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Dead I Well May Be

By Adrian McKinty

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This Irish bad-boy thriller -- set in the hardest streets of New York City -- brims with violence, greed, and sexual betrayal.

"I didn't want to go to America, I didn't want to work for Darkey White. I had my reasons. But I went."

So admits Michael Forsythe, an illegal immigrant eContinue

This Irish bad-boy thriller -- set in the hardest streets of New York City -- brims with violence, greed, and sexual betrayal.

"I didn't want to go to America, I didn't want to work for Darkey White. I had my reasons. But I went."

So admits Michael Forsythe, an illegal immigrant escaping the Troubles in Belfast. But young Michael is strong and fearless and clever -- just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a crime boss, to join a gang of Irish thugs struggling against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city, squatters live furtively in ruined buildings, and hundreds are murdered each month. Michael and his lads tumble through the streets, shaking down victims, drinking hard, and fighting for turf, block by bloody block.

Dodgy and observant, not to mention handy with a pistol, Michael is soon anointed by Darkey as his rising star. Meanwhile Michael has very inadvisably seduced Darkey's girl, Bridget -- saucy, fickle, and irresistible. Michael worries that he's being followed, that his affair with Bridget will be revealed. He's right to be anxious; when Darkey discovers the affair, he plans a very hard fall for young Michael, a gambit devilish in its guile, murderous in its intent.

But Darkey fails to account for Michael's toughness and ingenuity or the possibility that he might wreak terrible vengeance upon those who would betray him.

A natural storyteller with a gift for dialogue, McKinty introduces to readers a stunning new noir voice, dark and stylish, mythic and violent -- complete with an Irish lilt.

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  • DEAD I WELL MAY BE by Adrian McKinty

    Reviewed by Guy Savage (AUG 18, 2009) Special: Author Interview I recently finished Adrian McKinty’s latest novel, Fifty Grand–the story of a Cuban female cop who goes to Colorado to discover the truth behind the hit-and-run death of her defector fat ... (read full critics)

    mostlyfiction published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

  • Dead I Well May Be

    Michael Forsythe, the protagonist of McKinty's novel, is an Irishman of whom it can truly be said...if it weren't for bad luck, he'd have no luck at all. Forced to flee the Troubles in Belfast, he opts for a plunder-for-passage deal to New York to wo ... (read full critics)

    bookotron published on Sun, 12 Sep 2010

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    Excellent book. McKinty has take what could be a cliche - the revenge thriller - and written it in a style that by turns hard-boiled and brutal, then lyrical and poetic.

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    Alan Taylor said on Nov 1, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • Recommended to me by a friend and what a great recommendation. Probably one of the best crime/thrillers I've read. Aye, ya wee shite!

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    Kevin Kuphal said on Sep 5, 2007 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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