An Irish ex-cop is lured into a violent game by a vengeful killer in this crime novel by an Edgar Award finalist. Former cop Jack Taylor is recovering from mental and physical wounds, as well as from addictions to a variety of substances. But this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante begins targeting the scum of Galway, signing mysterious notes with the moniker "C33." The murderer addresses these cryptic letters to Jack, trying to goad...

Recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt, Jack Taylor takes a job as a night-shift security job that involves an off-the-record search for a first true book of heresy, currently in possession of a rogue priest and involving the multifaceted woman who has intrigued Jack for years.