The book
“An absorbing, beautifully written tale.”—The Times
A sophisticated crime story of contemporary Ireland, The Midnight Choir teems with moral dilemmas and Dublin emerges as a city of ambiguity: a newly-scrubbed face hiding a criminal culture of terrible variety. Small-time criminals have become millionaire businessmen, the poor are still struggling to survive, and the police face a world where the old rules no longer apply. “Believe me, you want The Midnight Choir with you on holiday,” says The Sunday Business Post. “This is the kind of book you pass on to someone you like, and say ‘read this.’”
The author
Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan is the author of The Midnight Choir and the CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning novel, The Rage. He lives in Dublin.
Press
- Nov 11 2007
New York Magazine: "The author does everything well. He conveys beautifully the rituals of cops and their quarry, while evoking the feel of a city where new yuppie affluence rubs up against the remnants of a seedy, savage past." - Jun 26 2007
Mostly Fiction: "In this intriguing police procedural, Kerrigan keeps the action crisp and fast-paced, with plenty of complications to keep the reader busy." - May 4 2007
The New York Times: "Good news for readers who can appreciate the moral complexities of this flawed hero. " - Apr 18 2007
The New Yorker: "With respect to crime books that show a genuine literary gift, my pick of the current batch would have to be Gene Kerrigan’s 'The Midnight Choir.'" - Apr 1 2007
Entertainment Weekly: "The lethal precision of his closing punches leave quite a lasting mark." - Mar 9 2007
Library Journal (starred review): "Kerrigan gets the midnight choir humming in an intricately plotted novel that can safely be mentioned in the same breath as those by Rankin."