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008    130211s2013    nyu           000 1 eng   
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035    (OCoLC)827518185 
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050 00 PS3620.A59|bB57 2013 
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100 1  Talty, Stephan. 
245 10 Black Irish :|ba novel /|cStephan Talty. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBallantine Books,|c2013. 
300    320 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    "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 respect and trust 
       of those she's sworn to protect. But all that may change, 
       once the killing starts. When Jimmy Ryan's mangled corpse 
       is found in a local church basement, this sadistic 
       sacrilege sends a bone-deep chill through the winter-
       whipped city. It also seems to send a message--one that 
       Abbie believes only the fiercely secretive citizens of the
       neighborhood known as "the County" understand. But in a 
       town ruled by an old-world code of silence and secrecy, 
       her search for answers is stonewalled at every turn, even 
       by fellow cops. Only when Abbie finds a lead at the Gaelic
       Club, where war stories, gossip, and confidences flow as 
       freely as the drink, do tongues begin to wag--with 
       desperate warnings and dire threats. And when the killer's
       mysterious calling card appears on her own doorstep, the 
       hunt takes a shocking twist into her own family's past. As
       the grisly murders and grim revelations multiply, Abbie 
       wages a chilling battle of wits with a maniac who sees 
       into her soul, and she swears to expose the County's 
       hidden history--one bloody body at a time. With Black 
       Irish, Stephen Talty stakes a place beside Jo Nesbø, John 
       Sandford, and Tana French on the cutting edge of 
       psychological crime thrillers. Advance praise for Black 
       Irish "Abbie Kearney is one of the most intriguing new 
       suspense protagonists in memory, and Black Irish marks the
       captivating start of a brilliant thriller series."--Tess 
       Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Last to 
       Die "A memorable story of betrayal and vengeance."--
       Publishers Weekly"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Policewomen|vFiction. 
650  0 Serial murderers|vFiction. 
650  0 Irish American Catholics|vFiction. 
651  0 Buffalo (N.Y.)|vFiction. 
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