MYSTERY

Galway’s Edge

The Mysterious Pr. (Jack Taylor, Bk. 18). Mar. 2025. 288p. ISBN 9781613166000. $26.95. M
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In Bruen’s 18th Jack Taylor adventure (following Galway Confidential), there is no such thing as a good deed going unpunished, as private detective Taylor’s usual work on behalf of Ireland’s Catholic priests and nuns only causes more trouble for himself. The year is 2022, and the world has never felt more chaotic, or at least that’s how things appear to Taylor, who provides a smidgeon of order in a chaotic landscape. A priest asks him if he can speak with another priest named Kevin Whelan, a member of a shadowy cabal known as Edge, whose members are rumored to administer vigilante justice to criminals who have evaded the law. Taylor is asked to get Whelan to cease his activities. Shortly thereafter, Whelan is found dead along with other members of the group. Taylor begins to look into a possible suspect, but this threatens grave consequences for him and those close to him. He remains a compelling antihero as his vices battle his virtues daily and the resolution of the case hangs in the balance.
VERDICT Fans of the brilliant detective noir of James Ellroy and Jo Nesbø are in for a treat with the latest Jack Taylor novel.
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