A death in a historic castle, locked up overnight. It almost looks like a suicide, but then Sean Duffy pulls on a few little threads, and the whole Establishment could come undone ...
Adrian McKinty was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, and
grew up at the height of the Troubles. He studied law, politics and
philosophy at university. In the early 1990s he moved to New York
City where he worked in bars, bookstores and building sites. He now
lives in Melbourne, Australia.
The first Sean Duffy novel The Cold Cold Ground won the 2013
Spinetingler Award, its sequel I Hear The Sirens In The Street was
shortlisted for the 2013 Ned Kelly Award, and Sean Duffy Thriller
#3, In the Morning I'll be Gone, won the 2014 Ned Kelly Award and
was picked as one of the top 10 crime novels of 2014 by the
American Library Association.
Adrian McKinty's Sean Duffy thrillers set in 1980s Belfast come
thick and fast, but the quality remains constant ... The tension
between McKinty's competing love of tight, formal puzzles and
loose, riffing dialogue is what makes the Duffy novels such a joy
... enormous fun. The last chapters suggest Duffy may be on the
verge of becoming a responsible adult. I hope not.
*Guardian*
Someone who always delivers: Adrian McKinty ... he's very good at
taking the story in a direction you don't see coming
*Val McDermid*
Thoroughly engaging crime novels... In Rain Dogs, McKinty has had
the brilliant idea of challenging Duffy with a locked-room mystery
straight out of the golden age of detective fiction ... This is a
classic plot with modern twists, but it is Duffy's character -
sexist and self-aware by turns - that powers the book to its
inevitable conclusion.
*Sunday Times*
McKinty's current exile from his native Carrickfergus has not
dampened the heat and immediacy of his tales which are set in the
sectarian-ridden Northern Ireland of the 1980s ... Rain Dogs is
further proof that time and geographical distance are valuable aids
for an author excavating the dark matter of the Troubles.
*Irish News*
Full of humour and good set pieces ... the [plot] revelations are
satisfying, I liked the character of Duffy
*RTE Radio 1 Arena*
Adrian McKinty is on a roll ... Rain Dogs, does not disappoint. The
dark humour, the verbal jests, and the seamless insertion of real
historical figures and events into the fictional narrative are all
superbly sustained ... The detail in this historical reconstruction
is delicious ...This is clever historical crime with the bite of
social commentary and the joy of a crime series at its zenith.
*Sydney Morning Herald*
Praise for the Sean Duffy series:
'Fast-paced, intricate and crime to the core.
*Guardian*
McKinty's Troubles-set tales of sarky Belfast cop Sean Duffy are
becoming one of the great crime series ... Brilliant
*The Sun*
A treat and an education
*Val McDermid*
Fluent and fast paced
*Sunday Times*
Creeps up on you and explodes
*Daily Mail*
An exciting new voice
*Ian Rankin*
Gun Street Girl revels in the farce that was the past to deliver a
stellar crime novel for the present. Simply outstanding.
*Sydney Morning Herald*
This is a first-rate crime thriller that commands attention from
the opening pages and keeps the reader interested until the end
*Sydney Morning Herald*
The release of a new Sean Duffy novel by Adrian McKinty is always
one of the highlights of a crime reader's year
*Sydney Morning Herald*
Despite the dark subject matter, Rain Dogs makes for a breezy,
blackly humorous read ... The most enjoyable aspect of the novel is
McKinty's unsentimental prose, a stark style that employs a terse,
brutal poetry to evoke startling imagery ... All told, it's a
deliciously readable tale.
*Irish Examiner*
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