A dark, historical murder mystery set on a famine ship traveling from Ireland to New York in 1847. Brilliant writing; scathing account of English abuses in Ireland.
Category: Mystery
The Cold, Cold Ground
The Cold, Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty is a mystery set in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, during The Troubles. It is witty, informative, and introduces Sean Duffy, one of the darkest and funniest detectives working.
Slow Horses
Slow Horses is the first book in Mick Herron’s Slough House series. It is read, in this A+ audiobook, by the incomparable Gerard Doyle who does all the British accents. Slough House is where MI5 spies get sent when they screw up.
The Last Policeman
The Last Policemen is set during an apocalypse. A meteor is hurtling toward Earth and life is on countdown. Everyone is trying to fulfil their bucket list before the end but Hank Palace wants only to solve a mystery.
The Salt Line
The Salt Line is a dystopian mystery set in post apocalyptic North Carolina and Tennessee. The “zombie” that caused the apocalypse? A tick.