With the new release of A Galway Epiphany, the latest installment in Bruen’s Jack Taylor series, there’s no better time to explore the best books in this superlative series from the man who The Irish Times has nicknamed “the Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel. Set in Bruen’s hometown of Galway, the Jack Taylor novels tackle numerous social issues, including murder, kidnapping, arson, Taylor’s struggles with alcohol and drug addiction, immigration, the role of the Catholic Church in contemporary Irish society, and the so-called “Celtic Tiger” that was Ireland’s booming economy from 1994 to 2007. Beginning with 2004’s The Guards, Taylor’s cases have been the subject of more than a dozen books, some of which have even been adapted to a television series that stars Iain Glen in the role of Jack Taylor. Some of Bruen’s best-known mysteries are those revolving around Jack Taylor, the disgraced former police officer who channeled his crime-solving skills into a new career as a private investigator. The eighth novel in the award-winning Jack Taylor series by Irelands most acclaimed crime-writer. A native of Galway, Ken Bruen has become one of Ireland’s most celebrated crime novelists, winning the Shamus, Macavity, and Barry Awards-not to mention earning Edgar Award nominations for his novels The Guards and Priest. Author: Ken Bruen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304. Is the stranger really is who he says he is With the help of the Jameson, Jack struggles to make sense of it all.
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