Books by Ken Bruen
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Headstone (Jack Taylor series Book 9)
A dark, edgy novel from a master of Irish crime fiction who "is threatening to become a mass cult figure in the U.S. as well as a critical favorite" (The Atlantic). An elderly priest is nearly beaten to death. A... See More
The Emerald Lie (The Jack Taylor Novels)
An Irish crime novel featuring ex-cop Jack Taylor from an author "among the most original and innovative noir voices of the last two decades" (Los Angeles Review of Books). In The Emerald Lie, the latest terror to be... See More
In the Galway Silence (The Jack Taylor Novels)
A New York Times Best Mystery of the Year: A hard-drinking detective deals with double murder and an elusive vigilante. After much tragedy and violence, Jack Taylor has at long last landed at contentment. Of course, he... See More
Jack Taylor: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
A portrait of the PI from the Shamus Award winner who created him: "They don't come much tougher than Ken Bruen's Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor." -- The New York Times Book Review In this short work, Edgar Award finalist Ken... See More
London Boulevard: A Novel
London Boulevard is a masterful work of double-dealing and suspense from Ken Bruen, one of the great crime writers of our time. Now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley, written and directed by... See More
Rilke on Black (Mask Noir)
A South London kidnapping goes violently awry in this "startlingly original crime novel" from the award-winning author of The Guards (British GQ). As pretty, well read, and available as she was, most men would have passed... See More
Galway Girl (The Jack Taylor Novels Book 14)
"They don't come much tougher than Ken Bruen's Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor," and crime thrillers don't get any better than this (The New York Times Book Review). Jack Taylor has never quite been able get his life... See More
The McDead (The White Trilogy)
Chief Inspector Roberts combs London for the Irish gangster who killed his brother in "the most striking and original crime [series] of the decade" (British GQ). With his personal life all but flushed down some deep dark... See More
Tower: A Novel
The author of Blitz and the author of the Jesse Stone novels collaborate on a "rough and profane read" about two childhood friends who become criminals (Daniel Woodrell). Nick's Irish-American father, a Brooklyn... See More
Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice (Five Star Fiction S.)
The author of Blitz and the Jack Taylor novels delivers a "fast-paced, tough and explosive" tale of a killer couple (The Irish Times). Cooper likes Ed McBain novels, action movies, and robbing banks. Released from prison... See More
The White Trilogy: A White Arrest, Taming the Alien, and The McDead
"Hip, violent and funny vignettes of the mean streets of southeast London tie together this rowdy set of short novels" from the Irish crime writer (Publishers Weekly). At sixty-two, Chief Inspector Roberts is nearly too... See More
Purgatory (Jack Taylor series Book 10)
An Irish ex-cop is lured into a violent game by a vengeful killer in this "excellent" crime novel by an Edgar Award finalist (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Former cop Jack Taylor is recovering from mental and... See More
Green Hell (The Jack Taylor Novels)
"The Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel... writes in machine gun fashion... reminiscent of the work of Raymond Chandler and Peter Cheyenne." -- The Irish Times In Green Hell, Bruen's dark angel of a protagonist has... See More
A White Arrest (The White Trilogy)
A pair of rough cops hunts for a career-making arrest in this first novel of the "hip, violent and funny" trilogy set in Southeast London (Publishers Weekly). After four decades at the precinct, and close to forcible... See More
A Galway Epiphany (The Jack Taylor Novels Book 17)
"They don't come much tougher than Ken Bruen's Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor, a man with bad habits who does good despite himself."?Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review Ex-cop-turned-PI Jack Taylor has finally... See More
Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger vs. the Ugly American (Akashic Noir)
Gritty crime fiction filled with dark Irish wit from Eoin Colfer, James O. Born, Laura Lippman, and many more. The Irish master of noir Ken Bruen -- and an all-star lineup of award-winning authors from both sides of the... See More
Taming the Alien (The White Trilogy)
Cops Roberts and Brant come back swinging in book two of the "hip, violent and funny" crime novel trilogy set on "the mean streets of southeast London" (Publishers Weekly). South London's Chief Inspector Roberts and his... See More
A Fifth of Bruen: Early Crime Fiction of Ken Bruen
A collection of novellas and stories from Shamus Award winner Ken Bruen, author of the Jack Taylor series and the "godfather of the modern Irish crime novel" (The Irish Times). An Irishman with an ebullient love of life... See More
American Skin
At the beginning of Bruen's dark tribute to the Irish fascination with the American dream, Stephen Blake is on the run after a bank heist, hoping to disappear in the desert near Tucson. Blake has the money and his... See More
The Ghosts of Galway (The Jack Taylor Novels)
An ex-cop chases after a relic and a rogue priest: "They don't come much tougher than Ken Bruen's Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor." -- The New York Times Book Review Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis... See More
Galway Confidential: A Jack Taylor Mystery
In this new installment of Ken Bruen's beloved Jack Taylor series, the whiskey-swigging Irish detective investigates a series of violent attacks on the local convent's nuns. Jack Taylor wakes up from a coma to discover that... See More
The Book of Virtue (Bibliomysteries)
With his hated father dead, a man's life takes a dangerous turn. He doesn't cry when his father, Frank, dies. The old man was an abusive, self-absorbed drunk, and when cancer takes him to his deathbed, his son is there to... See More
The Guards: A Jack Taylor Novel (Jack Taylor series Book 1)
An Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel. Praised by authors and critics around the globe, The Guards is the first novel in the Jack Taylor series and heralded the arrival of prominent Irish writer Ken Bruen as an essential... See More
Once Were Cops: A Novel
Michael O'Shea is a member of Ireland's police force, known as The Guards. He's also a sociopath who walks a knife edge between sanity and all-out mayhem. When an exchange program is initiated and twenty Guards come to... See More
Ammunition: A Novel (Inspector Brant Series Book 7)
Over the many years that Inspector Brant has been bringing his own patented brand of policing to the streets of southeast London, the brilliant but tough cop has made a few enemies. So when a crazed gunman, hired by persons... See More
Calibre: A Novel (Inspector Brant Series Book 6)
Somewhere in the teeming heart of London is a man on a lethal mission. His cause: a long-overdue lesson on the importance of manners. When a man gives a public tongue-lashing to a misbehaving child, or a parking lot... See More
Priest: A Jack Taylor Novel (Jack Taylor series Book 5)
Ireland, awash with cash and greed, no longer turns to the Church for solace or comfort. But the decapitation of Father Joyce in a Galway confessional horrifies even the most jaded citizen. Jack Taylor, devastated by the... See More
Cross: A Jack Taylor Novel (Jack Taylor series Book 6)
Jack Taylor brings death and pain to everyone he loves. His only hope of redemption - his surrogate son, Cody - is lying in the hospital in a coma. At least he still has Ridge, his old friend from the Guards, though theirs... See More
Killer Year: Stories to Die For
"The disturbingly good new talent showcased in this volume bodes well for the future of the genre." -Publishers Weekly A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmaster... See More