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Emerald Lie: A Jack Taylor Novel
Emerald Lie: A Jack Taylor Novel | Ken Bruen
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Ken Bruen, the Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel ("Irish Independent"), is beloved for his black humor, verse-like prose, and irascible protagonist Jack Taylor, an ex-cop who is as addicted to trouble as he is to Jameson, pills, and pop culture. In "The Emerald Lie," the latest terror to be visited upon the dark Galway streets arrives in a most unusual form: a Cambridge graduate who becomes murderous over split infinitives, dangling modifiers, and any other sign of bad grammar. Meanwhile, Jack is approached by a grieving father with a pocketful of cash on offer if Jack will help exact revenge on those responsible for his daughter s brutal rape and murder. Though hesitant to get involved, Jack agrees to get a read on the likely perpetrators. But Jack is soon derailed by the reappearance of Emily (previous alias: Emerald), the chameleon-like young woman who joined forces with Jack to take down her pedophile father in "Green Hell" and who remains passionate, clever, and utterly homicidal. She will use any sort of coercion to get Jack to conspire with her against the serial killer the Garda have nicknamed the Grammarian, but her most destructive obsession just might be Jack himself."
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BigDaddy
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Ken Bruen takes the piss out of me every time.

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If you like your books with chopped up text like poetry and a bleak Irish backdrop with a flask of Jameson (or Jay as former Garda Jack Taylor calls it), then Bruen's series is for you. Start with The Guards, though, to get the full picture.

BethFishReads 👍👍👍👍👍 8y
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And from one of my favorite movies, to boot. You know a way to a person's heart, Mr. Bruen. "Ah, you dumb, deluded sap," as you said earlier in the book.

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Oooh, the choices: Murder in Ireland or Mississippi or Sweden or England...hmmm, I'm thinking Ireland.

BethFishReads Ken Bruen!!!!!! 8y
stillunfinished @BethFishReads and you are the one who got me back into the series. Sláinte! 8y
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[DELETED] 2232195534 Sun Storm is good and also Ruth Ware's book. Nice stack!! 8y
stillunfinished @kaysreadinglife I've been wanting to read Sun Storm for a long time (maybe this time) and I just read The Woman in Cabin 10 by R 8y
stillunfinished @kaysreadinglife by Ware too. No edit here. Oops. 8y
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BethFishReads
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I can't believe I keep putting this aside. Determined to finish it tonight. Still nice enough to sit outside. Crime fiction set in Ireland.

BookishFeminist Never heard of this before- looks good though 8y
BethFishReads @BookishFeminist this is my first Bruen, but I like him so much I'm going to start the series from the beginning. Dark Irish crime fiction 8y
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Up next this afternoon: Noir crime novel set in Ireland featuring a serial killer who is triggered by bad grammar. This editor cannot resist. My first Ken Bruen book.

SharonGoforth Being an admin, I can relate to that!! 8y
Sue That is brilliant 8y
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