Sean Duffy · Book 1

The Cold Cold Ground

Published
3 January 2012
Pages
355
ISBN-13
9781094061337
Type
novel
Cover of The Cold Cold Ground

About this book

The first book in the Sean Duffy series, The Cold Cold Ground was released on January 3, 2012. It is the longest book in the series at 355 pages. It was written by Adrian McKinty.

Key facts about The Cold Cold Ground

The Cold Cold Ground is a novel by Adrian McKinty. Readers have had it since 3 January 2012. It runs to 355 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of The Cold Cold Ground. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781094061337 to find the main one.

The Cold Cold Ground is book 1 of 8 in the Sean Duffy series. The series has 8 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. 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

The Cold Cold Ground is book 1 in the Sean Duffy series. It is followed by I Hear the Sirens in the Street. 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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