The second sean duffy novel, i hear the sirens in the street, won the 2014 barry award. Browse audiobooks written by adrian mckinty sorted by best. A detective sean duffy novel ebook written by adrian mckinty. Mckinty is one of britains great contemporary crime writers and the sean duffy books are his masterpiece. The sean duffy series is a novel series comprising of three novels published by blackstone audiobooks from 2012 to 2014. Adrian mckinty is an irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best known for his sean duffy novels. Info on the final 3 sean duffy novels adrian mckintys blog. Mckinty, who grew up in northern ireland, has an ear for language and a taste for violence, and he serves up a terrifically gory, swiftly paced thriller. Rain dogs is my personal favourite, it is also another lockedroom mystery, and a very good one at that.
A country with big religious conflict and where there is a hunger strike in the prison in belfast. Adrian mckinty on apple books apple books apple apple. Adrian mckinty is an irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best. Paramount 7figure film deal uber driver adrian mckinty. Jan 06, 2012 sean duffy is an anomaly, a catholic cop in an overwhelmingly unionist police force, but mckinty is less concerned with that than with the camaraderies of the force. He writes the michael forsythe series, lighthouse trilogy ya series and the sean duffy series. Ive announced a new deal with blackstone books for a final duffy.
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A detective sean duffy novel by adrian mckinty overview rain dogs, a stunning installment in the sean duffy thriller series, following the edgar awardnominated gun street girl, is another standout in a superior series booklist. Police at the station and they dont look friendly english, paperback adrian mckinty mckinty is one of britains great contemporary crime writers and the sean duffy books are his masterpiece. The sean duffy series is yet another series written by adrian mckinty. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Sean duffy is an anomaly, a catholic cop in an overwhelmingly unionist police force, but mckinty is less concerned with that than with the camaraderies of the force. Browse audiobooks written by adrian mckinty sorted by. Mckinty has the last laugh at the makeshift work that drove him around the bend, when a character talks about how efficient the chain was designed to be. Buy rain dogs detective sean duffy main by mckinty, adrian isbn. Well it was obviously a good dream for him and a great dream for us as this is the best of the series. The books of adrian mckinty including the sean duffy series, michael forsythe series and the lighthouse trilogy featuring the upcoming book rain dogs. Lisa levy profiles the man behind the sean duffy series. The sean duffy series is the culmination of a career spent examining our darkest moments, and mckinty is the only crime writer who can do justice to our singular history. Since the clients do most of the work themselves, one criminal says, what it turns out to be is the goddamn uber of kidnapping. The detective sean duffy series in order adrian mckinty fictiondb.
Sean duffy, a detective sergeant in 1980s northern ireland, in the troubles trilogy. The series is written by irish author adrian mckinty and narrated by gerard doyle. In the midst of all this, a man is murdered, and it is up to detective sean. I enjoyed the sean duffy series and erroneously bought this one thinking it was a continuation of mckintys excellent tales from northern ireland. Adrian mckinty audio books, best sellers, author bio. He attended oxford university on a full scholarship where he studied philosophy. Mar 08, 2016 the book is so well written and so enjoyable to read that i have now bought the series and am hooked on mckinty and particularly sean duffy. Adrian mckinty is a crime novelist from belfast, northern ireland. He is an intelligent police officer who has very dangerous enemies and quite influential friends. Before becoming a novelist, he taught high school english.
Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera. Adrian mckintys sean duffy series in the morning ill be gone, rain. In the mid 1990s he moved to new york and found work in bars, bookstores, and building sites, finally becoming a high school english teacher in denver, colorado. In the morning ill be gone a catholic cop tracks an ira master bomber amidst the sectarian violence of the conflict in northern irelandits the early 1980s in belfast. Adrian mckinty is an irish author of crime fiction and young adult novels.
Official site for author adrian mckinty, author of the. Adrian mckinty gets better with every book and the duffy series has got to be one of the best police procedurals around. The series begins in the early 80s in northern ireland. Adrian is also a two time dagger nominee and shortlistee for the theakston crime novel of the year. Sean duffy is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by irish novelist adrian mckinty. Notable works, the cold cold ground sean duffy series. This writer is a legend in the making and the cold, cold ground is the latest proof of this gerard brennan adrian mckinty may have struck gold with sean duffy the sun highly readable. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read in the morning ill be gone. The pages keep turning in each of these books according to adrians fans. Official site for author adrian mckinty, author of the sean. In this book sean duffy tracks down a bomer amidst the secretarial violence tacking place in the area. Sean duffy and the crew have to investigate a missing persons case that. The cold cold ground the sean duffy series detective sean duffy. Adrian mckinty is an edgar award winning crime novelist from belfast, northern ireland.
