The price of blood: an Irish novel of suspense
What's in a name? Apparently everything for Ed Loy, because that's the only information Father Vincent Tyrrell, brother of prominent racehorse trainer F. X. Tyrrell, offers when he asks for Ed's help in finding a missing person. Even the best private eye needs more than just a name, but hard times and a dwindling bank account make it difficult for Loy to say no.
He is not without luck, however. While working another case, Loy discovers a phone number that seems linked to F.X. found on an unidentified body. Thinking it more than a coincidence, he begins digging into the history of the Tyrrells—a history consumed with trading and dealing, gambling and horse breeding—and soon realizes there is more to the family than meets the eye, a suspicion confirmed when two more people with connections to the Tyrrells are killed.
On the eve of one of Ireland's most anticipated sporting events, the four-day Leopardstown Race-course Christmas Festival, all bets are off as Loy pursues a twisted killer on the final leg of a reckless master plan.
In The Price of Blood, Declan Hughes once again paints an arresting portrait of an Ireland not found in any guidebooks. Deadly passions beget dark secrets in a chilling story that will have readers on edge right up to its shocking conclusion.
Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction
Fiction
Hired by a member of a famous and powerful family to investigate a disappearance, private investigator Ed Loy becomes suspicious about his client's racehorse trainer brother when the man is linked to a murder case, a situation that brings Loy into the shady underworld of horse racing
Horse racing
Horse racing -- Fiction
Loy, Ed (Fictitious character)
Loy, Ed (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Missing persons
Missing persons -- Fiction
Mystery
Mystery fiction
Private investigators
Private investigators -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction
9780061850202
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display_description | What's in a name? Apparently everything for Ed Loy, because that's the only information Father Vincent Tyrrell, brother of prominent racehorse trainer F. X. Tyrrell, offers when he asks for Ed's help in finding a missing person. Even the best private eye needs more than just a name, but hard times and a dwindling bank account make it difficult for Loy to say no. He is not without luck, however. While working another case, Loy discovers a phone number that seems linked to F.X. found on an unidentified body. Thinking it more than a coincidence, he begins digging into the history of the Tyrrells—a history consumed with trading and dealing, gambling and horse breeding—and soon realizes there is more to the family than meets the eye, a suspicion confirmed when two more people with connections to the Tyrrells are killed. On the eve of one of Ireland's most anticipated sporting events, the four-day Leopardstown Race-course Christmas Festival, all bets are off as Loy pursues a twisted killer on the final leg of a reckless master plan. In The Price of Blood, Declan Hughes once again paints an arresting portrait of an Ireland not found in any guidebooks. Deadly passions beget dark secrets in a chilling story that will have readers on edge right up to its shocking conclusion. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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series | Ed Loy mysteries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
series_with_volume | Ed Loy mysteries|3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
subject_facet | Detective and mystery stories Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction Hired by a member of a famous and powerful family to investigate a disappearance, private investigator Ed Loy becomes suspicious about his client's racehorse trainer brother when the man is linked to a murder case, a situation that brings Loy into the shady underworld of horse racing Horse racing -- Fiction Loy, Ed (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Missing persons -- Fiction Mystery fiction Private investigators -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The price of blood : an Irish novel of suspense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The Price of Blood An Irish Novel of Suspense The price of blood : an Irish novel of suspense / Declan Hughes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The price of blood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | an Irish novel of suspense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Detective and mystery stories Fiction Hired by a member of a famous and powerful family to investigate a disappearance, private investigator Ed Loy becomes suspicious about his client's racehorse trainer brother when the man is linked to a murder case, a situation that brings Loy into the shady underworld of horse racing Horse racing Loy, Ed (Fictitious character) Missing persons Mystery Private investigators |