“Suffice it to say that fans of Roddy Doyle, James Sallis, Samuel Beckett, Irvine Welsh, Frederick Exley, Patrick McCabe, George Pelecanos, Ian Rankin, and Chuck Palahniuk will all find something to like, love, or obsess over in this stiff shot of evil chased with heartbreaking irony.” —Booklist (starred review) on The Magdalen Martyrs

“The Magdalen Martyrs is the third of Irishman Ken Bruen’s raw and fiercely funny books about Jack Taylor. Taylor’s not much of a detective, and he’s a mess of a human being, but he’s also fabulous company---a two-fisted, garrulous intellectual, unafraid of festooning his narrative with digressions and apt quotes from favorite writers.” —Seattle Times

“Edgar finalist Bruen's third Jack Taylor noir mystery-thriller crackles with his trademark tough-guy bravado. Readers will appreciate Bruen's stripped-down noir poetry, his superbly rendered sense of place, and his evocative portrait of a person balanced on the razor's edge.” —Publishers Weekly on The Magdalen Martyrs

“A treat. Bruen has won a batch of awards for this series, all of them deserved.” —Toronto Globe & Mail on The Magdalen Martyrs

“Bruen, who never wastes a word, combines a superb crime novel with a serious cautionary tale, told with unnerving, crystalline precision.” —Portland Oregonian on The Magdalen Martyrs