this fine writing is released this April - Ali Karim

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Why only 2 reviews?, 24 Sep 2007
By Big Jim "Big Jim" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross (Paperback)
Read Ken Bruen!
I'll say little else because he doesn't waste a word and neither should I. However, you'll get a better picture of modern Ireland by reading this than reading Angela's Ashes and sentimental tosh like that, and get a damn fine thriller thrown in as well.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Spare, violent, compelling, 2 Jul 2008
By Jl Adcock "John Adcock" (Ashtead UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross (Paperback)
In a genre that is over-peppered with the word "gritty" to describe the numerous dark crime novels that now crowd the market, Ken Bruen is something of an original voice. His Jack Taylor novels are bleak, haunting stories that do indeed explore the more unpleasant aspects of human nature - and they are also compelling and extremely well-written.

Modern day Ireland has probably never been better served in terms of a fictional detective anti-hero. Cross moves along at a cracking pace - and the little quotes that open each chapter are as enjoyable and thought-provoking as the story itself.
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