Adrian McKinty

About the Author

Adrian McKinty was born in Northern Ireland. He read politics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. He is a crime fiction novelist, blogger and book reviewer. His novels include the Sean Duffy series and the Lighthouse Trilogy. He made the Ned Kelly 2015 shortlists in the category of Best show more Novel with his title Gun Street Girl. He won the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original with his novel, Rain Dogs. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Adrian McKinty, by Adrian Mckinty, Эдриан Маккинти, McKinty Adrian; Adrian Mckinty

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Series

Sean Duffy

Michael Forsythe

Lighthouse Trilogy

Works by Adrian McKinty

Popular Recent

The Chain (2019) 1,550 copies

The Cold, Cold Ground (2012) 762 copies

The Island (2022) 506 copies

Dead I Well May Be (2003) 431 copies

I Hear the Sirens in the Street (2013) 398 copies

In the Morning I'll Be Gone (2014) 363 copies

Gun Street Girl (2015) 309 copies

Rain Dogs (2015) 306 copies

Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (2017) 263 copies

The Dead Yard (2006) 249 copies

The Bloomsday Dead (2007) 248 copies

The Lighthouse Land (2006) 174 copies

Falling Glass (2011) 164 copies

Hidden River (2004) 153 copies

Fifty Grand (2009) 149 copies

Belfast Noir (2014) — Editor — 89 copies

The Sun Is God (1900) 81 copies

The Detective Up Late (2023) 79 copies

The Lighthouse War (2007) 75 copies

Deviant (2011) 56 copies

The Lighthouse Keepers (2008) 38 copies

Orange Rhymes With Everything (1997) 13 copies

Hang On, St. Christopher (2020) 6 copies

Lee (2013) 2 copies

Sean Duffy Collection Books 4-6 (2017) 1 copy

ĹaĹcuch - Adrian McKinty [KSIÄĹťKA] (2019) 1 copy

Saari (2023) 1 copy

I Hear the Sirens in the Street (Detective Sean Duffy 2) of McKinty, Adrian on 10 January 2013 1 copy

Des promesses sous les balles 1 copy

No title 1 copy

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Associated Works

OxCrimes (2014) — Contributor — 74 copies

The Best British Mysteries 4 (2006) — Contributor — 25 copies

Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (2011) — Contributor — 24 copies

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10 (2013) — Contributor — 21 copies

Requiems for the Departed (2010) — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies

Shaken: Stories for Japan (2011) — Contributor — 12 copies

Reports from the Deep End: Stories inspired by J. G. Ballard (2024) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Birthdate: 1968-06-08
Gender: male
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Country (for map): UK
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Places of residence: St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Denver, Colorado, USA
Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Harlem, New York, USA
Education: University of Warwick
University of Oxford
Occupations: novelist
Short biography: Adrian McKinty was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied politics and philosophy at Oxford University before moving to New York in the mid 1990s His first novel Dead I Well May Be (loosely based on his experiences as an illegal immigrant in the US) was published in 2003. In 2012 after moving to Australia with his wife and children he began publication of the critically acclaimed Sean Duffy series. In 2019 after giving up writing Adrian had a global hit with his standalone novel The Chain. Adrian's books have won the Edgar Award, the Ned Kelly Award (3 times), The Anthony Award, Barry Award, Macavity Award and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. His books have been translated into over 40 languages.

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Rain Dogs: Detective Sean Duffy, Book 5 by Adrian McKinty

Love the Irish narrator!

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DrApple | 27 other reviews | May 15, 2024 |

Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly… by Adrian McKinty

Duffy winds up in the clut ches of the IRA.

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DrApple | 26 other reviews | May 15, 2024 |

Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly… by Adrian McKinty

1988 Sean Duffy 1988. Belfast still going to hell. Sean still stuck in his rut. Baby Emma growing fast. Beth wants to move away from Coronation Road. Two drug dealers are murdered with a crossbow. Strange crimes in a place where everyone has guns. Strange still, no one claims the kills. Then the wife of second murdered drug dealer vanishes too. Political pressure to close the cases. Sean and the Crabman fail their police physicals. I liked this book because even within the realm of police stories, it felt like real life. Except for the extraordinary amount of violence, which I must say is definitely not part of my life.… (more)

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Dokfintong | 26 other reviews | May 8, 2024 |

The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty

In what his colleagues at the police station dub his "last case," Sean Duffy investigates the disappearance of a 15-year old girl. He is also dealing with his partial relocation to Scotland and anticipated move into the RUC reserves. As always, the audio narration by Gerard Doyle is perfection, and the story was good, if not destined to be one of my favorites in the series. I really hope this isn't his actual last case, as there is still so much more story to tell, both about Northern Ireland and about Sean Duffy.

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