Veteran journalist Anthony Quinn’s debut novel examines the lingering effects of the Troubles on Ireland. A strong first effort that will thrill fans of Irish noir and crime novels, Disappeared is a captivating modern mystery with one foot in a violent past.
Anthony Quinn (b. 1971) is an Irish author and journalist. Born in Northern Ireland’s County Tyrone, Quinn majored in English at Queen’s University, Belfast. After college, he worked a number of odd jobs—social worker, organic gardener, yoga teacher—before finding work as a journalist. He has written short stories for years, winning critical acclaim and, twice, a place on the short list for the Hennessy Literary Awards for New Irish Writing. His book Disappeared was nominated for the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut Novel, and Kirkus Reviews named it to their list of 2012’s Top 10 Best Crime Novels. Quinn also placed as runner-up in a Sunday Timesfood writing competition. Quinn continues his work as a journalist, reporting on his home county for the Tyrone Times.
“Irish journalist Quinn’s fiction debut kicks off a series
featuring Northern Ireland police inspector Celcius Daly. This
first installment manages to both entertain and enlighten, taking
decades of sectarian violence that preceded present-day calm and
using this as the background for a suspenseful whodunit.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Quinn has developed a plot that immerses the reader into a
darkness we have only read about in the papers or seen on the late
night news.” —The State-Journal Register
“Disappeared is a major piece of work. Eerily tender, a wonderfully
wrought classic that is a landmark in the fiction of Northern
Ireland. . . . Line up the glittering prizes of mystery. This one
is going to take ’em all.” —Ken Bruen, award-winning author of
Rilke on Black
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