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Anthony J. Quinn

Anthony J. Quinn is an Irish writer and journalist. His nine novels have received critical acclaim from The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Express, Der Spiegel, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sunday Herald, The Irish Times and the Irish Independent. His debut novel Disappeared was shortlisted for a Strand Literary Award in the United States by the book critics of the San Francisco Chronicle, The LA Times, The Washington Post and other US newspapers. It was also listed by Kirkus Reviews as one of the top ten thrillers of 2012. After its UK publication in 2014, Disappeared was selected by the Daily Mail and The Sunday Times as one of their Best Novels of the Year. It was also longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His short stories have twice been shortlisted for a Hennessy/New Irish Writing award. In 2014, he was awarded an ACES bursary for literature from the Northern Ireland Arts Council. He has a PhD from the School of English, Queen's University Belfast, where he teaches on the MA on Creative Writing. He is represented by Paul Feldstein of the Feldstein Literary Agency.

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Title:

Turncoat

Written by:

Anthony J. Quinn 

Read by:

Adam Best 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

7 

Duration:

7 hours 56 minutes 

Published:

December 01 2020 

Available Date:

December 01 2020 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781867501381 

Genres:

Fiction; Crime & Thriller 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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Price

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AUD$ 34.95

AUD$ 34.95

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UK Author

Haunting and unsettling, Turncoat is a story of guilt, survival and the terrible price of self-knowledge, told through the voice of a detective with a double life from acclaimed author Anthony J. Quinn.

The sole survivor of a murderous ambush, a Belfast police detective is forced into a desperate search for a mysterious informer that takes him to a holy island on Lough Derg, a place shrouded in strange mists and hazy rain, where nothing is as it first appears to be. A keeper of secrets and a purveyor of lies, the detective finds himself surrounded by enemies disguised as pilgrims and is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the purgatorial island, where he is forced to confront a series of disturbing secrets and ghosts in his own life. Haunting and unsettling, Turncoat is a story of guilt, survival and the terrible price of self-knowledge, told through the voice of a detective with a double life. Descending into paranoia and self-doubt, he uncovers a sinister panorama of cover-ups and conspiracies. The closer he edges to the truth, the deeper he is drawn into the currents of power, violence and guilt engulfing his country ...

'This should make Quinn a star, for it is unquestionably one of the crime novels of the year.'
Daily Mail

'Beautifully written ... a novel that demonstrates how capacious the crime fiction genre can be.'
The Independent

'Superbly original.'
Sunday Express

'Narrator Adam Best's gentle Irish accent invites listeners into a relentlessly dark story of Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The main point of view is that of Catholic detective Desmond Maguire, who serves uncomfortably on a Protestant police force. Best voices Maguire's thoughts on being the sole survivor of an IRA ambush. In his search for the informer who drew him into the disastrous raid, Maguire travels to the strange, mysterious purgatorial island of Lough Derg. This unsettling mystery has listeners continually uncertain about what is real, whom to trust, and what to believe. Best effectively differentiates the characters, including the female voices. Overall, a well-performed and well-written audiobook about a seriously troubled time.'
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