Adrian McKinty's Blog

I have a new story in the Christmas Double Issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Its called The Other Side of the Window and tells the story of Rear Window from Thorwald's POV.

 

"If Raymond Chandler had grown up in N Ireland the Sean Duffy series is what
he wd have written."
Times of London
"The Sean Duffy books are one of the greatest contemporary detective series."
Washington Post
"Sean Duffy's return is a cause for celebration."
The Guardian

 

delighted to say that THE DETECTIVE UP LATE has been shortlisted for the 2024 Barry Award for Best Novel

huge thanks to the judges and the readers who nagged me into writing this one

good luck, of course, to all the nominees...

Duffy 7 starting to appear on a few best year of the lists. As always I am grateful to the critics who pick these lists but in the case of the Duffy books I am more grateful to the readers who nagged me into continuing with the character... I thought I was done with Sean but as I started digging into the history again I realized that they were a lot more crazy stories still to tell...