Silence (The Inspector Celcius Daly Mysteries) - Softcover

Quinn, Anthony

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9781497665873: Silence (The Inspector Celcius Daly Mysteries)

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ISBN 10: 1497665876 ISBN 13: 9781497665873

Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2016

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A bizarre road accident propels Celcius Daly into an investigation that could reveal the truth about his mother's death thirty years ago

Father Aloysius Walsh spent the last years of his life painstakingly collecting evidence of a yearlong killing spree, unparalleled savagery that blighted Ireland's borderlands at the end of the 1970s. Pinned to his bedroom wall, a macabre map charts the grim territory of death—victims, weapons, wounds, dates—and somehow, amid the forest of pins and notes, he had discerned a pattern. . . .

So why did Father Walsh deliberately drive through a cordon of policemen and off the road to his death? Why, when Inspector Celcius Daly arrives at the scene, does he find Special Branch already there? And why is Daly's mother’s name on the priest's map?

The past poisons the present, and Daly’s life will never be the same again.

Silence is the 3rd book in the Inspector Celcius Daly Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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About the Author:

Anthony Quinn (b. 1971) is an Irish author and journalist. Born in Northern Ireland's County Tyrone, Quinn majored in English at Queen's University, Belfast. After college, he worked a number of odd jobs--social worker, organic gardener, yoga teacher--before finding work as a journalist. He has written short stories for years, winning critical acclaim and, twice, a place on the short list for the Hennessy Literary Awards for New Irish Writing. His book Disappeared was nominated for the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut Novel, and Kirkus Reviews named it in their list of 2012's Top 10 Best Crime Novels. It went on to be picked as one of the best books of the year by the Times (London) and the Daily Mail, and long-listed for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. Quinn was picked as Libraries Northern Ireland Writer in Residence in 2016, and is a recipient of an Arts Council Artists Career Enhancement Bursary award.
Silence is Quinn's third novel featuring Inspector Celcius Daly. He continues his work as a journalist, reporting on his home county for the Tyrone Times.

Review:

Praise for Anthony Quinn:'Unquestionably one of the crime novels of the year, written in peerless prose,with a delicate plot... this is a novel to be read slowly and to be savoured sip by sip,as its spider's web slowly but surely snares you in its grip.' DAILY MAIL'Beautifully written... much more than a routine whodunnit.' IRISH INDEPENDENT'A beautifully written example of how enriching a novel can be if the authordoes not for a second neglect the importance of locale... the experienceof reading the book is irresistible.' INDEPENDENT'A tough yet lyrical novel, evoking that desperate period of Irish history.' SUNDAY TIMES'It has taken time to digest the Troubles and Anthony J. Quinn's books featuring InspectorCelcius Daly are among the best of many crime novels that have tackled the subject...The writing is superbly original.' SUNDAY EXPRESS'The Troubles of Northern Ireland are not over. This message is so disturbingly, convincinglyand elegantly conveyed in Anthony J. Quinn's first novel... Beautifully haunting.' THE TIMES'The truth gradually comes clear in this beautifully written novel.It reveals a frightening fact: the Troubles aren't over yet.' LITERARY REVIEW

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