Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disappeared | 2012 | Anthony J. Quinn | Buy |
| 2 | Border Angels | 2013 | Anthony J. Quinn | Buy |
| 3 | Silence | 2015 | Anthony J. Quinn | Buy |
| 4 | Trespass | 2017 | Anthony J. Quinn | Buy |
| 5 | Undertow | 2017 | Anthony J. Quinn | Buy |
Anthony J. Quinn’s Inspector Celcius Daly series follows a detective investigating crimes in Northern Ireland still connected to the legacy of the Troubles. Disappeared (2012) introduces Daly through a missing persons case. The series continues with Border Angels (2013), Silence (2015), Trespass (2017), and Undertow (2017).
Quinn sets his mysteries along the border region between Northern Ireland and the Republic. The crimes Daly investigates are rarely straightforward murders; they tend to have roots in decades-old political violence. Disappeared opens with a case tied to the “disappeared” of the Troubles, people abducted and secretly buried by paramilitaries. Border Angels (2013) deals with human trafficking along the Irish border.
The five books span 2012 to 2017, with the last two arriving in the same year. Quinn writes with a strong sense of place, and the rural Irish landscape is as much a character as Daly himself. Readers interested in crime fiction that grapples with post-conflict societies will find this series worth their time.