Veteran journalist Gene Kerrigan is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, The Rage, won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year - an award previously won by authors including Belinda Bauer, Peter Temple, Michael Dibdin and Ian Rankin.
Gene Kerrigan is a great writer * Roddy Doyle * Muscular writing, a smart line in self-deprecating humour, terrific dialogue and an engrossing portrayal of the sights and sounds of Dublin noir * The Times * The writing in Dark Times is urgent and uncluttered, the plotting taut...Kerrigan's real coup lies in his assured portrayal of Danny Callaghan, a man with a chequered history but more than a flicker of humanity -- Daragh Reddin * Metro * Cruelly authentic... a very fine crime novel * Sunday Independent (Ireland) * Brilliant... Unbearably tense... stomach-churningly frightening * Observer *