Somewhere in the teeming heart of London is a man on a lethal mission. His cause: A long-overdue lesson on the importance of manners. When this “Manners Killer” starts mailing letters to the Southeast London police squad, he’ll soon find out just how bad a man’s manners can get. The Southeast is dominated by the perpetual sneer of one Inspector Brant. And if anyone is going to be getting away with murder on his patch it’ll be Brant himself, thank you very much.
Part police procedural, part stream-of-consciousness musings, this is the story of a London serial killer who doesn't like people with bad manners. He's stalked by the tough-talking Inspector Brant, who fancies himself an author. The action is difficult to follow at times, but it's not Michael Deehy's fault. Delivering the rough accents of Southeast London, Deehy portrays the cops and criminals, shopkeepers and victims while keeping the grit in this pulp mystery. He follows the action well, and the parallels drawn with Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series will attract interest. The language is raw and the characters are hard to like, but fans of the genre and the prolific Bruen will stay tuned. J.B.G. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
Philadelphia Inquirer...
“A Celtic Dashiell Hammett.”
About the Author
Ken Bruen has been a finalist for the Edgar, Anthony, and Barry Awards and has won both a Macavity Award and Shamus Award for the Jack Taylor novels. The most recent, The Dramatist, is available as a Sound Library® audiobook. Bruen lives in Galway, Ireland.
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