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God’s Away on Business

Sean Duffy: Year 1 (The Sean Duffy Series)

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God’s Away on Business

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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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 Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals

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It is a standard Duffy story and so it was enjoyable but far too short and no surprises.

Brevity doesn’t lead to quality

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Naturally I have all 7 Duffy novels with book 8 pre-ordered.

I love the wit. I love that unlike other "prequels" I've read, this one does not appear to setting up any continuity errors. It's great to see Duffy start as he means to go on, with.....well, pretty much everything. I've always described him as a "flawed hero." Long may he continue.

Great Appetiser, can't wait for the main course.

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What on earth is this?!
I love this series and eagerly grabbed this as I've read all the rest. It is however, only an hour and a half. It just stops and I thought something had gone wrong and my device had skipped ahead.
I can't wait for more Sean Duffy but selling this is ridiculous.

Only an exceerpt

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I’ve listened to all these books so was excited to see a new one. My mistake…it was literally an hour and a half. Complete waste of money. Very disappointed

Not a book. I was only an hour and a half !

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