DISAPPEARED

A gripping first crime novel from a very talented writer set in Northern Ireland after "the Troubles" seem to have ended. But for some, the fight goes on.

DISAPPEARED introduces Celcius Daly, a troubled Belfast police inspector who, in his own words, is laden with flawed judgment and misplaced loyalties. The tumultuous era in Northern Ireland known as "the Troubles" may have ended, but its aftereffects still ripple throughout Belfast as the novel begins. Though bombs no longer rock Belfast, for some the fight goes on. Retired Special Branch agent David Hughes disappears after looking into the previously closed case of Oliver Jordan, who went missing at the hands of the IRA decades ago. Soon after, a former spy is found bludgeoned to death, the day after placing his own obituary in the newspaper. Beneath Northern Ireland’s modern calm, ancient jealousies threaten to rend the country asunder once more. A Catholic detective in a Protestant nation, Celcius Daly knows too well the agonies of sectarian strife. To solve this string of murders, he must reach decades into the past, confronting a painful history that Ireland would prefer to forget. Anthony Quinn (b. 1971) is an Irish author and journalist. Born in Northern Ireland's County Tyrone, Quinn graduated in English at Queen's University, Belfast. After college, he worked a number of jobs--social worker, organic gardener, yoga teacher--before finding work as a journalist. He has written short stories for years, winning critical acclaim and, twice, a place on the short list for the Hennessy Literary Awards for New Irish Writing. He was also placed as runner-up in a Sunday Times food writing competition. Disappeared is his first novel. He is currently working on a sequel, Border Angels, which will also feature Inspector Celcius Daly. Quinn continues his work as a journalist, reporting on his home county for the Tyrone Times.