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  • The Detective Up Late

  • The Sean Duffy Series, Book 7
  • By: Adrian McKinty
  • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
  • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (105 ratings)

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The Detective Up Late

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Summary

“Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget.”Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author

From New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty comes the next thrilling mystery in the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy detective series

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher.

After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention. A fifteen-year-old traveler girl has disappeared and no one seems to give a damn about it. Duffy begins to dig and uncovers a disturbing underground of men who seem to know her very well. The deeper he digs the more sinister it all gets. Is finding out the truth worth it if DI Duffy is going to get himself and his colleagues killed? Can he survive one last case before getting himself and his family out over the water?

©2023 Adrian McKinty (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing
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Fab!!

Brilliant from start to finish!! Great addition to a great book series. Can’t wait for more.

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Brilliant!

One of the best Sean books, but they’re all really enjoyable. The humour stands out in this one. Really funny in parts.

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Best Duffy yet

These plots just keep getting better and better. The reader is consistently excellent. Story races along at a good pace and we’re kept guessing to the end with several very plausible suspects. Loved everything about this book and can’t wait to see what’s next for Duffy & co as they all begin their next chapter.

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Please don't stop Mr McKinty!

Loved it, like all the previous ones. Looking forward to seeing more of the protagonist's psycho side coming out in the future. And perfect pairing with Gerard Butler narrating. Great stuff.

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Great to have Duffy back

Excellent narration as alwaysi by Gerard Doyle. Looking forward to more of the same please

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Brilliant sheer genius

Fuxxing better no be the last or I’ll need to visit you in America 🤣🤣 brilliant

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Gripped from the start

I’m just so sad this is the last I might see of Sean Duffy.
Brilliant story narrated equally as brilliantly.

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Great story with lots of twists

I’ve listened to the whole series of Shaun Duffy books and enjoyed them all. This one was no exception.

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Satisfied

I have read all of Adrian Mckinty's Sean Duffy books after coming across them a few years ago,and have often recommended them to my friends.However,when I started listening to this one(first audible) I was a little bit underwhelmed, especially knowing it was likely his last.But,thank goodness,it got going,and after getting used to the narrators voice,I jumped on board.There's more than one twist in it and then an exiting climax.As usual,a very well plotted and written story with all of Duffy's quirky ways.
I thought the reference to Warwick university was a bit sly and maybe his tip of the hat to one of Mr.Mckinty's former places of education.But fair play,why not?
All in all a very entertaining listen.

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great stuff

loved it & narrated perfectly & story line right down to the end 👏

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