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Black Irish

314 pagesFirst published 20132 editions
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"In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a city's dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage. Absalom "Abbie" Kearney grew up an outsider in her own hometown. Even being the adopted daughter of a revered cop couldn't keep Abbie's troubled past from making her a misfit in the working-class Irish American enclave of South Buffalo. And now, despite a Harvard degree and a police detective's badge, she still struggles to earn the…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2013
    Headline Review · 308 pages · 9781472200136
  • Other · English · 2013
    Ballantine Books · 320 pages · 9780345538062
Serial murderersIrish American CatholicsPolicewomenFictionBuffalo (n.y.), fictionCriminals, fictionFiction, thrillers, generalNew York Times reviewed