Review

The Dramatist

by Ken Bruen

Jack Taylor gone sober? Teetotaling makes the ex-policeman more
morose than usual, if that's possible. Perpetually trudging through
life with an attitude that could shrivel steel, Jack without the
booze --- well, let's just say it isn't pretty.

Stewart, Jack's ex-drug dealer --- current drug dealer until a
stint in Mountjoy Prison interrupted business --- asks Jack to look
into the death of his sister, Sarah. Jack reluctantly agrees to
check it out, but his heart isn't really in it. He's not only been
sober for months, he's been involuntarily celibate. Whether due to
either of those two factors or a