Synopses & Reviews
In this explosive debut thriller by the
New York Times bestselling author of
Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, confronting a city’s dark demons and her own past while pursuing a serial killer on a vengeful rampage.
When Jimmy Ryan’s mangled corpse is found in a local church basement, the sadistic sacrilege sends a bone-deep chill through winter-whipped Buffalo. But police detective Absalom “Abbie” Kearney also fears the brutal crime is sending a message—one that only the fiercely secretive citizens of the Irish-American neighborhood known as “the County” understand, and one that seems especially tailored for Abbie’s ears. Searching for answers to explain the monstrous act mysteriously leads Abby to her own family’s past. At work, she finds herself stonewalled at every turn by an old-world code of silence and secrecy. And as the grisly murders continue, she must match wits with a maniacal killer bent on exposing the County’s hidden history . . . one bloody body at a time.
About the Author
Stephan Talty is the author of the New York Times bestseller Empire of Blue Water, as well as Escape from the Land of Snows, The Illustrious Dead, and Mulatto America. Black Irish is his first novel.