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He is a killer in Belfast, a city of shadowed streets, abandoned alleyways, and dark, deserted spaces, a city that is as familiar and strange as any other - Los Angeles, Sarajevo, Paris, or Berlin. A city threatened and defined by invisible boundaries, where geography is the key to survival, and every sensory detail assumes the utmost importance.   Victor's works of art are found kneeling, hands raised in supplication, the ragged lines of death cut deeply into their bodies. Kelly works under the protection of his own political organization, but as his murders become more terrifying and extreme, and the police investigation intensifies, he finds himself caught in a web of allegiance and betrayal.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55896441749877,"sku":"9781529441062","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529441062_2a66c571-baaa-40b9-9ee8-d28455cbaa0a.jpg?v=1786023226"},{"product_id":"9780571278619","title":"Blue is the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e1949.  Lance Curran is set to prosecute a young man for a brutal murder, in  the 'Robert the Painter' case, one which threatens to tear society  apart.  In the searing July heat, corruption and justice vie as Harry  Ferguson, Judge Curran's fixer, contemplates the souls of men adrift,  and his own fall from grace with the beautiful and wilful Patricia.  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At first Dr Kenneth Wilson thought she had been the victim of an accidental shooting. 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Set in the Ireland of the 1970s, it brings to life the dangerous shadowy margins of society in which Nairac immersed himself before his disappearance - the dangerous world of heretic plotters, outcasts, para-militarists and intelligence agencies alike.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292525965685,"sku":"9780571221752","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571221752_3598fd57-5b2e-44eb-8c9a-513233117e60.jpg?v=1786013637"},{"product_id":"9780571237562","title":"Orchid Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eJanuary 1961, and the beaten, stabbed and strangled body of a nineteen year old Pearl Gambol is discovered, after a dance the previous night at the Newry Orange Hall. Returning from London to investigate the case, Detective Eddie McCrink soon suspects that their may be people wielding influence over affairs, and that the accused, the enigmatic Robert McGladdery, may struggle to get a fair hearing. Presiding over the case is Lord Justice Curran, a man who nine years previously had found his own family in the news, following the murder of his nineteen year old daughter, Patricia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a spectacular return to the territory of his acclaimed, Booker longlisted \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Tango\u003c\/i\u003e, Eoin McNamee's new novel explores and dissects this notorious murder case which led to the final hanging on Northern Irish soil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292560241013,"sku":"9780571237562","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571237562_bcec6893-7dd7-434c-9237-c584e749fd8e.jpg?v=1786013885"},{"product_id":"9780571331611","title":"The Vogue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A wonderfully eerie, tragic read. 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