Quinn
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Quinn is an incredibly dark and fascinating thriller from Dublin - starring a modern-day Moriarty and his plans to wipe out an entire family without a hint of suspicion of foul-play. Gerd Quinn is a killer. He doesn't do the job himself, mind you. No, he's the one in the shadows, the mysterious 'third man' in every police file. He pulls the strings, smoothes the paths and generally is an expert in welcoming his targets to the hereafter in the most convincingly 'accidental' way, possible. He's clever, devious, amoral, and ... disturbingly likeable. Written from the first person perspective, it is both chilling, and darkly funny. Chilling, because this story is not so far from reality. The tragedy of Veronica Guerin, the slain investigative journalist cannot be too far from anyone's mind while reading it, and darkly funny as this is one man doing what he sees as his day-to-day job, with all that entails.
Author: Seamus Smyth
Format: Paperback, 356 pages, 155mm x 23mm, 439 g
Published: 1999, Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Quinn is an incredibly dark and fascinating thriller from Dublin - starring a modern-day Moriarty and his plans to wipe out an entire family without a hint of suspicion of foul-play. Gerd Quinn is a killer. He doesn't do the job himself, mind you. No, he's the one in the shadows, the mysterious 'third man' in every police file. He pulls the strings, smoothes the paths and generally is an expert in welcoming his targets to the hereafter in the most convincingly 'accidental' way, possible. He's clever, devious, amoral, and ... disturbingly likeable. Written from the first person perspective, it is both chilling, and darkly funny. Chilling, because this story is not so far from reality. The tragedy of Veronica Guerin, the slain investigative journalist cannot be too far from anyone's mind while reading it, and darkly funny as this is one man doing what he sees as his day-to-day job, with all that entails.
Quinn