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Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel | Adrian McKinty
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Its just the same things over and again for Sean Duffy: riot duty, heartbreak, cases he can solve but never get to court. But what detective gets two locked-room mysteries in one career? When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus castle, it looks like a suicide. Yet there are just a few things that bother Duffy enough to keep the case file open. Which is how he finds out that she was working on a devastating investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power in the UK and beyond. And so Duffy has two impossible problems on his desk: Who killed Lily Bigelow? And what were they trying to hide? From the Trade Paperback edition.
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EadieB
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Day 5 - #Rain #AcrossApril

These are books that have rain 🌧 in their title that I have read and enjoyed.

Eggs Nicely done ✅ 4y
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EadieB
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More about Sean and music!

Andrew65 Amazing how many detectives in books that music seems to be a big part of the book. Inspector Banks also comes to mind. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I love when they reference books and music in their novels! 5y
charl08 Also Rebus! 5y
EadieB @charl08 Yes Rebus too! 5y
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EadieB
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A new Sean Duffy book is being written today!

The Morrígan or Mórrígan, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-Ríoghain in Modern Irish. It has been translated as "great queen", "phantom queen" or "mare queen".

The Morrígan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death or victory in battle. In this role she often appears as a crow, the badb.

Andrew65 🍾🥂😍 5y
TrishB 👍🏻 5y
Andrew65 Let‘s hope it foretells victory for Sean and not death! 5y
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Andrew65
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Pickpick

Loved this one in the excellent Sean Duffy Series. This, along with In The Morning I‘ll Be Gone, is my favourite one in the series. This related back to a previous case and was an empty room locked door murder scenario, very creative thinking within it. I felt we saw a different side to Sean in this one and how he dealt with a relationship break up. Interesting ending and will be intrigued to see where it is taken in the next book.

EadieB I loved this one too! The next one is the last book! I hope he writes more Sean books! 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Me too! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I talk to him on Twitter. I will ask him if he can write more. 5y
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Andrew65 @EadieB Don‘t ask, tell him! 😂 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I told him to not forget his Sean fan base and we need more Sean books! He liked my tweet but did not answer it yet! (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Let is know if he does. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 👍🏻 5y
RealBooks4ever Loved this one too! We be the Team McKinty, eh? @Andrew65 @EadieB 5y
EadieB @RealBooks4ever Sounds good! 👍🏻 5y
Andrew65 @RealBooks4ever Definitely, surprised they are not better known. Perhaps they will become more widely read with the success of 5y
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Andrew65
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Time for me to finally get to the next one in the Sean Duffy series. #SeanDuffySeriesRead

EadieB Enjoy! 5y
Cathythoughts Looks good. Must look up the first one of these 👍🏻 5y
Andrew65 @Cathythoughts It is a good series. 5y
JaclynW Yay! I better pick up a copy too. I finally finished the one before this and enjoyed it (I had better do my review on Litsy for that!). I'm loving sticking to a series. It has been awhile since I've done that. I bounce around too much. Ha! Summer with my kids is hampering my reading, I will see what I can squeeze in. 😊 5y
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Tonton

Read this and weep: Adrian McKinty writes the Sean Duffy police procedural which I love and recommend without reservation. Critical acclaim didn‘t pay the bills. He worked as an Uber driver, he and his family got evicted. How can this be? Agent stepped in and persuaded him to write The Chain; got a 7 figure movie deal. Believe. https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/08/adrian-mckinty-interview-crime-nov...

Bklover Good for him!!!👍👏👏 5y
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Set during Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' in 1987 with car bombs and riots. It is a work of fiction but is based on real historical events. A locked-room mystery kept me guessing throughout. Loved the humor of Sean Duffy and his sidekicks, Crabby and Lawson. This is the 5th book and each book gets better and better. I'm looking forward to reading the 6th book and recommend to those who love Irish history during the 'Troubles' in the 80's.

