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Michael Connelly
Declan Hughes breathes new life into the private detective story with The Wrong Kind of Blood
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‘To call Declan Hughes "a natural" is to engage in understatement. Here is a crime novel that’s both deftly plotted and truly character-driven. Like Chandler’s Los Angeles, Hughes’s Dublin is brilliantly atmospheric. The dialogue crackles and the characters have a truly lived-in authenticity. A great read’ (Douglas Kennedy 20060416)
'A masterful debut’ (Daily Ireland 20060603)
‘Vivid characters, realistic dialogue and narrative . . . An exciting and thought-provoking thriller’
‘A great plot and marvellous descriptions and dialogue’
‘Distinctive, witty, violent and moving, The Wrong Kind of Blood is reminiscent of the best of classic American crime fiction, yet ultimately Hughes's voice is utterly his own. With The Wrong Kind of Blood, Irish crime fiction has come of age’
(John Connolly 20060521)‘Declan Hughes breathes new life into the private detective story with The Wrong Kind of Blood. This thrilling ride of deception brilliantly teaches us that the past is never far behind us, that it can reach out and grab us at any time’
(Michael Connelly 20060516)'A very strong debut indeed, and Rankin fans should find this a must-read'
(Sue Baker, Publishing News 20060430)‘All in all, The Wrong Kind of Blood is the sort of crime novel you really want to read . . . The plot is well-constructed, the characters well-rounded. The dialogue is to die for’
(Irish Times 20060603)'Fabulous . . . a refreshing new voice in the crime genre'
(Love Reading 20060603)'A masterful debut’ (Daily Ireland 20060603)
'A fast-paced, tightly-written thriller, The Wrong Kind of Blood takes an uncomfortably penetrating look at modern Ireland . . . give it a whirl, it's worth it' - Ailin Quinlan
(Irish Examiner Weekend 20060501)'Finally Ireland gets a hardboiled detective worthy of the name...- it's not hard to see why [Declan Hughes'] publisher placed so much faith in such a relative newcomer' - Robert Mayes
(Ireland on Sunday 20060501)'Top class . . . Fast moving, and paced with acutely observed dialogue, Hughes draws an accurate and decidedly dark picture of the changes wrought by Celtic Tiger Ireland on Seaview and its inhabitants. Highly recommended'
(Irish Independent Review 20060501)'Hughes is in his element describing the sites and sounds of the places Loy visits' - Ken Griffin
(Sunday Tribune 20060501)‘Declan Hughes manages the extremely difficult trick of not only locating a credible thriller in Ireland but also casting an eye on the way this society has changed utterly in the past two decades . . . Hughes laces his plot with razor-sharp and frequently hilarious comments on Irish society’
(Herald AM and Evening Herald 20060501)'After this assured debut there is little doubt that [Ed Loy] will be back in print and, quite possibly, on the small screen'
(Sunday Business Post (Ireland) 20060801)'A classic PI novel ... Hughes’s vivid characters, realistic dialogue and narrative drive make this a very successful début'
(Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph/Seven 20060801)'Irish crime fiction is in a confident and exciting mood just now, and this book suggests that the Ed Loy series will deserve to be part of that boom'
(Mat Coward, Morning Star )'Declan Hughes has written a thriller that is a hell of a good read... there’s an energy to his writing that suggests he’s in it for the long haul'
(Lee Dunne, Irish Sunday Independent )‘A tautly-penned crime thriller from a new writing talent.’
(Nottingham Evening Post, John Brunton )‘Declan Hughes must be congratulated on producing a book that brings the reader the feeling of being in Ireland like the best of American traditional private-eye fiction.’
‘Vivid characters, realistic dialogue and narrative . . . An exciting and thought-provoking thriller’
(Sunday Telegraph )
‘I’d be prepared to swear that there has never been a character in Irish crime fiction with a name so taut, muscular and slyly tongue in cheek as Ed Loy . . .'
(Arminta Wallace, Irish Times )'Authors to watch in 2006'
(Irish Times )‘As for Ed Loy, after this assured debut there is little doubt he will be back in print and, quite possibly, on the small screen’
(Sunday Tribune Review )'A strong, witty debut'
(West Australian )‘Highly promising’
(Irish Times )‘A great plot and marvellous descriptions and dialogue’
(Pauline McLynn of Father Ted fame, now a novelist )
‘(Declan Hughes’s) Ed Loy, a private eye who learnt his trade in LA, brings West Coast thrills to the Irish scene’
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