Cross vs The Guards: Which Should You Read?

Cross Ken Bruen · 2008 ★★★★☆ 4.1 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Moderate

A boy has been crucified in Galway city. People are shocked; the broadsheets debate how the brutal death reflects the state of the nation; the Irish Church is scandalized. No further action is taken. Then the sister of…

The Guards Ken Bruen · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.9 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Moderate

(; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the () or "the Guards", is the national police and security service of the Republic of Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner,…