Andrew65 Good review. I hope to get to it in the next couple of weeks. Nine school days to go. 😴 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 Great! The countdown begins! 5y
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Andrew65 @EadieB 8 days. Although at my desk today from 7.15 am - 11.50 pm, but did get 10 minutes for lunch! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 Oh my goodness! You're killing yourself! I hope you make it 8 more days. 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB So do I!!! This week should break the back of it hopefully. 107 reports to go! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 You're getting there! How many years have you been doing these reports? 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB All 17 years as head Teacher / Principal. Although I‘m sure I write more each year! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 That's quite an accomplishment! Do you get many positive remarks from the parents? Do your bosses know that you do this and put so much time into it? 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Very rare to get a positive comment back from parents. Some bosses know if parent governors but don‘t think anyone realises how long it takes. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I'm sure it makes a difference to the children that you recognize their accomplishments. Good night and get some rest! 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Good night, problem is Adrenalin is now rife in my system. Conference in London on Thursday so will be a welcome change / break. Does make a difference to the children and my self-esteem in my job. Some leaders offer to take some of the load but would feel an abdication of what is important to me! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I can understand you not wanting to give up what you are doing. It makes your job feel worthwhile and you do it for the children and I'm sure they know that you really care about them. That is important with the poor children because their parents are too busy making a living to give them the attention that they need. I just hope you're not hurting your health by working so many hours without rest. (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Should be fine as can see light at end of tunnel! And that Scottish beach! Tunnel vision and working through a task is one of my key strengths. Thanks for caring. 😊 Now it is sleep time, 😴 (edited) 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 The Scottish beach is calling you and waiting for you! 5y
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I don‘t know quite what to write. This is my least favorite book in the series. It started quite well, then it was moving slowly, then it got interesting, but the ending was not to my liking. The ending of the murder case, that is. Finally something is happening in his personal life though, about time! There were several sentences written in Finnish and some of them were not correct. Those could have easily been checked and corrected. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

EadieB @Tove_Reads Sorry to see you didn't like it. I loved it and didn't think it was slow. I couldn't wait to get back to it when I would have to put it down. The Finnish words did not bother me because I wouldn't have understood them anyway. lol Oh well! That's why they have so many flavors of ice cream. We can't all like the same things. @Andrew65 (edited) 5y
Andrew65 You‘d think he‘d get the Finnish right. I hope to get to this in the next couple of weeks. 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 Let us know when you‘ve got the time for the next Follett and the first George! I‘m jealous that you are a few Caseys behind! @EadieB 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Will be intense reading at some point! 😊 5y
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Tove_Reads
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I‘ve been trying to read for awhile, but I‘m not allowed to. I wonder if he‘s offended by the title (he hates rain). 😂

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EadieB
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Starting this one today as it needs to go back to library on the 10th!

#RainDogs #AdrianMcKinty

charl08 Great series! 5y
EadieB @charl08 Yes! I‘m really enjoying his books! Great writing! 5y
Tove_Reads I‘ll start tomorrow! 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads Sounds good! 5y
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andrew61
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I love the sean duffy series of Belfast police procedural set in the 1980's. Here he tries to solve a classic locked room mystery, crosses paths with jimmy Saville in a caravan at broadmoor hospital, and as ever tangles with the hierarchy trying to cover up wrongdoers.

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Glam crime solving life in 80s Northern Ireland.

drokka I won this book, but didn't realize it was the 7th (I think) in the series. Can it be read as a stand alone? 6y
charl08 6th book. It can, but I think you'd get more from it if you read them in order. 6y
charl08 @drokka argh, always forget to post the tag! 6y
drokka Thanks for the advice. I always do that too then go back and edit. Almost all my replies that aren't to the original person are edit. 6y
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My in-laws got my dog a raincoat. 🌧 🐕

DGRachel Awesome! Pilot loves his raincoat. ❤️🐶❤️ 6y
PenguinInFlight Awww! ❤️🐶😍 6y
MayginReads Nica refuses to potty outside when it's raining, unless she's wearing a rain coat! 😉 6y
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RealBooks4ever
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These #rain covers look a lot alike. 💜 I like #JamesLeeBurke but I LOVE #AdrianMcKinty!! #JubilantJuly

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RealBooks4ever
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I pulled these out of my database and after I had the pic all set I realized it's the wrong pic for the Shirley Jackson cover, but whatever, the actual cover is b/w too! 🤷🏻‍♀️😆 #BlackAndWhiteCovers #MayBookShowers

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youngreadrshelf
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Sadie and Evie are glad the storm is over! #dogsoflitsy Now I can read, and they can go back to sleep. 😉🐶

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RealBooks4ever
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#aprilbookshowers Here are some books I found in my collection with #weather in the title!

RealLifeReading Ok I am intrigued by Snow White Must Die! 7y
RealBooks4ever @RealLifeReading It's part of the German "Bodenstein & Kirchhoff" mystery series. I've not read it yet but someday I will!! ? 7y
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RebeccaH
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Pickpick

I read this for my mystery book group meeting tomorrow. It's set in the 1980s in Northern Ireland -- super enjoyable, fast, well-written, nicely done.

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