The electrifying noir thriller from a major new talent, in which a young Irish ex-cop travels half a world away to investigate the murder of a beautiful girl he once loved, and whose peculiar sexual banter he will later have urgent reason to recall -- if he is to survive.

Hard on the heels of Dead I Well May Be -- which Booklist named "one of the top ten crime fiction debuts of the year," and which established Adrian McKinty as the perfect new find for fans of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly -- McKinty's tightly paced Hidden River displays his unerring gift for crafting...

In this intensely riveting, action-packed novel, "virtuoso mayhem machine" ("Booklist") Michael Forsythe returns to his native Ireland -- where a dangerous and beautiful old flame causes way more trouble than he bargained for.

Running hotel security at a resort in Lima, Peru, Michael has been lying low and staying out of trouble -- until two Colombian hit men hold him at gunpoint, and force him to take a call from his ex-lover, Bridget Callaghan. At that moment she offers him a terrible choice: come to Ireland and find my daughter, or my men will kill you -- now.

Once in Dublin, in...

In this riveting sequel to Adrian McKinty's acclaimed debut, "Dead I Well May Be," mercenary bad boy Michael Forsythe is back -- the hero "other writers can only aspire to create" (Ed McBain).

While on holiday in Spain, Michael Forsythe is arrested in the chaos of a soccer riot and hauled off to jail. Back on the wrong side of the law, the Belfast native has no hope of release -- until a seductive female British Intelligence Agent makes Michael an offer he can't refuse: Avoid jail time in a Mexican hellhole by taking on a special FBI assignment and infiltrating a dangerous Irish terrorist...

This Irish bad-boy thriller -- set in the hardest streets of New York City -- brims with violence, greed, and sexual betrayal.

"I didn't want to go to America, I didn't want to work for Darkey White. I had my reasons. But I went."

So admits Michael Forsythe, an illegal immigrant escaping the Troubles in Belfast. But young Michael is strong and fearless and clever -- just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a crime boss, to join a gang of Irish thugs struggling against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the...

Die Bronx. Harlem. Mehr als 2000 Morde pro Jahr. Nicht gerade das, was Michael Forsythe, illegal aus Belfast eingereist, sich von New York erhofft hat. Aber als Neuling in der street gang des mächtigen Darkey White macht Michael sich gut. Jung, clever, mit wenig Skrupeln, erwirbt er sich schnell Darkeys Vertrauen. Bis er sich mit dessen Freundin einläßt. Was jetzt gegen Michael in Gang gesetzt wird, ist teuflisch und bedeutet seinen sicheren Tod. Doch Darkey hat Michael unterschätzt: seine Zähigkeit und seinen eisernen Willen, sich an allen zu rächen, die ihn verraten haben.§§Der...

"The works are short, allowing readers to savor each snippet or devour the entire compelling book in a day, depending on just how deliciously gloomy they're feeling."
--"Shelf Awareness," Starred review
"All the stories are compelling and well executed...Great writing for fans of noir and short stories, with some tales close to perfection."
--"Library Journal," Starred review
" "Belfast Noir"] zooms in on Northern Ireland's capital city, whose history surely more than qualifies it as a breeding ground for noir."
--"Booklist"
"The choices made by editors McKinty and...

'A spellbinder . . . takes hold before the first shot is fired' - "New York Times"
'Rarely does a tale about pursuers and pursued reach the intensity of fear, uncertainty and apprehension' - "New York World-Telegram"
'Of unusual interest and distinction . . . very moving . . . produces effects of high and painful excitement' - "Spectator"
An Irish Republican Army plot goes horribly wrong when its leader, Johnny Murtah, kills an innocent man and is himself gravely wounded. As the police close in on Johnny, his compatriots must make a daring bid to rescue him. But they are not...