Jack is pursued by a gang calling themselves Headstone, their purpose to eradicate the perceived ‘weak’ in Darwinism like fashion – targeting special needs people, drunks, druggies, and homosexuals. The most brutal and brilliant of the Jack Taylor series, HEAD STONE, the 9th book in the series elevates Taylor to a whole new level - one where his demons escape his maddened mind and find their way towards the surface. A terrific read from a writer called “a Celtic Dashiell Hammett,” Headstone is an excellent addition to the Jack Taylor series ( Philadelphia Inquirer)

An act of appalling violence alerts them to the sleeping horror, but this realization may be too late, as Headstone barrels along its deadly path right to the center of Jack’s life and the heart of Galway. Jack’s usual allies, Ridge and Stewart, are also in the line of terror. Most would see a headstone as a marker of the dead, but this organization seems like it will act as a death knell to every aspect of Jack’s life. 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. Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has encountered most of them. 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.

Headstone by Ken Bruen