God’s Away on Business
2025 • 1h 39m

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From the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Adrian McKinty comes the origin story of his most famous creation, Detective Sean Duffy.

Belfast, 1980, is the apocalypse. Bombings, riots, army on the streets, low flying helicopters, and ever-present rain. The grinding Northern Irish civil war between Protestants and Catholics has been going for a decade now. Hated by both sides are the police.

Sean Duffy Year 1takes us into that world. Newly promoted Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy is given his first command at Carrickfergus CID.

In this prequel novella, McKinty takes listeners through Duffy’s first two weeks on the job. A case to solve and a chance to impress his bosses, if, of course, he can get out of it alive.


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8 primary books9 released books

#0.5 in Detective Sean Duffy

Detective Sean Duffy is a 9-book series with 8 released primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Adrian McKinty.

#0.5
God’s Away on Business
#1
The Cold Cold Ground
#2
I Hear the Sirens in the Street: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel
#3
In the Morning I'll be Gone
#4
Gun Street Girl

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