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  • Published: 1 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9781446487204
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

Purgatory

A Jack Taylor Noir Thriller




The latest thriller in the acclaimed Jack Taylor series, now a major TV hit.

Someone is scraping the scum off the streets of Galway, and they want Jack Taylor to get involved. A drug pusher, a rapist, a loan shark, all targeted in what look like vigilante attacks. And the killer is writing to Jack, signing their name: C-33.
Jack has had enough. He doesn’t need the money, and doesn’t want to get involved. But when his friend Stewart gets drawn in, it seems he isn’t been given a choice. In the meantime, Jack is being courted by Reardon, a charismatic billionaire intent on buying up much of Galway, and begins a tentative relationship with Reardon’s PR director, Kelly.
Caught between heaven and hell, there’s only one path for Jack Taylor to take: Purgatory.

  • Published: 1 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9781446487204
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

About the author

Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen was born in Galway. He spent 25 years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, South East Asia and South America, and holds a doctorate in metaphysics.

His earlier Jack Taylor novels are published by Brandon Press in Ireland and have won numerous awards including the Shamus and the Macavity Awards.

He now lives in Galway city with his wife and daughter.

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Praise for Purgatory

Noir doesn't get much blacker

Irish Independent

Breath-taking . . . Jack Taylor is a mix of penitent and avenging angel

Crime Review blog