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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Definition
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
SANCTUARY
PRIEST
Also by Ken Bruen
Priest
'Bruen writes tight, urgent, powerful prose, his
dialogue is harsh and authentic and Jack Taylor has
become one of today's most interesting shamuses'
The Times
'Ken Bruen's novel takes us down some dark and
mysterious roads where Irish angst meets
21st-century reality in a gripping story of
guilt and redemption'
Independent on Sunday
'Where Bruen really scores is in his intimate
explorations of Taylor's character, Galway City and
of modern Ireland. Using language like a weapon,
his humour stops the reader drowning in rain,
Jameson's and self-pity. Less a whodunit
than a what-to-do-about it, this is a compelling
portrait of a haunted man'
Guardian
'Bruen's writing is as bleak and spare as Taylor's
take on modern Ireland, but you'll end up hooked
on this series of home-grown, gritty crime
stories as Jack Taylor is on Ireland'
Irish Independent
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Also by Ken Bruen
FUNERAL
SHADES OF GRACE
MARTYRS
RILKE ON BLACK
THE HACKMAN BLUES
HER LAST CALL TO LOUIS MACNEICE
A WHITE ARREST
TAMING THE ALIEN
THE McDEAD
THE GUARDS
LONDON BOULEVARD
THE KILLING OF THE TINKERS
THE MAGDALEN MARTYRS
BLITZ
VIXEN
THE DRAMATIST
PRIEST
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