Gene Kerrigan

La próspera Irlanda lleva una década enamorada de su propio éxito, pero en las calles de Dublín se siguen cometiendo los mismos delitos que antes y mafiosos como Lar Mackendrick campan a sus anchas. El inspector Harry Synnott lo sabe bien tras veinte años de servicio en la Garda Síochána, el cuerpo policial de la República de Irlanda. Aunque su decisiva participación en varios casos importantes le ha valido el respeto y la admiración de sus superiores, la mayoría de sus compañeros lo consideran un traidor por haber denunciado a otros agentes. Mientras investiga un posible caso de violación por parte de un chico de buena familia y trata de encerrar a un peligroso atracador largamente perseguido, un caso del pasado amenaza con destruir la carrera del controvertido policía.

Los años de dinero a espuertas y de una Irlanda próspera han terminado bruscamente con el estallido de la burbuja inmobiliaria, y Bob Tidey, un honesto policía que aún patea las calles de Dublín a pesar de sus mas de veinticinco años en el cuerpo, investiga la relacion entre los asesinatos de un banquero corrupto y de un delincuente de poca monta. Al poco de salir de prision, Vincent Naylor, antiguo maton de un mafioso local, prepara un golpe cuya recompensa merece correr importantes riesgos. La monja Maura Coady, retirada y acosada por remordimientos y malos recuerdos, ve a traves de la ventana de su casa algo que no puede ignorar; cuando de el aviso a Tidey, se desatara una ola de furia y ciega violencia que podria arrastrarlos a todos.

Desde que saliera de la penitenciaría dublinesa de Mountjoy e intentara establecerse como delincuente por su cuenta, Frankie Crowe no había tenido suerte. Harto de golpes que a duras penas le daban para el alquiler -y que bien podrian ponerlo de nuevo entre rejas-, un ambicioso Crowe planea secuestrar a Justin Kennedy, un banquero que ha prosperado en los años dorados del Tigre Celta. Pero para ello necesita contar con la aprobacion del temido Jo-Jo Mackendrick, antiguo jefe de Frankie y conocido mafioso local. Las reticencias de Jo-Jo no frenaran el impetu de Crowe, como tampoco lo hara descubrir que Justin Kennedy es un abogado y no un banquero. Aunque el secuestro va de mal en peor y la policia estrecha el cerco en torno a la banda de Frankie, este no esta dispuesto a renunciar al rescate de un millon de euros y a dejar de ser un delincuente de medio pelo.El veterano periodista irlandes Gene Kerrigan debuto como novelista en 2005 con "Delincuentes de medio pelo", trepidante inmersion en las entrañas de la Irlanda boyante de los años noventa.Una salvaje radiografia de la Irlanda contemporanea. The GuardianKerrigan posee un genuino talento literario. Su escritura es un lujo. The New Yorker

Two worlds are about to collide. Kevin and Angela Kennedy are doing fine. Better than fine. They have wealth, position, love, children and a limitless future. Jo-Jo Mackendrick is a pillar of Dublin gangland, a man determined that nothing endangers his hard-earned supremacy. Into their lives comes Frankie Crowe, an ambitious criminal tired of risking his life for small change. Together with a crew of singularly dangerous men, Frankie decides that kidnap could be the first step on his climb to a better life. As his planned kidnap plays out, Gene Kerrigan throws a harsh light on modern Ireland, where the agenda is no longer set by Catholic bishops or masked paramilitaries, but by the drive for wealth and success. Little Criminals is a story of violence and suspense. It's also about what happens to the fragile things - friendship, love, compassion - when all hell breaks loose.

Justin and Angela Kennedy have money, love, children and a limitless future. Jo-Jo Mackendrick is a pillar of Dublin gangland society; a man determined that nothing will endanger his hard-earned supremacy. Into their lives come Frankie Crowe, an ambitious criminal tired of risking his life for small change. Kidnap could be the first step on his climb to a better life, and he knows just the kind of dangerous men to make it happen...

Danny Callaghan is just out of jail and enjoying a quiet drink in a Dublin pub when two men walk in with guns. On impulse, he intervenes to rescue the intended victim, petty criminal Walter Bennett, and finds himself dragged into Dublins murky underworld. As the police grope for answers and Danny struggles to protect those he loves, the rising tensions between the gangs threaten to erupt into a bloody showdown.Dark Times in the City portrays a society stumbling from prosperity to uncertainty - where cocaine and easy money have fuelled a ruthless gang culture and a mans impulsive decency may cost him the lives of those who matter most.

Sometimes, getting away with it is all that matters.Dixie Peyton, widow of a petty criminal, is struggling to regain custody of her son. In desperation she seeks the help of controversial detective Harry Synnott, a man obsessed by his own interpretation of justice. But Synnott has other priorities. As he finds himself getting deeper into trouble, Dixie risks becoming a sacrifice on the altar of Synnotts career.Meanwhile the police have arrested a blood-stained man. They seem to have chanced upon a murderer - now they need to find out who he killed. Ruthless gangland leader Lar Mackendrick is hunting an informer. And armed thief Joshua Boyce is about to rob a jewellers shop. For all of them, as the pressure mounts and the choices become stark, getting away with it is all that matters.

