Jack Taylor has never quite been able get his life together, but now he
has truly hit rock bottom. Still reeling from a violent family tragedy,
Taylor is busy drowning his grief in Jameson and uppers, as usual, when
a high-profile officer in the local Garda is murdered. After another
Guard is found dead, and then another, Taylor's old colleagues from the
force implore him to take on the case. The plot is one big game, and all
of the pieces seem to be moving at the behest of one dangerously
mysterious team: a trio of young killers with very different styles, but
who are united their common desire to take down Jack Taylor. Their ring
leader is Jericho, a psychotic girl from Galway who is grieving the loss
of her lover, and who will force Jack to confront some personal trauma
from his past.
As sharp and sardonic as it is starkly bleak and violent, Galway Girl
shows master raconteur Ken Bruen at his best: lyrical, brutal, and
ceaselessly suspenseful.