The Ghosts of Galway (The Jack Taylor Novels) - An excop chases after a relic and a rogue priest: 8220They don8217t come much tougher than Ken Bruen8217s Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor 8221 8212The New York Times Book Review Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt Now that he8217s going to live after all, he8217s going to need money, so using his exGarda credentials he manages to land a job as a nightshift security guard But his Ukrainian boss has Jack in mind for a bit of offthebooks work He wants Jack to find what some claim to be the first true book of heresy,the famously blasphemous 8220Red Book,8221 currently in the possession of a rogue priest hiding out in Galway after fleeing a position at the Vatican Despite Jack8217s distaste for priests of any stripe, the money is too good to turn down Then Em, the manyfaced woman who8217s had a vise on Jack8217s heart and mind for the past two years, reappears and turns out to be entangled with the story ofthe Red Book, too8212leading Jack down ever more mysterious and lethal pathways8212in this 8220dark and often hilarious8221 series by an author who8217s won the Shamus, Macavity, and Barry Awards and been an Edgar Award finalist (Toronto Star) 8220Bruen is in top form, and, although everything Taylor touches seems to turn to ash, he embodies such humanity that readers will be unable to resist rooting for him 8221 8212Publishers Weekly(starred review) 8220The most mannered prose since the glory days of James Ellroy 8221 8212Kirkus Reviews