Gerard Doyle
1) Purgatory
Author
Series
Jack Taylor series volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
An Irish ex-cop is lured into a violent game by a vengeful killer in this crime novel by an Edgar Award finalist.
Former cop Jack Taylor is recovering from mental and physical wounds, as well as from addictions to a variety of substances. But this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante begins targeting the scum of Galway, signing mysterious notes with the moniker "C33." The murderer addresses these cryptic letters to Jack, trying to goad...
2) High dive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A moving and darkly funny novel, set around a bustling seaside hotel that is about to be transformed by violence: a bold, astonishingly intimate exploration of how the ordinary unfolds into tragedy. In September 1984, a bomb was planted in the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, set to explode on the day Margaret Thatcher and her entire cabinet would be staying there. Nimbly weaving together fact and fiction, comedy and tragedy, the story switches among...