With awful clarity, Jack knows that not only might he be powerless to stop it but that he may not have the grit needed to even face it. Transworld Ireland,£12.99, pbk, 336 pages Available withfree P&P onor bycalling 091 709350. Most would see a headstone as a marker of the dead, but this coterie of evil intends to act as a death knell to every aspect of Jack's life as an act of appalling violence alerts him to the horror enveloping Galway.Īccepting the power of Headstone, Jack realizes that in order to fight back he must relinquish the remaining shreds of what has made him human - knowledge that may have come too late to prevent an act of such ferocious evil that the whole country would be changed forever - and in the worst way. Review: Thrillers: Headstone by Ken Bruen. A series of seemingly random, insane, violent events even has the Guards shaken. Martins Minotaur, 23.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-5-6 Bruen flaunts genre clichés (the tough cop who loves books the beating victim who insists on checking himself out. A special needs boy is brutally attacked.

An elderly priest is viciously beaten until nearly dead. Headstone: A Jack Taylor Novel Audio CD Unabridged, Octoby Ken Bruen (Author), John Lee (Narrator) 203 ratings Book 8 of 15: Jack Taylor Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 78.20 6 Used from 13.16 5 New from 22.99 Paperback 14.00 16 Used from 1.72 5 New from 10. Jack Taylor has encountered most of them but nothing before has ever truly terrified him until a group called Headstone rears its ugly head. The new novel in the award-winning Jack Taylor series by Ireland's most acclaimed crime writer.