Eight-Ball Boogie
Burke, Declan
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ISBN: 1 903305 07 1
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Publication Date: May 2003
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Description:'I have seen the future of Irish crime fiction and it's called Declan Burke. Here is talent writ large - mesmerizing, literate, smart and gripping. At last my hopes for crime fiction are renewed. I can't wait to read his next novel.'
- Ken Bruen, author of London Boulevard and The Guards
'Imelda Sheridan was dead, which was tough cookies on Imelda, but then every silver lining has its cloud. My job was to find out who and why, at 12 cent per word for the right facts in the right order . . . Which is how it all started out, anyway.'
Harry Rigby likes a smoke, the easy life, and Robert Ryan playing the bad
guy in late night black-and-whites. Sweet. But when the wife of a prominent
politician is murdered in her best nightie, Rigby finds himself caught in a
crossfire between rogue paramilitaries, an internal Garda inquiry, and the
heaviest blizzard of coke ever to hit the Northwest. If all this wasn't bad enough, his relationship with girlfriend Denise is on the rocks, and he's hitting the bottle. Then there's Rigby's psychotic brother Gonzo, back on the streets and meaner than a jilted shark . . .
Flashing with razor-sharp wit and edgy, fast-paced plotting, Eight-Ball Boogie is an enthralling page-turner that marks the debut of a potent new talent in crime fiction.
DECLAN BURKE is a Sligo-based journalist and former editor of In Dublin.
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