The Good Life (Matt Minogue Mystery #5)
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- Synopsis
- Dublin's Grand Canal was long ago the site of stately barges bearing gentry in three-cornered hats, of elegant ladies murmuring to one another under their parasols. While children still play and lovers still twine by its banks, today they do so against a background of faceless office blocks and a soaring crime rate. Inspector Matt Minogue, world-weary but with a well-developed sense of whimsy, is at the scene when a young woman is dragged from the canal, her face showing signs of a vicious beating. She's one Mary Mullen, a (former?) prostitute who's managed to stay out of the way of the police for the past few years. Mary had moved off the streets, but sources hint of an association with the Egans, a ruthless gang whose star has risen in Dublin's underworld of crime and violence. It soon becomes clear that she was using them as a stepping stone to "the good life," where she could leave her past behind. Minogue's search for who it was that came between Mary and her ambitions takes center stage in this masterly novel distinguished by riveting suspense, vivid characterization, and the beguiling evocation of the dialogue, landscape, and lifestyles of modern-day Ireland. These police procedurals depict contemporary Ireland, using it's very expressive and foreign dialect rich with nuances which challenge the reader to read between the lines. The clues are many, but the mysteries are hard for the police and the reader to crack. The multigenerational characters are so complex and true that reading this series is the closest a reader can come to living in Ireland with the intellect and senses fully engaged. All ten books in John Brady's Inspector Matt Minogue series are in the Bookshare collection. They are: #1 A Stone of the Heart, #2 Unholy Ground, #3 Kaddish in Dublin, #4 All Souls, #6 A Carra King, #7 Wonderland, #8 Island Bridge, #9 Going Rate, and #10 Long Hard Look.
- Copyright:
- 1994
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 346 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780312130831
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/24/10
- Copyrighted By:
- John Brady
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Jim Baugh
- Proofread By:
- Lissi
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.