Dead Trilogy

This Irish bad-boy thriller, set in the hardest streets of New York City, introduces us to Michael Forsythe, an illegal immigrant escaping from the Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Clever, fearless, and handy with a pistol, young Michael is just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a New York crime boss, to join his gang of thugs fighting for their turf. But just as Michael is being anointed Darkey's rising star, he inadvisably seduces Darkey's girl. Suddenly the tables are turned, and Darkey plans a very hard fall for young Michael. But Darkey fails to account for Michael's toughness-or his determination to wreak vengeance upon those who betray him. A natural storyteller with a gift for dialogue, McKinty delivers us a stunning new noir voice, dark and stylish, mythic and violent-complete with an Irish lilt. Title. Quote. Prologue: Belfast Confetti 1. White Boy in Harlem 2. Downtown 3. The Nice Part of the Bronx 4. Across 110th Street 5. We Go To Mexico 6. The Lost World 7. Via Deleid 8. Sur dela Frontera 9.The Corner of Malcom X and Martin Luther King 10. A Stolen Car to Oyster Bay 11. The Seven Train to Woodside 12. Metro North Coda: Eleven Years Later, LA. "Gerard Doyle gives a riveting performance…Doyle is brilliantly understated, dark, and ironic…Tender and brutal, this is an amazing book boasting a stunning performance. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award." "Dead I Well May Be, as a portrait of violence and revenge, is a gem." "McKinty…is a storyteller with the kind of style and panache that blur the line between genre and mainstream. Top-drawer." "A literate, funny, wise old soul in the body of a dangerously naive teen, his Michael draws us close and relates a fantastic tale of murder and revenge in low, wry tones, as if from the next barstool…One of the best crime fiction debuts of the year." "Michael Forsythe is a crook, a deviant, a lover, a fighter, and a thinker. His Irish-tough language of isolation and longing makes us love and trust him despite his oh-so-great and violent flaws. When you finish this book, you just might wish you'd lived the life in its pages, and thought its thoughts, both horrible and sublime."

In this riveting sequel to the acclaimed Dead I Well May Be, mercenary bad boy Michael Forsythe is back, and he's forced to infiltrate an Irish terrorist cell, confronting murder, mayhem, and possibly his own execution. While on holiday in Spain, Michael Forsythe is arrested in the chaos of a soccer riot and hauled off to jail. Back on the wrong side of the law, the Belfast native has no hope of release-until a seductive female British Intelligence Agent makes him an offer he can't refuse: Avoid jail time in a Mexican hellhole by taking on a special FBI assignment and infiltrating a dangerous Irish terrorist cell back in the States. Within hours Michael is thrust into the nightmarish world of madmen known for their distinctive brands of torture and revenge, all while trying to hide his true identity. Coming face-to-face with murder, deceit, and lustful desire in all the wrong places, Michael knows that in order to survive he must kill-or be killed. "Gerard Doyle gives another stunning performance…Doyle gives Forsythe a dark sense of the ironic, an understandable, if unconventional, morality, and a roguish Irish charm…McKinty's complex plotting and Doyle's extraordinary portrayal will leave listeners craving more. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award." "Captivating." "McKinty has an ear for language and a taste for violence…A swiftly paced thriller." "McKinty's literate, expertly crafted third crime novel…confirms his place as one of his generation's leading talents…[He] possesses a talent for pace and plot structure that belies his years. Dennis Lehane fans will definitely be pleased." "McKinty hooks readers early with vivid action sequences and brutal bits of foreshadowing…and then delivers a shocking climax of survival and revenge that whets the appetite for what appears to be a promised third chapter in the Forsythe saga." "The Dead Yard is compelling crime fiction at its finest! Adrian McKinty is an exciting new talent, and Michael Forsythe is a hero that other writers can only aspire to write."

In this concluding book of Adrian McKinty's highly praised Dead series, Michael Forsythe confronts his former lover and now archrival, Bridget. Michael Forsythe has just survived his infiltration of an IRA splinter cell in Boston. Now, his many near fatal wounds healed, he begins his next adventure as manager of hotel security in Lima, Peru. It is there he is contacted by his former lover, Bridget, whose husband he killed. Bridget, calling from Dublin, says her fourteen-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. Michael's choice is to fly to Dublin and help her or to be executed at the hands of the goons holding him at gunpoint. He agrees to nothing and soon is on the way to Dublin, the first two of many dead bodies left in his wake. Chapter 01: Telemachus - Lima, Peru. June 15th - 6 a.m. Chapter 02: Siren - New York, June 15th - 4 p.m. Chapter 03: Oxen of the Sun - Dublin, June 16th - 4:15 a.m. Chapter 04: Circe - Dublin, June 16th - 9:15 a.m. Chapter 05: Penelope - Belfast, June 16th - 1:35 p.m. Chapter 06: The Rats Nest - Belfast, June 16th - 2:15 p.m. Chapter 07: The Wandering Rocks - Belfast, June 16th - 4 p.m. Chapter 08: Scylla and Charybdis - Belfast, June 16th - 6 p.m. Chapter 09: Hades - Belfast, June 16th - 7:45 p.m. Chapter 10: The Lotus Eaters - Bangor, June 16th - 9:15 p.m. Chapter 11: The Wrath of Odysseus - Binaca, June 16th - 10:15 p.m. Chapter 12: Ithica - Island McGee, June 16th - Midnight "A near-perfect marriage of fiction and performance, The Bloomsday Dead is a must-listen…Forsythe is portrayed by Doyle in an intimate virtuoso performance that intensifies the taut, gritty writing…in this soaring, tragic story…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award." "His most visceral, satisfying effort yet…McKinty writes masterful action scenes, and he whips up a frenzy as the bullets begin to fly." "Outpaces its immediate predecessor, The Dead Yard…with [McKinty's] trademark dark lyricism, one great red herring, and a masterful plot twist that brings Forsythe's character full circle in a lightning flash." "As always, Gerard Doyle provides a lively, often unexpectedly comic performance. No one could possibly interpret McKinty's continually exciting and surprising fiction as well. Highly recommended." "[With] a clean, well-articulated Irish lilt…Doyle's skillful narration draws the listener deep into this dark side of the emerald isle."