Brian Kelly

For other uses of Brian, see Brian (disambiguation).

For other uses of Kelly, see Kelly (disambiguation).

Kelly, Brian - Proprietor

Appeared in Vengeance in Death ([mid] November, 2058), Portrait in Death (August, 2059), and Indulgence in Death (July, 2060), and mentioned in Betrayal in Death (May, 2059), Creation in Death (March 1 – March 5, 2060 [Friday – Tuesday]), and Brotherhood in Death (January, 2061)

Introduction

Introduced in Vengeance in Death as the owner/operator of the Penny Pig in Dublin, Ireland and a friend of Roarke’s when they were teenagers.

Descriptions

• He had a mile-wide grin and a wide and ruddy face.

Personality

• Affable, cheerful, and a flirt

History

• An old friend of Roarke’s whom he hadn’t see in fifteen years, more or less (as of 2058).
• Also friends with Tommy, Shawn, and Jennie.
• He’d once been thin as a rail and filled with wicked humor - Roarke said he put on a stone or two; perhaps three (14-42 lb [6.35-19.05 kg]).
• He said his father ran with Patrick Roarke off and on, and did things - all of us did - that weren’t right along the clean side of the law. But he said his father wouldn’t have murdered a girl.

Interesting Facts

• Roarke still owed him one hundred pounds from the “cargo money”; Roarke offered to send him a case of American cigarettes to make up for the hundred pounds
• Brian called Eve “Lieutenant Darling”
• ”I’ve no enchanting woman to warm the sheets with me at the moment...”
• He went with Roarke to question Donal Grogin
• In Creation in Death, Roarke called Brian with a description of the The Groom’s methods and targets. Brian agreed to make some inquiries for him about torturers as he had connections
• In Indulgence in Death, Brian Kelly surprise visited Roarke and Eve in Tulla for the opening of the Siobhan Brody Memorial Park.