Murder on the Dodder - Paperback

by Keith Bruton (Author)

TASKS:
Get Gun
Kill Doyle
Save Jack

The eagerly awaited sequel to The Lemon Man, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best International Novel and a Deadly Pleasures Magazine Top 10 Paperback of the Year.

Patrick Callen is a bike-riding hitman with mild OCD trying to save his crumbling relationship with his live-in girlfriend while racing through Dublin to save his kidnapped mentor from execution. The ransom: ticking off a to-do list of murders that will make Patrick a target of the police, the mob, and his closest friends...and doom his romance...if it doesn't get him killed first.

Praise for Murder on the Dodder

"Briskly paced, unrelenting action. Bruton writes of Dublin's landmarks and alleys with transporting affection. Fans will walk away satisfied." Publishers Weekly

"Fast-paced, thrilling, and incredibly addictive, this novel was impossible to put down. I loved Keith Bruton's debut, and this follow-up is just as adrenaline-fueled!" Awais Khan, author of Someone Like Her

"This is a Dublin hitman's diary, a fast-moving thriller with a high body count. The novel relentlessly charges forward with the author constantly surprising and wrongfooting the reader." Writing.ie

Praise for The Lemon Man

"A fast-paced crime novel that is both hilarious & hardboiled, its main character both ruthless and oddly sympathetic." ABC News

"Sparkling prose, a well-realized setting, and appealing characters make this offbeat crime novel a winner. Bruton is definitely an author to watch." Publishers Weekly

"Keith Bruton's passion for his hometown of Dublin and for crime fiction shines like a beacon in his glorious debut novel. His quiet, domestic set pieces are as rewarding, and as exciting in some ways, as his riveting action scenes." Mystery Scene Magazine