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A hunt in winter a Joe Swallow mystery

"In Dublin, newly promoted detective inspector Joe Swallow's life looks to be taking a turn for the better. In addition to his promotion, he's settled into a comfortable arrangement with his landlady and paramour, Maria Walsh--that is, until his newfound peace is chaotically uprooted...

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Main Author: Brady, Conor (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crooked Lane, 2017.
Edition: First North American edition.
Series: Joe Swallow mysteries ; 3.
Subjects:
Police > Ireland > Dublin > Fiction.
Serial murder investigation > Fiction.
Women > Crimes against > Fiction.
Dublin (Ireland) > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Ireland > Politics and government > 19th century > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction > Ireland.
Mystery fiction > Ireland.
Summary: "In Dublin, newly promoted detective inspector Joe Swallow's life looks to be taking a turn for the better. In addition to his promotion, he's settled into a comfortable arrangement with his landlady and paramour, Maria Walsh--that is, until his newfound peace is chaotically uprooted when a series of violent attacks against women lead to an outbreak of panic and fear. Swallow is drawn into the chase for a vicious serial murderer down Dublin's dark alleys, and things on the home front are about to change in an unexpected way"--From publisher description.
Item Description: "First published by New Island Books, Ireland"--Title page verso.
Physical Description: viii, 326 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9781683313953
168331395X
Author Notes: Conor Brady , former editor of The Irish Times , is the author of two histories of Irish policing and of a memoir covering his years as a journalist. He currently serves on a number of public service boards and is director of Dublin's leading cancer support centers. Conor just became a first-time grandfather in September with the birth of Posy-Ann O'Sheehan Brady and lives in Dun Laoghaire.

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