The Killing of the Tinkers

Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel Ken Bruen wowed critics and readers alike when he introduced Jack Taylor in The Guards ; now he's back with The Killing of the Tinkers , a novel of gritty brilliance that cements Bruen's place among the greats of modern crime fiction. When Jack Taylor blew town at the end of The Guards his alcoholism was a distant memory and sober dreams of a new life in London were shining in his eyes. In the opening pages of The Killing of the Tinkers , Jack'