This should make Quinn a star, for it is unquestionably one of the crime novels of the year, written in peerless prose, with a delicate plot - this is a novel to be read slowly and to be savoured sip by sip, as it slowly but surely snares you in its grip * Daily Mail *
One of the best books of the year. * The Strand Magazine *
Quinn enriches Disappeared with Irish history and he does an excellent job of ratcheting up the tension * The Rap Sheet *
Betrayal, Pathos, Compassion, Brutality... As beautifully written as the wild ferocity of Lough Neagh -- Ken Bruen
The beautifully written Disappeared is much more than a routine whodunnit as it unflinchingly lays bare Northern Ireland's society as it tries to come to terms with its violent past. Outstanding * Irish Independent *
Widely anticipated... A tough yet lyrical novel, evoking that desperate period of Irish history' * Sunday Times *
The Troubles of Northern Ireland are not over. This message is so disturbingly, convincingly and elegantly conveyed in Anthony Quinn's first novel... Beautifully haunting' * The Times *
A highly original take on a much-traversed topic. He writes with melancholic elegance, and persuades us that the Troubles are never over * The Times, Books of the Year *
Atmospheric, elegant... It is a police procedural of the highest quality and has remained in my mind since I encountered it five months ago... A crime novel to be savoured' * Daily Mail, Books of the Year. *
