The sole survivor of a murderous ambush, a Belfast police detective is
forced into a desperate search for a mysterious informer that takes him
to a holy island on Lough Derg, a place shrouded in strange mists and
hazy rain, where nothing is as it first appears to be.
A keeper of secrets and a purveyor of lies, the detective finds himself
surrounded by enemies disguised as pilgrims, and is drawn deeper into
the mysteries of the purgatorial island, where he is forced to confront
a series of disturbing secrets and ghosts in his own life.
Haunting and unsettling, Turncoat is a story of guilt, survival, and
the terrible price of self-knowledge, told through the voice of a
detective with a double life. Descending into paranoia and self-doubt,
he uncovers a sinister panorama of cover-ups and conspiracies. The
closer he edges to the truth, the deeper he is drawn into the currents
of power, violence and guilt engulfing his country . . .
Praise for Anthony J. Quinn:
"This should make Quinn a star, for it is unquestionably one of the
crime novels of the year." --Daily Mail
"Superbly original." --Sunday Express
"Beautifully written . . . a novel that demonstrates how capacious the
crime fiction genre can be." --Independent
