The Blood dimmed Tide

London at the dawn of 1918 and Ireland’s most famous literary figure, WB Yeats, is immersed in supernatural investigations at his Bloomsbury rooms.

Haunted by the restless spirit of an Irish girl whose body is mysteriously washed ashore in a coffin, Yeats undertakes a perilous journey back to Ireland with his apprentice ghost-catcher Charles Adams to piece together the killer’s identity.

Surrounded by spies, occultists and Irish rebels, the two are led on a gripping journey along Ireland’s wild Atlantic coast, through the ruins of its abandoned estates, and into its darkest, most haunted corners. Falling under the spell of dark forces, Yeats and his novice ghost-catcher come dangerously close to crossing the invisible line that divides the living from the dead.

• An Irish ‘Shadow of the Wind’, with sub-plots involving espionage, romance, hauntings, literary preoccupations, a violent war and a corrupt and murderous police force. It also involves the British War Office, the threat of a German invasion in Ireland and Winston Churchill
• Move over Nordic Noir – the Irish are coming. Anthony Quinn joins a long list of outstanding contemporary Irish crime writers including Stuart Neville, Brian McGilloway, Ken Bruen and John Connolly
• 2014 commemorates the centenary of the First World War and the 75th anniversary of Yeats’ death heightening general media interest from time of publication onwards
• Anthony Quinn’s Celcius Daly mysteries published to great acclaim in the US by Mysterious Press and will be published in the UK by Head of Zeus
• Anthony Quinn will be making appearances at various festivals including CrimeFest and Harrogate in addition to an extensive marketing campaign including online promotions and book blogging tour