Bent Northrop Memorial Library

Detective Sean Duffy investigates the death of an American military veteran in 1982 Ireland and quickly finds himself combating his romantic instincts, professional misconduct, and powerful men.

"Belfast, 1985, amidst the 'Troubles': Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), struggles with burn-out as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide. Did Michael Kelly really shoot his parents at point blank and then jump off a nearby cliff? A suicide note points to this conclusion, but Duffy suspects even more sinister circumstances. He soon discovers that Kelly was present at a decadent Oxford...