Caimh McDonnell's "The Day That Never Comes": A Reflection on Life's Unanswered Questions

jenny: My husband gets through books in no time - this series has kept him busy. He says they are enjoyable and entertaining... I've managed to get my hands on a couple after he's read them- and I agree !

United Kingdom on Oct 09, 2023

Kindle Customer: Second book now, can't wait to get onto the next one. Recommended reading for all displaced Irish everywhere! Funny as feck.

United Kingdom on Sep 26, 2023

Jên: I love this book and have read the whole series now. They are characters who stick with you ! I often wonder what Bunny is up to these days😜caimh mcdonnel is a very clever and funny writer, he knows how to draw you in to care about these people,

United Kingdom on Sep 25, 2023

Partick Potter: It doesn’t quite match up to its predecessor but is still a fast, entertaining read.

United Kingdom on Jun 21, 2023

Mark: This is the second book in the trilogy having recently read the first. Once again there is some very slick dialogue and some very likeable characters
An enjoyable read - so I’m very much looking forward to starting the third book shortly

United Kingdom on May 17, 2023

Beth Farrar: I've been listening to the Bunny McGarry series on my walks each morning and get weird looks when I laugh out loud, but I can't help it. The books are that good. Granted the narrator has a hand in bringing the story to life, but the characters in this book are so vivid and the plot so well put together that you never want to put it down - even when it's finished! This is a cracking series and I can't wait to head out for my walk with the next audio book in hand.

United States on May 01, 2023

Chris R.: If you look at his other books you are about to see that I'm about to place eight reviews in a row copied and pasted, with maybe a few tweaks per book, because I've read through eight of these in the span of six weeks! I don't remember if I ever reviewed a book before (much less a series), but I am enjoying Caimh McDonnell's writings so much that I feel the need to just add some 5-star reviews on each of the books I've read. I've even started buying signed copies of many of his books from his website after having read all of these on Kindle.
So I haven't read much recently, and I don't even remember how I came across this first book to even start, but once I did I just wanted to keep going non-stop! I have really enjoyed each book immensely. I just love the characters and the humor throughout the whole series. I'm one of those people that usually fall asleep while reading, but not with these. I can (and have) read these books for hours on end. I can't recommend these enough for anyone. Just really that enjoyable.
This is the second book in the series in the order it was written, but you will realize that there are a lot of prequels in the 7-book "trilogy". It is the second...

United States on Jan 31, 2023

Barry Melius: Book two of a four part trilogy? Right away this clued me in that the author might be a little bent. The Day That Never Comes continues with the majority of the characters introduced in A Man with One of Those Faces, the lead off to a refreshing series by a gifted recently arrived writer in the field. We have our leads,Bunny-a hard bitten Irish cop with a strong sense of what is right and little compunction on how he achieves it, Paul-socially challenged, intelligent, good hearted and looking for something to wrap his life around and our third lead, Brigit-strong willed, alpha female, brilliant, but doesn't always think things through before acting. The three of them have recently formed a private investigation agency just before Bunny disappeared while Dublin threatens to melt down due to civil unrest. One of the author's strengths is blending serious fiction with humor without turning the whole affair into slapstick. Bad things happen to good people, there is some violence, and the endings aren't necessarily standard happily ever after but the tension along the way is relieved by frequent doses of belly laugh humor that had still had me occasionally smiling and chuckling hours...

United States on Dec 27, 2018

James Ellsworth: Caimh McDonnell's 'Dublin Trilogy' has a good many fans. I agree with the ones who advise reading the novels in order. This is a series where the vibrantly drawn characters matter and we do need to get to know them as their relationships unfold. I have read the first two novels: so far, the hapless characters we need to keep an eye on are Paul Mulchrone (well-meaning mensch); Bunny McGarry (Paul's former hurling coach; a more than tough police detective that would make Columbo look like a snappy dresser); Bridget Conroy (nurse with an anger-management problem) and Phil Lewis (Paul's best friend, even more hopeless than Paul.) This story adds Maggie, a police dog who needed rescuing after her period of service ended. Then there is the mysterious blonde with the clingy red dress. The plots expand quickly to include an activist priest, assorted 'bent' real estate developers and planning officials and an army of aggrieved investors in a massively embezzled from housing project. Then the terror begins.

For most of the story, Bunny is (where else?) lost, presumably on a monumental binge. Paul and Bridget, now partners in a new private detection agency, are looking for him with...

United States on Mar 26, 2017