Saturday, September 21, 2013

Priest by Ken Bruen

Title: Priest
Author: Ken Bruen
Did I listen or read?: read a paperback from Sabine
When did I finish?: Sep 14, 2013
When was the book published:  2006
Main Characters: Jack Taylor, ex-cop, Ridge, lesbian ex-partner, bunch of priests and nuns, his late mother's priest, Malachy, lots of abused children
What happens? Father Joyce is decapitated, Taylor gets out of a mental institution, where he was because his best friends three year old girl fell out a window while he was watching her.  Ridge is threatened by a stalker, so Taylor gets it together and goes back to work, starts working with a young kid, Cody who wants to be a detective.  Malachy asks him to find out what happened to Father Joyce
How long was this? 290 pages
Did I like this? good but tough reading, not a pleasant subject.  Just a depressing Irish style dark novel
Overall grade: B

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