Although the assaults seem arbitrary, theyre connected. First, an elderly priest is nearly beaten to death and then a special-needs boy is viciously attacked. A terrific read from a writer called “a Celtic Dashiell Hammett,” Headstone is an excellent addition to the Jack Taylor series. Headstone A Jack Taylor Novel of Terror By: Ken Bruen Narrated by: John Lee Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins 4.3 (45 ratings) Try for 0. In Headstone, a violent group has taken to the streets of Galway, Ireland, and started dispensing punishment to random citizens. 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 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. And Jack is especially vulnerable now that he has finally found love and happiness. 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.

Jack Taylor has encountered most of them but nothing. In Headstone, an elderly priest is nearly beaten to death and a special-needs boy is brutally attacked. Headstone Ken Bruen Some people help the less fortunate. 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