'Devlin is back, in this the third in this astonishing series. McGilloway is still on form in Bleed A River Deep. Devlin is still the cop with a conscience that every lay person can relate to. The damdest thing happens when you read a Devlin novel; time might as well freeze, the earth stop rotating for all you care, so absorbed are you in the story. Unlike so many other detective stories, you are not necessarilywilling the bad guys to get caught, so much as you are rooting for Devlin to escape unscathed, his conscience intact. You want to believe that there are real cops like him out there. Fans of McGilloway will not be disappointed while newcomers will realise they have found a solid writer to follow. Bleed A RIver Deep cements McGilloway's position as one of Ireland's best crime wirters.'