Michael O'Shea is a member of Ireland's police force, known as
The Guards. He's also a sociopath who walks a knife edge between
sanity and all-out mayhem. When an exchange program is initiated
and twenty Guards come to America and twenty cops from the States
go to Ireland, Shay, as he's known, has his lifelong dream come
true--he becomes a member of the NYPD. But Shay's dream is about to
become New York's nightmare.
Paired with an unstable cop nicknamed Kebar for his liberal use
of a short, lethal metal stick called a K-bar, the two unlikely
partners become a devastatingly effective force in the war against
crime.
But Kebar harbors a dangerous secret: he's sold out to the mob
to help his sister. Her rape and beating leaves her in a coma and
pushes an already unstable Kebar over the edge just as Shea's dark
secrets threaten boil over and into the streets of New York.
"Once Were Cops" melds the street poetry of Brooklyn and Dublin
into a fast-paced, incomparable hard-boiled novel. This is Ken
Bruen at his best.
General
Imprint: |
Minotaur Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2009 |
First published: |
November 2009 |
Authors: |
Ken Bruen
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Dimensions: |
226 x 150 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-54017-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-312-54017-5 |
Barcode: |
9780312540173 |
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