The official page for adrian mckinty, author of the 250kselling sean duffy series, the dead trilogy michael forsythe and other acclaimed crime. Sean duffy newly promoted to detective sergeant is a rarity, a catholic policeman in the ruc. Adrian mckinty is the voice of the new northern irish generation but hes not afraid to examine the past. Detective sean duffy series by adrian mckinty goodreads. Adrian mckinty has 36 books on goodreads with 179439 ratings. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Troubles fiction too urgent and topical to be historical the irish times. When it comes to northern irish crime fiction, adrian mckinty forged the path the rest of us follow. The third duffy book, in the morning ill be gone, won the 2014 ned kelly.
Adrian mckinty can write good books and i hope this one is an experiment never to be repeated. Adrian mckintys the chain is the rare thriller thats not only fiendishly clever but also powerfully empathetic. The chain belongs in the elite company of worldclass thrillers like gone girl and the silence of the lambs. Adrian mckinty began his sean duffy series in 2012 with the novel the cold, cold ground. Ive got a stack of all of his sean duffy books by mckintyall classicsand some other stand alones on my book shelf that ive been collecting for years. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read in the morning ill be. Jul 09, 2019 the chain scared the hell out of me but i could not put it down. The first sean duffy novel, the cold cold ground, won the 20 spinetingler award and was picked as one of the best crime novels of the year by the times. Mar 15, 2018 im probably best known for my sean duffy books. Mckintys previous book, falling glass, was an best thriller of 2011. Adrian mckinty was born and grew up in belfast, northern ireland. H block and the dirty protest, bobby sands has died on hunger strike, riots and, the daily check of wheel arches for bombs. Adrian mckinty released 11 novels before releasing the cold cold ground in 2012. In the mid 1990s he moved to new york and found work in bars, bookstores, and building sites, final.
This writer is a legend in the making and the cold, cold ground is the latest proof of this gerard brennan adrian mckinty may have struck gold with sean duffy. Mckinty describes his life while writing his sean duffy novels as reminiscent of dostoevskys the double. A roller coaster of highs and lows, light humour and dark deeds, the powerful undercurrent of mckintys talent will swiftly drag you away. His books have won the edgar award, the anthony award, the ned kelly award and the barry award. Jul 29, 2016 mckinty is one of britains great contemporary crime writers and the sean duffy books are his masterpiece. One of the most recent adrian mckintys books is in the morning ill be gone. Adrian mckinty audiobooks download instantly today. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The detective up late by adrian mckinty blackstone publishing. Sean duffy, a conflicted catholic cop in the protestant ruc royal ulster constabulary, is recruited by mi5 to hunt down dermot mccann, an ira master bomber who has made a daring escape from the notorious maze prison. The fourth one in the series is ready to be published in early 2015. Official site for author adrian mckinty, author of the sean duffy series. Still, one tiny clue is all it takes, and there it is. Adrian mckinty says that he had finished with what he planned to do with sean duffy after three books but the idea for this fourth book came to him in a dream. Mckinty studied law at the university of warwick and then studied politics and philosophy at the university of oxford. The cold cold ground is the first book in this series. A detective sean duffy novel the sean duffy series.
His breakthrough books have been the sean duffy thrillers. But, more than that, mckinty recreates 1980s northern ireland in a way thats both nostalgic and disturbing. Adrian studied philosophy at oxford university on a full scholarship. Jul 08, 2019 mckinty describes his life while writing his sean duffy novels as reminiscent of dostoevskys the double. Rain dogs is the fifth book in the sean duffy series about a young. I raced to the end of the book and then went back to see how adrian mckinty pulled it all off. Jun 18, 2019 ive got a stack of all of his sean duffy books by mckintyall classicsand some other stand alones on my book shelf that ive been collecting for years. In the midst of all this, a man is murdered, and it is up to detective sean duffy to try to find out who the perpetrator is. Ian rankin sean duffy knows theres no such thing as a perfect crime. In the mid 1990s he moved to new york and found work in bars, bookstores and building sites, finally becoming a high school english teacher in denver, colorado. The cold, cold ground by adrian mckinty librarything. More info on the final 3 sean duffy novels adrian mckinty. Rain dogs was winner of the edgar award 2017 book 2 in the detective sean duffy series.
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