Ken Bruen: Purgatory (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
"Bruen is an Irish treasure, holding his own in a line of literary giants including Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, and Beckett... Purgatory may be the best of the Jack Taylor series." -- Shelf Awareness

Jack Taylor has finally found a modicum of peace. He has managed to kick, however tenuously, the substances that had a stranglehold over his life. Yet this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante killer begins targeting citizens, signing mysterious notes with the moniker "C33," and addressing them to Jack. As Jack tries to unravel the mystery of this demented murderer, he is brought into the fold of an enigmatic tech billionaire who has been buying up massive amounts of property in Galway, seemingly in the hopes of offering this downtrodden city a better future. But if Jack has learned one thing, it's that people who outwardly claim to be on the side of righteousness are likely harboring more nefarious motives. With the help of a former drug dealer turned Zen master and a dogged police sergeant, Jack is determined to track down C33, even if it jeopardizes his friends, his sobriety, and the last remaining shreds of his sanity.

Ken Bruen: Purgatory. A Jack Taylor Novel. Grove Atlantic / The Mysterious Press, ISBN: 9780802122896 (November, 2014), 280 p., $14.00.

Ken Bruen: Purgatory (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
Someone is scraping the scum off the streets of Galway, and they want Jack Taylor to get involved. A drug pusher, a rapist, a loan shark, all targeted in what look like vigilante attacks. And the killer is writing to Jack, signing their name: C-33.

Jack has had enough. He doesn't need the money, and doesn't want to get involved. But when his friend Stewart gets drawn in, it seems he isn't been given a choice. In the meantime, Jack is being courted by Reardon, a charismatic billionaire intent on buying up much of Galway, and begins a tentative relationship with Reardon's PR director, Kelly.

Caught between heaven and hell, there's only one path for Jack Taylor to take: Purgatory.

Ken Bruen: Purgatory. Between heaven and hell there's Jack Taylor... A Jack Taylor Noir Thriller. Transworld Ireland, ISBN: 9781848271203 (April, 2014), 348 p., £7.99, eBook £3.99.

Ken Bruen: Purgatory (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
"Bruen is an Irish treasure, holding his own in a line of literary giants including Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, and Beckett... Purgatory may be the best of the Jack Taylor series." -- Shelf Awareness

Jack Taylor has finally found a modicum of peace. He has managed to kick, however tenuously, the substances that had a stranglehold over his life. Yet this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante killer begins targeting citizens, signing mysterious notes with the moniker "C33," and addressing them to Jack. As Jack tries to unravel the mystery of this demented murderer, he is brought into the fold of an enigmatic tech billionaire who has been buying up massive amounts of property in Galway, seemingly in the hopes of offering this downtrodden city a better future. But if Jack has learned one thing, it's that people who outwardly claim to be on the side of righteousness are likely harboring more nefarious motives. With the help of a former drug dealer turned Zen master and a dogged police sergeant, Jack is determined to track down C33, even if it jeopardizes his friends, his sobriety, and the last remaining shreds of his sanity.

Ken Bruen: Purgatory. A Jack Taylor Novel. Grove Atlantic / The Mysterious Press, ISBN: 9780802126078 (November, 2013), 280 p., $24.00.

Ken Bruen: Purgatory (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
Someone is scraping the scum off the streets of Galway, and they want Jack Taylor to get involved. A drug pusher, a rapist, a loan shark, all targeted in what look like vigilante attacks. And the killer is writing to Jack, signing their name: C-33.

Jack has had enough. He doesn't need the money, and doesn't want to get involved. But when his friend Stewart gets drawn in, it seems he isn't been given a choice. In the meantime, Jack is being courted by Reardon, a charismatic billionaire intent on buying up much of Galway, and begins a tentative relationship with Reardon's PR director, Kelly.

Caught between heaven and hell, there's only one path for Jack Taylor to take: Purgatory.

Ken Bruen: Purgatory. Between heaven and hell there's Jack Taylor... A Jack Taylor Noir Thriller. Transworld Ireland, ISBN: 9781848271197 (August, 2013), 283 p., £12.99.