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When bad people organize, it certainly tends to make life harder for the good guys. This is one of the lessons at the heart of Ken Bruen's ninth book in his series following the cases of long-suffering Irish private eye Jack Taylor. For once, things seems a little rosier for Taylor, who has just enjoyed a romantic weekend in Paris with his new lady friend, a crime novelist. But upon his return to Galway, reality slaps him brutally in the face. A rash of violent acts are sweeping through the city, although the violence truly seems too evil to be real. A group calling itself Headstone is attacking the most vulnerable members of society: an elderly priest, a child with special needs, the homeless, and the handicapped. The senselessness of Headstone's violence makes them hard to predict and track, but when Taylor--who struggles with alcoholism, and suffers from poor hearing and a limp--receives a headstone in the mail, he knows they are out for him.
When bad people organize, it certainly tends to make life harder for the good guys. This is one of the lessons at the heart of Ken Bruen's ninth book in his series following the cases of long-suffering Irish private eye Jack Taylor. For once, things seems a little rosier for Taylor, who has just enjoyed a romantic weekend in Paris with his new lady friend, a crime novelist. But upon his return to Galway, reality slaps him brutally in the face. A rash of violent acts are sweeping through the city, although the violence truly seems too evil to be real. A group calling itself Headstone is attacking the most vulnerable members of society: an elderly priest, a child with special needs, the homeless, and the handicapped. The senselessness of Headstone's violence makes them hard to predict and track, but when Taylor--who struggles with alcoholism, and suffers from poor hearing and a limp--receives a headstone in the mail, he knows they are out for him.













