Hang On St. Christopher

The Sean Duffy Series, Book 8

De: Adrian McKinty

Narrado por: Gerard Doyle

New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty continues the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy series with Hang On St. Christopher.

Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It’s July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to “Shortbread Land.” Duffy’s a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It’s an easy gig, if he can keep his head down.

But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protégé is on holiday in Spain. A carjacking gone wrong and the death of a solitary, middle-aged painter. But something’s not right, and as Duffy probes he discovers the painter was an IRA assassin. So, the question becomes: Who hit the hit man and why?

This is Duffy’s most violent and dangerous case yet and the whole future of the burgeoning “peace process” may depend upon it. Based on true events, Duffy must unentangle parallel operations by the CIA, MI5, and Special Branch. Duffy attempts to bring a killer to justice while trying to keep himself and his team alive as everything unravels around them. They might not all make it out of this one.

©2025 Adrian McKinty (P)2025 Blackstone Publishing

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A fan of Duffy until the end...

A great listen especially by the great Gerard Doyle! He's a master of narration.

I really hope this isn't the last Duffy book. Really enjoyed the series over the years.

I think authors should write what the fans want and not go off on crazy novels like "the chain" which was ridiculous...

Best DI Duffy yet

Atmospheric, philosophical, funny, suspenseful, beautifully written and replete with thrilling action sequences, this is, improbably, the best Duffy yet. Rattle the tank as you’re giving chase to an assassin on a stolen motorbike and you’ll find McKinty still has plenty of creative gas left, quite possibly enough to carry over to a ninth entry in the series (one can hope, while crossing fingers that it involves an on-the-rise Michael Forsythe). But sticking to the work at hand, we see part-timer Duffy re-teaming with the beloved Crabby for one last, last fin de Troubles case and refusing, as ever, to do the smart thing and walk away from a murder case he’s been ordered to drop. It’s a gripping mystery, but also a story of an enduring friendship that ranks as one of the most satisfying partnerships in the genre. Narrated by the incomparable Gerard Doyle. If they still had phone books, I’d pay to hear him read one. Better still to hear him intone, one last time as Crabby, “Now, Sean…” As a fan from the beginning, it’s beautiful to see McKinty knit his series together like Asimov did with Robots/Empire/Foundation. Necessary? Nope, as Duffy would say. But great, delicious fun.

Fabulous writing.

Adrian Mckinty is a master! Wonderful read, magical characters.

Gerald Doyle has read all the Duffy and Forsythe series. He nails it every time.

5 out 5 in every way!

Fantastic!

Loved the narration and writing. It’s clever and fast paced. Highly recommendand looking forward to next one.

great story

Gerard Doyle does such a great job as the reader for this book. This is on of my favorite series.

Brilliant as always

The plot the characters the Irish humour

McKinty don’t make us wait so long again

Best series

Adrian McKinty has managed to keep this series fresh & exciting. His command of Sean Duffy is pitch-perfect. I could listen to Gerard Doyle read a grocery list & be mesmerized.

One of my faves in the series

Sean Duffy and Adrian McKinty, you’ve done it again. This is a gripping and tense thriller in my fave police procedural series. Sean isn’t too far from retirement and has to hang in there as a part-timer as he commutes back and forth from Belfast to Scotland, where he and his family of 3 live. But if there’s a murder or a clue, Duffy just can’t let it go…from Ireland to Iceland to the USA and back.

Excellent series.

As someone who grew up in Belfast until leaving in 1974 the series totally captures the history of the troubles as they edge towards the peace process at the end on the 1990s after 30 years of senseless violence.

Sean Duffy is back

I’ve read all McKinty’s “Dead” novels. I waited and waited for another. He’s at the top of his craft. Love his music and literary references. Feels like a story told by an old friend.