Fintan Dunne Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Hour of the Cat | 2005 | Buy |
| The Man Who Never Returned | 2010 | Buy |
| Dry Bones | 2013 | Buy |
Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Looking for Jimmy | 2007 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Banished Children of Eve | 2008 | Buy |
Peter Quinn earned his bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College and a master’s in history from Fordham University. He worked as a speechwriter in political and corporate settings before turning to fiction. His first novel, Banished Children of Eve, won the American Book Award and tells the story of New York City during the Civil War draft riots.
Quinn’s Fintan Dunne trilogy picks up a descendant of one of that novel’s characters and follows him through decades of New York history as a private detective. The Hour of the Cat (2005) is set in the late 1930s and involves a Nazi-inspired eugenics plot. The Man Who Never Returned (2010) revisits the real unsolved disappearance of New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Crater in 1930. Dry Bones (2013) moves into the early Cold War, with Dunne working for the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA.
Quinn has also written the non-fiction essay collection Looking for Jimmy, which explores Irish-American identity and history. His fiction blends real historical events with noir-inflected mystery, rooted in the streets and politics of New York City.