The second Jack Taylor novel, a no-holds-barred noir thriller, a whodunnit with attitude. Jack Taylor, a disgraced ex-cop in Galyway, has slid further down the slope of alcoholic despair. But someone is killing the tinkers, and even in the state he's in Jack has an uncanny ability to know where to look, what questions to ask. 'A soul-mate of Jim Thompson's, or maybe of James M. Cain's, he has a cast of characters which rates high on the deadbeat scale' - The Irish Times 'Irish writer Ken Bruen is the finest purveyor of intelligent Brit-noir' - The Big Issue