Priest by Ken Bruen is is dark. And then some. Any time you find yourself reading a book where the protagonist, who has just been released from the nuthouse (he went mad because his best friend's daughter (who had Down's Syndrome) crawled through a window and died while he was babysitting her) becomes involved in a case concerning a beheaded pedophiliac priest, ask yourself: is this a Ken Bruen book? If it is, you're in luck. Possibly the darkest entry yet in his line of alcoholic Irish detective Jack Taylor mysteries. I enjoy them immensely for their darkness, and this one is no exception. A cracklin' good read, the usual sparseness that manages to say more with less. And then Bruen outBruens himself with the ending. Too much, too dark, methinks.
The Killing of the Tinkers is another Jack Taylor book up to par with the others. Get to know him.
Once were Cops by Ken Bruen is a fierce swift read told (mostly) from the point of view of a psychotic masquerading as police. Original, engaging, and not as dark as some of his others.
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