Gene Kerrigan Boeken

Vijftien Ierse auteurs. Moord en doodslag, onveilige seks, schoonmaakartikelen en een gestolen manuscript. En een goed doel. Doodslag in Dublin is een zeer bijzondere, geestige en briljante literaire thriller; als ook een combinatie van satire en hilarische serie-roman. Het goede doel: een belangrijk deel van de opbrengst van het boek zal naar Amnesty International gaan. Vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk. geschreven door niemand minder dan Roddy Doyle, tot en met het laatste, van de hand van Frank McCourt, wordt de lezer in Doodslag in Dublin meegevoerd op een onvergetelijke speurtocht naar een literaire schat met een geheime formule.

Celtic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors; but a sophisticated & enlightened legal system was widely accepted. The brehons were the keepers of these laws, which dealt with every aspect of life: land disputes; theft or violence; marriage & divorce; the care of trees & animals.

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 finds himself drawn into a vicious scheme of revenge.Dark Times in the City depicts an edgy city where affluence and cocaine fuel a ruthless gang culture, and a man's fleeting impulse may cost the lives of those who matter most to him. Kerrigan's new novel is his finest yet; gripping from start to finish, powerful, original and impossible to put down.

Vincent Naylor is a professional thief, as confident as he is reckless. Just ten days out of jail, and he's preparing his next robbery. Already, his plan is unravelling. While investigating the murder of a crooked banker, Detective Sergeant Bob Tidey gets a call from an old acquaintance, Maura Coady. The retired nun believes there's something suspicious happening in the Dublin backstreet where she lives alone. Maura's call inadvertently unleashes a storm of violence that will engulf Vincent Naylor and force Tidey to make a deadly choice. The Rage is a masterpiece of suspense, told against the background of a country's shameful past and its troubled present.Winner of the 2012 CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year.