Sanctuary
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  • Published: 15 April 2009
  • ISBN: 9781848270183
  • Imprint: Transworld Ireland
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $29.99
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Sanctuary

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Galway PI Jack Taylor is back on another dark, uncompromising road-trip through the underworld of Irish crime.

Two guards; one nun; one judge.

When a letter containing a list of victims arrives in the post, PI Jack Taylor is sickened, but tells himself the list has nothing to do with him. He has enough to do just staying sane. His close friend Ridge is recovering from surgery, and alcohol's siren song is calling to him ever more insistently.

A guard and then a judge die in mysterious circumstances. But it is not until a child is added to the list that Taylor determines to find the identity of the killer, and stop them at any cost.

What he doesn't know is that his relationship with the killer is far closer than he thinks. And that it's about to become deeply personal.

Spiked with dark humour, seasoned with acute insights about the perils of urbanisation, and fuelled by rage at man's inhumanity to man, this is crime-writing at its darkest and most original.
  • Published: 15 April 2009
  • ISBN: 9781848270183
  • Imprint: Transworld Ireland
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen was born in Galway. He spent 25 years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, South East Asia and South America, and holds a doctorate in metaphysics.

His earlier Jack Taylor novels are published by Brandon Press in Ireland and have won numerous awards including the Shamus and the Macavity Awards.

He now lives in Galway city with his wife and daughter.

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Praise for Sanctuary

Sanctuary...packs a powerful punch. Taylor's alcoholic self-disgust is utterly convincing, and the supporting low life characters in the story are deftly and vibrantly drawn through pared-to-the-bone prose. Unforgettable.

Irish Independent

A gripping story of guilt and redemption.

Independent on Sunday for CROSS

A compelling portrait of a haunted man.

Guardian for CROSS

Tightly structured and compelling ... You don't want to meet Jack Taylor in person, but if you're a crime fan, you do want to read every book he features in.

Irish Times for PRIEST

Ken Bruen is finally getting his due. Priest is grimy, brooding, pawkily funny and wholly original. Great.

Observer for PRIEST