POLICE AT THE STATION AND THEY DON’T LOOK FRIENDLY
Fiction In the grip of The Troubles POLICE AT THE STATION AND THEY DON’T LOOK FRIENDLY A Detective Sean Duffy Novel By Adrian McKinty 320 pp. Seventh Street Books Reviewed by Eric Petersen Irish crime novelist Adrian McKinty is back with another quirky thriller featuring his most popular character, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy. Previous entries in the series, Rain Dogs and Gun Street Girl , are also reviewed on this site. Belfast in the 1980s. Ireland is in the grip of The Troubles, the nearly 30-year conflict between Irish Nationalists seeking independence and Loyalists who support the British government. Catholic Nationalists and Protestant Loyalists are killing each other left and right. The Irish Republican Army (IRA), a militant Irish Nationalist group, is waging an escalating campaign of terrorism, including a bombing that nearly killed the hated British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Amidst this chaos, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy of the Royal Ulster Const...