Silence by Anthony J. Quinn - ISBN: 9781784971250
Paperback
Unraveling a priest’s death reveals secrets, murder, and a family mystery.
  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2016

Summary

A bizarre road accident propels Celcius Daly into an investigation that will 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 murder: an unsolved killing spree of 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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784971250
ISBN-10:1784971251
Author:Anthony J. Quinn
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Head of Zeus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:1 August 2016
Weight:240g
Dimensions:204mm x 130mm x 20mm
Series:Inspector Celcius Daly
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘An edge-of-the-seat thriller … beautifully written … Outstanding’ Irish Independent .

Superbly original… among the best of the many crime novels that have tackled the Troubles’ * Sunday Express *
A beautifully written example of how enriching a novel can be if the author does not for a second neglect the importance of locale… the experience of reading the book is irresistible’ – Barry Forshaw, Independent
An edge-of-the-seat thriller… beautifully written… Outstanding’ * Irish Independent *
The plot surprises keep coming… If you want the philosophy of the Troubles, and some of the reality, you’ll get it here’ * Irish News, Book of the Week *
The descriptions of the mists and mountains of Lough Neagh and Maghery provide an atmospheric and realistic background to what is a chilling, but brilliantly told tale * Crime Review *

About The Author

Anthony J. Quinn

Anthony J. Quinn was born in Northern Ireland’s County Tyrone and studied English at Queen’s University, Belfast. He works as a journalist and author. His first novel, DISAPPEARED, was published by Head of Zeus in 2014.

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