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Sean Duffy · Book 2

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty
Published
10 January 2013
Pages
319
ISBN-13
9781616147884
Type
novel
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About this book

Released on January 10, 2013, I Hear the Sirens in the Street is the second book in the Sean Duffy series, spanning 319 pages. It advances the timeline further into the Troubles, weaving real historical events into Duffy's twisty investigations as he mirrors his car for booby traps each morning and works murder cases as a Catholic detective in the Protestant-dominated RUC.

Key facts about I Hear the Sirens in the Street

I Hear the Sirens in the Street is a novel by Adrian McKinty. Readers have had it since 10 January 2013. It runs to 319 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of I Hear the Sirens in the Street. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781616147884 to find the main one.

I Hear the Sirens in the Street is book 2 of 8 in the Sean Duffy series. The series has 8 published books. However, the series starts with The Cold Cold Ground (2012). Hang on St. Christopher is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 4 March 2025.

That series sits on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, Hang on St. Christopher is the latest published Adrian McKinty book on file, from 4 March 2025.

About Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty was born in 1968 in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, and grew up there during the worst years of the Troubles -- an experience that would later become the backbone of his most acclaimed work. See every Adrian McKinty book in order.

Its place in Sean Duffy

I Hear the Sirens in the Street is book 2 in the Sean Duffy series. It follows The Cold Cold Ground. It is followed by In the Morning I'll Be Gone. See the full Sean Duffy reading order.

Sean Duffy is a Catholic detective in the overwhelmingly Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, working murder cases in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, during the worst years of the Troubles -- a position that makes him a target from both sides before he's even opened a case file. Adrian McKinty, who grew up in Carrickfergus himself, uses Duffy's beat to walk readers through the paranoia and dark comedy of daily life under bomb checks, checkpoints, and sectarian murder: he mirrors his car for booby traps every…

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