- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409084730
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
Cross
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409084730
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
Bruen's writing is as bleak and spare as Taylor's take on modern Ireland, but you'll end up hooked on this series of home-grown, gritty crime stories as Jack Taylor is on Ireland.
Irish Independent
Where Bruen really scores is in his intimate explorations of Taylor's character, Galway City and of modern Ireland. Using language like a weapon, his humour stops the reader drowning in rain, Jameson's and self-pity. Less a whodunit that a what-to-do-about-it, this is a compelling portrait of a haunted man.
Guardian
I cannot recommend this series highly enough - if you like stark reality, if you can handle one man making his own decisions about his life ... then do yourself a favour and read Cross.
Eurocrime.com
Vintage Ken Bruen. Clipped prose and mordant humour are coupled to a plot that's just about as violent as anything he has ever written. Bruen has the uncanny ability to describe the most touching of moments with heart-rending effectiveness and lyrical beauty.
Mean Streets
Ken Bruen is one of Ireland's leading crime writers...this is snappy, knowing writing.
SUNDAY EXPRESS