Adrian McKinty was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied philosophy at Oxford University before moving to Australia and to New York. He is the author of more than a dozen crime novels, including the award-winning standalone thriller The Chain, which was a New York Times and #1 international bestseller. McKinty's books have been translated into over forty languages, and he has won the Edgar Award, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Ned Kelly Award (three times), the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Macavity Award, and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. His novel The Island was an instant New York Times bestseller and made their "Best Thrillers of 2022" list.
"[A] superb trilogy reaches its finality...The hunt for [Duffy's
quarry] begins and ends spectacularly. McKinty is particularly
convincing in painting the political and social backdrops to his
plots. He deserves to be treated as one of Britain's top crime
writers."-- "Times (London)"
"A locked-room mystery within a manhunt killer, a clever and
gripping setup that helps make Duffy's third outing easily his best
so far."-- "Sunday Times (London)"
"An action movie view of the Troubles...A fast and thrilling ride
from the reliably excellent McKinty."-- "Mail on Sunday
(London)"
"An older, more sobered Duffy, still unconventional and willing to
take chances but more reflective, more Sherlock Holmes and Edgar
Allen Poe than Robocop. His growing maturity results in fewer
bedroom scenes, but there is plenty of excitement and suspense
elsewhere in this intelligent and gripping yarn."-- "Irish
Independent"
"Doyle's Northern Irish voices will inhabit listeners' minds long
after listening...Both writing and narration are superb in this
combination of political thriller and classic locked-room
mystery."-- "AudioFile"
"McKinty places riveting police procedurals in the political
context of The Troubles, sharply ratcheting up the tension and
fear...But it's not all grit: McKinty's novels are also shot
through with a smart, crackling humor that manages to be both dark
and witty."-- "Boston Globe"
"McKinty's latest demonstrates his skill as one of Ireland's best
and most innovative crime writers."-- "Belfast Telegraph"
"Not content with constructing a complex plot, McKinty further
wraps his story around a deliciously old-fashioned 'locked room'
mystery, the solution to which holds the key to Duffy's entire
investigation. Driven by McKinty's brand of lyrical, hard-boiled
prose, leavened by a fatalistic strain of the blackest humor, In
the Morning I'll Be Gone is a hugely satisfying historical
thriller."-- "Irish Times"
"Sardonic Belfast cop Sean Duffy [in] another terrific Troubles-set
thriller."-- "Sun (UK), 4.5 stars"
"The explosive conclusion to McKinty's Troubles trilogy combines an
IRA thriller with a locked-room mystery...Though it's the end of
the trilogy, readers will hope that this won't be the last they see
of Sean Duffy."-- "Publishers Weekly"
"This is the third in the series and, for me, the best, for it
contains a locked room mystery at the heart of a drama about a
major terrorist escape from the Maze prison, Belfast in 1983.
Written in spare, razor-sharp prose, and leading up to a denouement
that creeps up on you and then explodes like a terrorist bomb, it
places McKinty firmly in the front rank of modern crime writers."--
"Daily Mail (London)"
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