Falling Glass

Falling Glass by Adrian McKinty, 309 pages

McKinty is pretty masterful at telling a story in a way that keeps the reader interested, keeps them guessing, and that keeps everything in the story moving along. This is one of his stand-alone novels (as opposed to his Detective Sean Duffy or other series). In Falling Glass, Killian, a former enforcer and collector for a variety of bad people finds that his grand plan of investing in real estate and retiring from crime has not worked out in the wake of the housing market crash. Consequently, he drifts back into the life he thought he had left for good. After a particularly deft bit of collection, during which he recovered a large sum with no blow-back or bloodshed, Killian is hired by one of the richest men in Ireland to help track down his ex-wife and children. The client, an airline tycoon, explains that he is afraid his ex has resumed her drug habit and may be putting their young daughters at risk. Soon Killian finds that not everyone is being honest with him, and he runs up against a Chechen war vet who is seeking the same people. The Russian fixer is younger, stronger, and has a good deal less restraint or conscience. A really good book.
This audio, like most of the recordings of McKinty's books, is narrated by the excellent Gerard Doyle.