{"id":10079,"date":"2021-07-16T09:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=10079"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:58:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:58:57","slug":"burnt-to-a-crisp-a-detective-paddy-durr-novel-book-3-by-michael-okeefe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=10079","title":{"rendered":"Burnt to a Crisp: A Detective Paddy Durr Novel: Book 3 by Michael O&#8217;Keefe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10081\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=10081\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burnt-to-a-crisp.jpg?fit=327%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"327,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"burnt-to-a-crisp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burnt-to-a-crisp.jpg?fit=327%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burnt-to-a-crisp.jpg?resize=222%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10081\" width=\"222\" height=\"339\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brilliantly plotted and immensely readable\u2026 A stunner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans of character-based, intricate police procedurals will find plenty to like in O\u2019Keefe\u2019s page-turning third installment in the Durr series, featuring NYPD Detective Paddy Durr. Life is at its worst for Durr: Struggling with stage 4 cancer, Mairead is near death. Durr\u2019s old nemesis Dr. Deborah Levine, the department psychiatrist, is out to get him, and she has the power of the corrupt mayor and his sinister wife on her side. When an arson case that killed three people falls in Durr\u2019s hands, he meets reluctant witnesses and bureaucratic hindrances. It\u2019s up to Durr to get the innocent victims justice. The book\u2019s pacing is smooth and the prose elegant, but it\u2019s characterization at which O\u2019Keefe truly excels. All the characters, including major and minor, are sketched with utmost precision and come alive in the reader\u2019s mind. Durr is at a low ebb in his life following Mairead\u2019s stage 4 cancer diagnosis and his ongoing discord with the department psychiatrist makes it even harder to carry on. O\u2019Keefe skillfully shifts the focus away from mystery to Durr\u2019s personal life without losing a beat, adding weight to both Durr and Mairead\u2019s characters. Full of both subtle twists and swift revelations, the narrative is fueled with a hefty dose of tension as Durr continues his investigation into the arson case and separate narrative threads come together as the story advances. O\u2019Keefe\u2019s successful maintenance of the grit and emotions throughout the story is sure to earn him a devoted following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Burnt to a Crisp: A Detective Paddy Durr Novel: Book 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Michael O&#8217;Keefe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Burnt-Crisp-Detective-Paddy-Novel-Book-ebook\/dp\/B094PVQ3CJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date June 18, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1087964089<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $26.00 (USD) Hardcover, $15.00 Paperback, $7.98 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brilliantly plotted and immensely readable\u2026 A stunner. Fans of character-based, intricate police procedurals will find plenty to like in O\u2019Keefe\u2019s page-turning third installment in the Durr series, featuring NYPD Detective Paddy Durr. Life is at its worst for Durr: Struggling with stage 4 cancer, Mairead is near death. Durr\u2019s old nemesis Dr. Deborah Levine, the department psychiatrist, is out to get him, and she has the power of the corrupt mayor and his sinister wife [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":10081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,1136176,13078,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-10079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-mystery","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-2Cz","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burnt-to-a-crisp.jpg?fit=327%2C500&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10079"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10089,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079\/revisions\/10089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}