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Ken Bruen

Ireland   (1951 - )
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About Ken Bruen
Ken Bruen, born in Galway in 1951, is the author of The Guards (2001), the highly acclaimed first Jack Taylor novel. He spent twenty-five years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, S.E. Asia and South America. His novel Her Last Call to Louis Mac Niece (1997) is in production for Pilgrim Pictures, his "White Trilogy" has been bought by Channel 4, and The Guards is to be filmed in Ireland by De Facto Films.
 
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Once Were Cops
Once Were Cops

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Dublin Noir
 
Awards
Macavity Awards Best Novel nominee (2004) : The Guards
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (2004) : The Guards
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (2004) : The Guards
Anthony Awards Best Novel nominee (2005) : The Killing of the Tinkers
Macavity Awards Best Novel winner (2005) : The Killing of the Tinkers
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (2007) : The Dramatist
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (2008) : Priest


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Ken Bruen recommends
The Trojan Dog
The Trojan Dog (1999)
Dorothy Johnston
"The investigator, a mother with all the burdens of modern life, is a terrific creation and achingly real."
End of the Line
End of the Line (2003)
(Emma Boylan Murder Mystery, book 3)
K T McCaffrey
"K T McCaffrey writes like a dream: elegant and witty, but with a heart of coldest steel."
Immoral
Immoral (2005)
(Jonathan Stride, book 1)
Brian Freeman
"One hell of a read, gut-wrenching and exciting."
Escape Clause
Escape Clause (2006)
(Bill Tasker, book 3)
James O Born
"James O. Born is the future of crime fiction."
City for Ransom
City for Ransom (2006)
(Alastair Ransom, book 1)
Robert W Walker
"It's the best pairing of a fictional couple in recent memory. Walker takes Caleb Carr territory to a new level. I read it in one sitting. Ransom your soul for this one."
The Follower
The Follower (2007)
Jason Starr
"The Follower does for dating what Jaws did for swimming."
Paying for It
Paying for It (2008)
(Gus Dury, book 1)
Tony Black
"One adrenalin-pumped novel... the narrative blasts off the page like a triple malt."
Small Crimes
Small Crimes (2008)
Dave Zeltserman
"Unputdownable. Classic noir, dark, funny, shocking and absolutely no compromise. Pure magic of the blackest kind."



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