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Sean Duffy: Year 1 (The Sean Duffy Series)

By: Adrian McKinty

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

From the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty comes the origin story of his most famous creation, Detective Sean Duffy.

Belfast, 1980, is the apocalypse. Bombings, riots, army on the streets, low flying helicopters, and ever-present rain. The grinding Northern Irish civil war between Protestants and Catholics has been going for a decade now. Hated by both sides are the police.

Sean Duffy Year 1 takes us into that world. Newly promoted Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy is given his first command at Carrickfergus CID.

In this prequel novella, McKinty takes listeners through Duffy’s first two weeks on the job. A case to solve and a chance to impress his bosses, if, of course, he can get out of it alive.

©2023 Adrian McKinty (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

More Duffy!

I’ve listened to just about all of Mckinty’s books available on Audible. Following his success with Forsythe and Duffy series, I believe I read that another well known artist influenced McKinty to write books with plots that supposedly Americans would enjoy more. Unfortunately, two of his later books reflected that advice and in my opinion were not good.

All that to say: give me more Sean Duffy and Michael Forsythe!

Narration, Storytelling, Excitement…an awful lot of excitement!

This series is like a history lesson of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The circumstances, the music references, the style references, the intricate dealings of the various elite service groups, all of which merge into this timeline of Sean Duffy’s life as a Catholic policeman during the IRA war of the late 20th century. It’s epic and Sean Duffy is a legend. I will miss him now I have completed the series!! Adrian McKinty…how do you do it?? You are a brilliant writer, Thank you.

Once again, a real jem

If there is one thing in this godforsaken world we live in that I genuinely like from the bottom of my heart, it is this series. And this novella is a wonderful link in the chain.
It is 2025 and I live in Israel. It doesn’t take a genius to know that my mood is terrible. It seems like death is all around here. This war has ruined my soul, but this latest edition to Sean Duffy is uplifting me. Witty, interesting, with accurate descriptions and believable dialogues. And the musical references are exactly to my taste: Johnny Mitchell, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Cocteau Twins, Led Zeppelin, Gary Newman.
Thank you, Mr. McKinty, you have made me happy for almost 2 hours.

EARLY DUFFY

If you’re already a fan of Duffy this little amuse-bouche will tickle you pink. Where it all began. Sort of.

If you haven’t been listening to this series you’re losing out but maybe this little nugget will change that.

Gerard Doyle is absolute perfection delivering McKinty’s goodness.

Perfect writing, balance of humor, and plenty of believable characters

Never lets me down , definitely excited for what’s in store next. I’m starting to talk with an Irish accent.