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'The night of my mother's funeral, Linda Dawson cried on my shoulder, put her tongue in my mouth and asked me to find her husband. Now she was lying dead on her living room floor, and the howl of a police siren echoed through the surrounding hills...'
Ed Loy hasn't been back to Dublin for twenty years. But his mother is dead, and he has returned home to bury her. He soon realizes that the world waiting for him is very different from the one he left behind all those years ago.
'Tommy said you found people who were missing', Linda Dawson tells him the evening of his mother's funeral. Linda's husband has disappeared. She doesn't want the police involved. So reluctantly, Loy agrees to investigate.
And suddenly in this place where he grew up - among the Georgian houses, Victorian castles, and modern villas of Castlehill - Loy finds himself thrown into a world of organized crime, long-hidden secrets, corruption and violence. And murder.
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Hughes makes a gritty start to his crime thriller series set in the Irish capital and featuring private investigator Edward Loy.' (Publishing News)
To call Declan Hughes "a natural" is to engage in understatement. Here is a crime novel that's both deftly plotted and truly character-driven. Like Chandler's Los Angeles, Hughes's Dublin is brilliantly atmospheric. The dialogue crackles and the characters have a truly lived-in authenticity. A great read (Douglas Kennedy)
'Distinctive, witty, violent and moving, The Wrong Kind of Blood is reminiscent of the best of classic American crime fiction, yet ultimately Hughes's voice is utterly his own. With The Wrong Kind of Blood, Irish crime fiction has come of age' (John Connolly)
Amazon's Irish Book of the Month 'Dark and gripping' (Amazon)
'Declan Hughes breathes new life into the private detective story with The Wrong Kind of Blood. This thrilling ride of deception brilliantly teaches us that the past is never far behind us, that it can reach out and grab us at any time' (Michael Connelly)
'A very strong debut indeed, and Rankin fans should find this a must-read' (Sue Baker, Publishing News)
'All in all, The Wrong Kind of Blood is the sort of crime novel you really want to read . . . The plot is well-constructed, the characters well-rounded. The dialogue is to die for' (Irish Times)
'Fabulous . . . a refreshing new voice in the crime genre' (Love Reading)
A masterful debut (Daily Ireland)
'A fast-paced, tightly-written thriller, The Wrong Kind of Blood takes an uncomfortably penetrating look at modern Ireland . . . give it a whirl, it's worth it' - Ailin Quinlan (Irish Examiner Weekend)
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To call Declan Hughes "a natural" is to engage in understatement. Here is a crime novel that's both deftly plotted and truly character-driven. Like Chandler's Los Angeles, Hughes's Dublin is brilliantly atmospheric. The dialogue crackles and the characters have a truly lived-in authenticity. A great read (Douglas Kennedy)
'Distinctive, witty, violent and moving, The Wrong Kind of Blood is reminiscent of the best of classic American crime fiction, yet ultimately Hughes's voice is utterly his own. With The Wrong Kind of Blood, Irish crime fiction has come of age' (John Connolly)
Amazon's Irish Book of the Month 'Dark and gripping' (Amazon)
'Declan Hughes breathes new life into the private detective story with The Wrong Kind of Blood. This thrilling ride of deception brilliantly teaches us that the past is never far behind us, that it can reach out and grab us at any time' (Michael Connelly)
'A very strong debut indeed, and Rankin fans should find this a must-read' (Sue Baker, Publishing News)
'All in all, The Wrong Kind of Blood is the sort of crime novel you really want to read . . . The plot is well-constructed, the characters well-rounded. The dialogue is to die for' (Irish Times)
'Fabulous . . . a refreshing new voice in the crime genre' (Love Reading)
A masterful debut (Daily Ireland)
'A fast-paced, tightly-written thriller, The Wrong Kind of Blood takes an uncomfortably penetrating look at modern Ireland . . . give it a whirl, it's worth it' - Ailin Quinlan (Irish Examiner Weekend)
'Brilliantly atmospheric ... this book is a winner.' Douglas Kennedy
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0719567459
- ISBN 13 9780719567452
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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