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14.04.09
Gallows Lane" has been shortlisted for the 2009 Irish Crime Writer Award. Author Brian McGilloway talked about his love of crime writing on Ireland AM.
Hailing from Derry City, he teaches English full time there. He has had three crime novels published in the last three years and was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association New Blood Dagger award for his debut novel 'Borderlands.'
His debut novel 'Borderlands' was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association New Blood Dagger award.
In 2007 McGilloway signed with Pan Macmillan to write three crime thrillers in his Inspector Devlin series.
'Gallows Lane' his second novel has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards/Ireland AM Crime Novel of the Year. The winner will be decided by public vote between now and 1st May.
About Gallows Lane
Gallows Lane is about a series of gruesome murders that take place in the Irish Borderlands. It's summertime in the Irish borderlands. As temperatures rise, a series of gruesome murders takes place. Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin's enquiries point to a local body-builder, but when born-again ex-con James Kerr is found nailed to a tree - crucified Devlin realises that the case is more complex, and more sinister then he had first imagined. It seems the ghosts of the past are haunting the present.
Torn between his family and his job, Devlin is determined to apprehend the culprit -or culprits- before they strike again even as the carnage starts to jeopardise those he cares about most.
Meanwhile, as Devlin's relationship with his colleagues on both sides of the border become increasingly fraught, and the body count continues to rise, he finds himself fighting for much more than just the truth.
His third novel is Bleed A River Deep and was released earlier this month.
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