A terrific read from a writer called “a Celtic Dashiell Hammett,” Headstone is an excellent addition to the Jack Taylor series. Discover the English Audiobook at Audible. In a moment of awful clarity, Jack realizes that not only might he be powerless to stop Headstone he may not have the grit needed to even face it. Headstone by Ken Bruen - Audiobook - Headstone as its meant to be heard, narrated by Gerry OBrien. Headstone barrels along its deadly path right to the center of his life and the heart of Galway.

Jack, slowly accepting the sheer power of Headstone, comes to realize that in order to fight back he must relinquish the remaining shreds of what has made him human. Who knew that such evil, and lots of it, lurked in this coastal town Jack is not reluctant to blow away people who need blowing away. And Jack is especially vulnerable now that he has finally found love and happiness. Headstone is just one iteration in a series that features Jack Taylor, the very flawed private detective (although he hates the term) who puts things right in rainy Galway. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland that leave even the national police shaken. Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has encountered most of them, and has the scars to prove it. In Headstone, an elderly priest is nearly beaten to death and a special-needs boy is brutally attacked. Acclaimed Irish crime writer Ken Bruen has won numerous awards for his hard-charging, dark thrillers, which have been translated into ten languages.