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Rob Kitchin

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I work at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth where I'm director of a research institute. I'm the author of two police procedural novels set in Ireland, and author or editor of 20 academic books and a 12 volume encyclopedia. I also edit two academic journals and two book series. My passions are reading and writing crime fiction and undertaking research on social issues. I contribute to two blogs: The View From the Blue House and Ireland After NAMA.


I’ve almost finished Ghost Town by Michael Clifford, which has proved to be a very entertaining read. I’ll try and post a review tomorrow. The only thing that I’ve found a little unsettling is that it reads like another author's work. If I’d been given the tome minus the cover I would have sworn it had been written by Gene Kerrigan. It has the same voice, same style, the same locale, the same... read more »
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Published on May 28, 2012 02:33
Average rating: 3.95 · 43 ratings · 13 reviews · 27 distinct works
The Rule Book
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009
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The White Gallows
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Killer Reels
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Disability, Space and Society
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Saturday's Child by Ray Banks
Saturday's Child (Cal Innes, #1)
by Ray Banks
read in September, 2010
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Saturday’s Child is a gritty view of the Northern underclass; hard men prowling the streets getting into scrapes and dodgy deals, making ends meet with menaces, and the other folk who survive amongst them. Banks does a credible job of portraying post...more
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The Arms Maker of Berlin by Dan Fesperman
The Arms Maker of Berlin
by Dan Fesperman
read in September, 2010
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The Arms Maker of Berlin is a curious book. It’s essentially an Indiana Jones-style hunt for important historical documents, with a tangle of individuals and groups also after the prize. It’s a book that left me a little conflicted. It really shouldn...more
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The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald
The Green Ripper
by John D. MacDonald
read in September, 2010
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The Green Ripper is the 18th McGee novel in a series of twenty one. Macdonald writes elegantly in an easy and engaging style. His characterisation is excellent, and he has a keen eye for observing and commenting on different social phenomena. The fir...more
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Ghost Town by Michael Clifford
Ghost Town
by Michael Clifford
read in May, 2012
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Ghost Town is a very well written and entertaining debut novel. Michael Clifford is an Irish journalist and columnist and brings all his skills as a seasoned writer to the book. The real strengths of the novel are its plotting, the characterization,...more
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Buried Strangers by Leighton Gage
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Buried Strangers is an engaging read. Gage writes in an assured, economical style heavy on dialogue and action. The political, social and economic relations of modern Brazil are laid bare without overly dominating the text; there’s plenty of context...more
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Killed At The Whim Of A Hat by Colin Cotterill
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I’m a fan of Cotterill’s Dr Siri series set in Laos in the 1970s. Although the characters are all a bit eccentric, they are all believable, warm and sit together comfortably, and there is a lovely sense of place and time. Killed at the Whim of a Hat...more
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HHhH by Laurent Binet
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Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
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Smoked by Patrick Quinlan
Smoked
by Patrick Quinlan
read in September, 2010
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I thought the opening chapter of Smoked was excellent. If the whole book had managed to keep up the same pace and style it would have been a cracker. As it was, the following chapters got bogged down in back story and manoeuvring characters into posi...more
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South of No North by Charles Bukowski
South of No North
by Charles Bukowski
read in October, 2010
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Bukowski’s prose is rich, whilst still maintaining a show rather than tell style, and there is much to admire in the writing. His short stories are often only a thousand words or so, but are vivid and engaging, and it’s clear why Time magazine labell...more
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40623 Do Some Damage — 90 members — last activity Aug 02, 2011 05:51am
Online discussion group for fans of crime fiction, an offshoot, so to speak, of DoSomeDamage.com Do Some Damage is a group of eight crime writers, each...more



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