Rain Dogs

Northern Ireland crime fiction: 10 books to try

21 October, 2018

With the 2018 Man Booker Prize going to a Northern Ireland author, Craig Sisterson shines his crime fiction torch towards the six counties and illuminates some seriously brilliant reads… The Troubles. A rather understated term for 30 years of violent conflict in Northern Ireland that…

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CrimeFictionLover: Top five books of 2016

By crimefictionlover

30 December, 2016

Was 2016 a good year for crime fiction? I’d say so. Yes, lots of the series books came out and stuck to a certain formula, but most of the top writers have kept their plots fresh and the new authors we came across delivered titles…

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12 great British cities, 12 great UK crime novels

By crimefictionlover

29 June, 2016

The UK seems to be in turmoil after the EU referendum, with outies fighting with innies across the land. Cat has turned on dog, husband on wife, and fish has turned on frog. There’s been no shortage of online abuse, the atmosphere has been toxic…

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By crimefictionlover

10 April, 2016

Adrian McKinty has been playing with the history of Northern Ireland, and the rest of the UK, throughout the Sean Duffy series. From the hunger strikes in the Maze in 1981 through to the Brighton bombing… and now the depraved activities of Jimmy Savile drift…

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Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

By crimefictionlover

27 January, 2016

Let’s start with the title. Like the rest of the books in the Sean Duffy series, it’s taken from a Tom Waits song. I’m not sure there’s a Tom Waits vibe to the books, but the author likes it like that so who am I…

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First look: Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

By crimefictionlover

22 November, 2015

There aren’t many trilogies around made up of five books, but it seems that Serpent’s Tail couldn’t get enough of Adrian McKinty‘s Sean Duffy series. After extending it to four books with Gun Street Girl last year, a fifth is on its way. Feast your…

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Rain Dogs

Northern Ireland crime fiction: 10 books to try

CrimeFictionLover: Top five books of 2016

12 great British cities, 12 great UK crime novels

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Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

First look: Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

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