In the last hours of the 1916 Easter Rising, 20-year old Charlie Saurin came face to face with his Commander-in-Chief, Patrick Pearse. In a final gamble, Pearse had a desperate plan to save the collapsing rebellion.It required the sacrifice of Saurin and his comrades.The Scrap is the true story of the rising, from first-hand evidence, as seen by one rebel unit - F Company, 2nd Battalion - following them from the first skirmish in Fairview to the inferno of the GPO.Told in the context of some of the major events of that week, the story of F Company brings alive the excitement, the humour, the horror and the contradictions of that decisive moment in the creation of the Irish state.

Winner of the 2012 Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel Vincent Naylor, a professional thief, is fresh out of jail. His latest project, an armed robbery, is just days away.Bob Tidey, an honest, hardworking policeman, dedicated to public service, is about to commit perjury.Maura Coady, a retired nun living in a Dublin backstreet, is lost in bad memories and regrets. Then, she sees something that she cant ignore, and makes a phone call that will unleash a storm of violence.

Irelands economic collapse hit with bewildering speed and cut deep into many lives. At a time when we most needed leadership, our politicians let us down, telling us we were all to blame for the recession and that we just needed to suffer a little pain to make everything right again. It was a Big Lie.This book offers an alternative view to the official cover story of austerity. Its about the great majority of us who werent gambling with our future. Its about whats being done to us, who is doing it and why. Its also about who benefits from this and who gets it in the neck. And what we might do about that.Gene Kerrigan delves deep into the muddy waters of the boom and crash, the chaos in the banks, the intervention by the troika and the erosion of democracy. He looks at how the Dail and the media became full of mindless free market cheerleaders, how the country became laden down with unregulated bankers, and how the government acquiesced in imposing a destructive programme of austerity on the Irish people.Meanwhile, the elites in our society wrap the green flag around themselves, calling for sacrifice and patriotism, while they hold on fiercely to every perk and privilege. Its time to tell the truth.

From crime to verdict, award-winning journalist Gene Kerrigan tells the brutal stories of some of Irelands most notorious murders, kidnappings and violent attacksHard Cases is a collection of startling stories about the reality of crime and court cases in Ireland. In these stories, there are no crime bosses with quaint nicknames; the police dont collect convenient clues that tell them whodunnit. Instead, it contains cases both famous and obscure in which the outcome is sometimes just, sometimes unsettling and always complicated, in which there are no easy answers and no simple victims.In Hard Cases, you will delve into the criminal underworld of Ireland, starting with the tale of Dessie OHare which records in breathtaking detail the inside story of a notorious kidnapping.Theres the story of Karl Crawley, a sometimes gentle, sometimes wild young Dublin man who found a shocking way of fighting back against authority.Then theres the story of Peter Matthews, who went into a police station to answer questions about a petty crime and ended up dead with gardai covering up the reason why.Hard Cases also exposes the story behind some Irelands most infamous crime scenes: how did Fr Molloy come to die in the bedroom of his married friends? What happened when Christy Payne came home to find his daughters boyfriend wielding a hatchet?Hard Cases is a must-read revealing the true stories behind some of Irelands most famous headlines and exposing the machinations of the Irish justice system, it is a shocking and fascinating snapshot of Irish crime, criminals and court cases.

From First Communions to CIÉ Mystery Tours – the heartwarming story of award-winning journalist Gene Kerrigans childhood in Dublin in the 50sIn his highly addictive style, Gene Kerrigan effortlessly

Lautor de The Rage presenta "una història absorbent, bellament escrita i crua sobre la detecció i la corrupció irlandesa". — The Times, Londres En Danny Callaghan acaba de sortir de la presó després

Los años de dinero a espuertas y de una Irlanda próspera han terminado bruscamente con el estallido de la burbuja inmobiliaria, y Bob Tidey, un honesto policía que aún patea las calles de Dublín a pesar de sus mas de veinticinco años en el cuerpo, investiga la relacion entre los asesinatos de un banquero corrupto y de un delincuente de poca monta. Al poco de salir de prision, Vincent Naylor, antiguo maton de un mafioso local, prepara un golpe cuya recompensa merece correr importantes riesgos. La monja Maura Coady, retirada y acosada por remordimientos y malos recuerdos, ve a traves de la ventana de su casa algo que no puede ignorar; cuando de el aviso a Tidey, se desatara una ola de furia y ciega violencia que podria arrastrarlos a todos.

En Danny Callaghan acaba de sortir de la presó després de vuit anys de condemna. Un dia, quan s’està prenent una cervesa en un pub de Dublín tranquil·lament, dos pinxos perdonavides entren armats per

En libertad condicional tras pasar ocho años en la cárcel, Danny Callaghan lleva una vida tranquila y sin sobresaltos en una barriada de Dublín. Una noche, mientras bebe una pinta en el pub de su amigo Novak, dos matones armados irrumpen en el local con la intencion de cargarse a Walter Bennett, un delincuente de medio pelo al que Callaghan conocio en prision. Sin pensarlo, Danny interviene y frustra los planes de los esbirros del temido ganster Lar Mackendrick. Inmerso en una guerra con otra banda para controlar la ciudad, Mackendrick amenaza a Danny con matar a sus seres queridos si no hace lo que le pide.