Ken Bruen: The McDead (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
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 hole, Chief Inspector Roberts is waiting for the next punch to the heart. Working with his Irish partner, Detective Sergeant Brant, in a London precinct so dangerous even the pit bulls travel in pairs, Roberts is prepared for almost anything -- just not the murder of his sad and wasted transient brother, Tony.

The thug responsible for it is an ex-con named Logan who's established himself as the south side's smartest: a master of money laundering, quick hits, and outrunning the cops. His only weakness is his temper -- and it's about to bring his sordid empire tumbling down. Roberts is going to see to that...

"Fans of British procedurals and noir novels will savor every speck of grit in this unrelenting crime novel." -- Booklist

Ken Bruen: The McDead. Book three of the White Trilogy. MysteriousPress.com / Open Road Media, ISBN: 9781453288993 (December, 2012), eBook, 2 MB (ca. 145 p.), $9.99.

Ken Bruen: The McDead (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
A man's been found battered to death in a seedy room in Stockwell. Nothing unusual about that, except that the victim is Chief Inspector Roberts's brother, Tony. They've not spoken for a decade, but still, family's family, and revenge is something Roberts can relate to. Across the patch, Detective Sergeant Brant visits his snitch, Spiros, on the trail of merciless Irish gangster Tommy Logan, a ruthless low-life with 'no respect for the police or for anybody.' Meanwhile, WPC Falls - black and pretty - is staked out as decoy for the Clapham Rapist, a serial attacker with the hots for Afro-Caribbean women. This final segment of Ken Bruen's masterful 'White' Trilogy is a potent tale of revenge, double-crossing and violence, combining black humour with nail-biting tension and characters The Sopranos would kill for.

Ken Bruen: The McDead. Do-Not Press, ISBN: 1899344608 (October, 2000), 151 p., £7.50.

Ken Bruen: The McDead (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
A man's been found battered to death in a seedy room in Stockwell. Nothing unusual about that, except that the victim is Chief Inspector Roberts's brother, Tony. They've not spoken for a decade, but still, family's family, and revenge is something Roberts can relate to. Across the patch, Detective Sergeant Brant visits his snitch, Spiros, on the trail of merciless Irish gangster Tommy Logan, a ruthless low-life with 'no respect for the police or for anybody.' Meanwhile, WPC Falls - black and pretty - is staked out as decoy for the Clapham Rapist, a serial attacker with the hots for Afro-Caribbean women. This final segment of Ken Bruen's masterful 'White' Trilogy is a potent tale of revenge, double-crossing and violence, combining black humour with nail-biting tension and characters The Sopranos would kill for.

Ken Bruen: The McDead. Do-Not Press, ISBN: 1899344616 (October, 2000), 151 p., £15.00.