In the Galway Silence

In the Galway Silence is the 14^th novel in the Jack Taylor crime series by Ken Bruen, and I’ve read most of them. Taylor bounced in and out of sobriety over the course of these novels, but he certainly was deep into the drink and some uppers over the course of this book. This is a dark crime novel, so if you haven’t read Bruen, I’d start with his first book, The Guards. He is a unique crime writer – has a grasp of the English language that few authors ever find. No question that Bruen is one of my top 10 authors of all time, but I hope Taylor’s deep dive into unhealthy substances is not a clue that the author has also been on that same path. He writes like someone who knows that life course all too well.