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Slaughter’s Hound: A Harry Rigby Mystery
Author(s): Declan Burke (Author)
- Publisher: Liberties Press
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 1907593497
- ISBN-13: 9781907593499
Book Description
Harry Rigby is right there, an eye-witness when Finn Hamilton walks out into the big nothing nine stories up, but no one wants to believe Finn is just the latest statistic in Ireland’s silent epidemic. Not Finn’s mother, Saoirse Hamilton, whose property empire is crumbling around her; and not Finn’s pregnant fiance, Maria, or his sister Grainne; and especially not Detective Tohill, the cop who believes Rigby is a stone-cold killer. Welcome to Harry Rigby’s Sligo where death comes dropping slow. Studded with shards of black humor and mordant wit, Slaughter’s Hound is a gripping noir from one of the most innovative voices in Irish crime fiction. In the twisted moral landscape of his surroundings, Harry must find a way free of his own heartache and pain to discover the truth about Finn’s death and what is really going on…
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Burke has always been known for black humor, and he has found a wonderful new outlet for it in Harry Rigby.” — Booklist “Booklist”
“Fans of Ken Bruen in particular, and noir fans in general, should get on board for this exceedingly bleak ride through Sligo. . . Relentlessly brutal actions, rampant corruption, and scamming are all described in prose both scabrous and poetic.” — Publishers Weekly “Publishers Weekly”
About the Author
DECLAN BURKE is one of Ireland’s leading crime fiction authors. He reviews regularly for a variety of national newspapers and magazines, and hosts the website Crime Always Pays. Declan has published several novels including Absolute Zero Cool which was shortlisted in the crime fiction section for the Irish Book Awards 2011, and received the Goldsboro/Crimefest ‘Last Laugh’ Award for Best Humorous Crime Novel in 2012. He is the editor of Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (2011), and the co-editor, with John Connolly, of Books to Die For (2012). Declan lives in Wicklow with his wife and daughter, where he is not allowed to own a cat, or be owned by one.
