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Frankie Crowe is not one of the great criminal masterminds. A small time thug, he thinks-to the extent he can-that kidnapping one of Dublin's newly rich businessmen just may be the low-risk fast track to the status and money he knows he deserves. When the local crime boss refuses him permission to make the snatch, he shoots the boss and commences with his plan-such as it is. After a somewhat haphazard selection, Frankie's crew of casually vic...

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Vincent Naylor has just been released from prison and has already begun to plot his next heist¿the robbery of an armored car. Detective Sergeant Bob Tidey has been caught perjuring himself to protect fellow officers. He's also found the link between an unsolved murder case and the recent execution of a corrupt banker in serious financial difficulty. An old acquaintance will change the course of the investigation. A retired nun living on regret...

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The author of The Rage delivers "an absorbing, beautifully written, gritty tale of Irish detection and corruption" (The Times, London).Danny Callaghan is having a quiet drink in a Dublin pub when two men with guns walk in. They're here to take care of a minor problem-petty criminal Walter Bennett. On impulse, Callaghan intervenes to save Walter's life. Soon, his own survival is in question. With a troubled past and an uncertain future, Danny f...

In Gene Kerrigans 2012 mit dem Gold Dagger Award ausgezeichneten Roman "Die Wut" wird Dublin zu einem Ort, in dem Grundstücke nichts mehr wert sind, Häuser leer stehen, die Jobs verschwinden. Detective Sergeant Bob Tidey untersucht den vermeintlichen Selbstmord eines Bankers und muss feststellen, dass das Richtige zu tun und legal zu bleiben manchmal nicht möglich ist.

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Danny Callaghan sitzt, nachdem er eine achtjährige Haftstrafe wegen Totschlags abgesessen hat, bei einem Bier im Blue Parrot. Als zwei Killer den Pub betreten, um den Kleinkriminellen Walter Bennett zu töten, verhilft er Bennett zu Flucht und gerät ins Kreuzfeuer. Die Polizei sucht ihn. Lar Marcendirck, einer der beiden großen Unterweltbosse, sinnt wegen der Einmischung auf Rache. Der Bruder des Mannes, den Callaghan ermordet hat, will ihn ebe...

A sophisticated crime story of contemporary Ireland, "The Midnight Choir" teems with moral dilemmas as Dublin emerges as a city of ambiguity: a newly scrubbed face hiding a criminal culture of terrible variety.

Just released from jail, a thief is planning for an armored car robbery. An honest policeman, discouraged by his crooked colleagues, is investigating the murder of a banker. A call from an old acquaintance will change his course of investigation.