Adrian McKinty
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Adrian McKinty was born in Northern Ireland. He read politics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. He is a crime fiction novelist, blogger and book reviewer. His novels include the Sean Duffy series and the Lighthouse Trilogy. He made the Ned Kelly 2015 shortlists in the category of Best toon meer Novel with his title Gun Street Girl. He won the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original with his novel, Rain Dogs. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- 1968-06-08
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- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Denver, Colorado, USA
Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Harlem, New York, USA - Opleiding
- University of Warwick
University of Oxford - Beroepen
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- Adrian McKinty was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied politics and philosophy at Oxford University before moving to New York in the mid 1990s His first novel Dead I Well May Be (loosely based on his experiences as an illegal immigrant in the US) was published in 2003. In 2012 after moving to Australia with his wife and children he began publication of the critically acclaimed Sean Duffy series. In 2019 after giving up writing Adrian had a global hit with his standalone novel The Chain. Adrian's books have won the Edgar Award, the Ned Kelly Award (3 times), The Anthony Award, Barry Award, Macavity Award and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. His books have been translated into over 40 languages.
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Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly… door Adrian McKinty
1988 Sean Duffy 1988. Belfast still going to hell. Sean still stuck in his rut. Baby Emma growing fast. Beth wants to move away from Coronation Road. Two drug dealers are murdered with a crossbow. Strange crimes in a place where everyone has guns. Strange still, no one claims the kills. Then the wife of second murdered drug dealer vanishes too. Political pressure to close the cases. Sean and the Crabman fail their police physicals. I liked this book because even within the realm of police stories, it felt like real life. Except for the extraordinary amount of violence, which I must say is definitely not part of my life.… (meer)
In what his colleagues at the police station dub his "last case," Sean Duffy investigates the disappearance of a 15-year old girl. He is also dealing with his partial relocation to Scotland and anticipated move into the RUC reserves. As always, the audio narration by Gerard Doyle is perfection, and the story was good, if not destined to be one of my favorites in the series. I really hope this isn't his actual last case, as there is still so much more story to tell, both about Northern Ireland and about Sean Duffy.
4 stars… (meer)
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Sean Duffy #5. Only one more left for me to read (I read the first and the most recent the first week). Sean's woman troubles continue but his admin problems with the police have eased up a bit. There are still people who hate his very existence but they don't figure so prominently this time. Nice balance there. My ongoing concern is Sean's Beemer and how much abuse it takes. I didn't note the car in the most recent book. I might need to re-read. Again Adrian McKinty weaves current events into the story to good effect. Book #6 is on order from the library and I will be sad when I have finished them all.… (meer)
I've long been a fan of Adrian Mckinty but it wasn't aware until recently that the author who wrote the Dean Duffy series was the same as the one who penned The Island. The man can flat out right, and deserves to be considered among Lehane, Rankin, and Bruen, as a top talent in the crime fiction genre, or any genre for that matter.
The Detective Up Late is the latest in the Duffy series. In the very early nineties Duffy is set to retire and move to Scotland with his wife and daughter. Unfortunately there is one last case that needs to be wrapped up before the move can be completed, the disappearance of a young Tinker girl.
Duffy vows that the case will receive the same priority as if she were an upper class lady, and doggedly pursues the case to the end, even as others urge him to let it go.
The book is a good read, and delivers all the goods one would expect from a writer of McKinty's skill.… (meer)
The Detective Up Late is the latest in the Duffy series. In the very early nineties Duffy is set to retire and move to Scotland with his wife and daughter. Unfortunately there is one last case that needs to be wrapped up before the move can be completed, the disappearance of a young Tinker girl.
Duffy vows that the case will receive the same priority as if she were an upper class lady, and doggedly pursues the case to the end, even as others urge him to let it go.
The book is a good read, and delivers all the goods one would expect from a writer of McKinty's skill.… (meer)
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