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Adrian McKinty is an Irish novelist known for his suspense and crime novels. Born in 1968, his works are often set in Ireland and Northern Ireland, blending historical and contemporary elements.

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Famous Adrian McKinty Quotes

“Getting rid of the mirrors—what a joke that was. Just hiding the truth. All those smashed mirrors in the town dump. All that bad luck circling back to her.”

Despair Cancer Bad Luck Appearances

Book:The Chain

Source: The Chain

“The riot had taken on a beauty of its own now. Arcs of gasoline fire under the crescent moon. Crimson tracer in mystical parabolas. Phosphorescence from the barrels of plastic bullet guns. A distant yelling like that of men below decks in a torpedoed prison ship. The scarlet whoosh of Molotovs intersecting with exacting surfaces. Helicopters everywhere: their spotlights finding one another like lovers in the Afterlife. And all this through a lens of oleaginous Belfast rain.”

Beauty Revolution Bombs Riot Helicopters

Book:The Cold Cold Ground

Source: The Cold Cold Ground

“If you really have to get shot, Belfast is one of the best places to do it. After twenty years of the Troubles, and after thousands of assassination attempts and punishment shootings, Belfast has trained many of the best gunshot-trauma surgeons in the world.”

Irony Ireland Belfast

Book:Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly

Source: Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly

“It's been my experience that only children never learn when to keep their fucking traps shut. An older brother would have beat that out of you.”

Talking Siblings Brothers Only Children

Book:The Cold Cold Ground

Source: The Cold Cold Ground

“A cocked .38 doesn't feel the same as an unprimed revolver. The frame tightens differently, the trigger is on a hair and this tension is communicated to you and the people around you.”

Tension Guns Revolver 38

Book:The Cold Cold Ground

Source: The Cold Cold Ground

“A black Mercedes Benz 450 SL pulled up. It was your classic hood auto beloved of terrorists, pimps and African dictators.”

Car Cars Terrorists Mercedes Benz Pimps African Dictators

Book:The Cold Cold Ground

Source: The Cold Cold Ground

“Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.”

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Book:The Sean Duffy Collection

Source: The Sean Duffy Collection

“The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket.”

Needs Book Past Minutes Sticks Pockets

Book:The Sean Duffy Collection

Source: The Sean Duffy Collection

“With gas cookers and chip pans in every kitchen, the chip-pan fire was by far the most popular method these Proddies had for burning their houses down. The second technique was the ever popular chimney fire and number three had to be the drunken cigarette drop on the carpet. Mind you, why they'd be cooking chips at this hour was anyone's guess.”

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Book:The Cold Cold Ground

Source: The Cold Cold Ground

“Drawing Dead is a brilliant noir from one of Australia's most exciting new novelists.”

Exciting Brilliant Drawing Novelists Australia Noir

Author:Adrian McKinty

About the Author

Born: 1968
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 10

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The Cold Cold GroundRelated source material

The Sean Duffy CollectionRelated source material

Police at the Station and They Don't Look FriendlyRelated source material

The ChainRelated source material

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