title: Martin Quinn: A Novel of Suspense
author:  Anthony Lee 
description: This tough, gritty novel about the complex relationship between Martin Quinn, a tough, fatherless Irish kid who was raised by Italian gangsters, and Felix Pasko, the son of a Russian Mafioso, is a powerful, gripping thriller set in New York's brilliantly realized mean streets. Quinn is ambitious, not only for the respect of his criminal peers and the fortune to be made in the heroin trade, but also for his teenage sweetheart Penny, who's now married to Felix. The scheme that will achieve all his dreams is only hours away from success when revenge, greed, and betrayal lead to Felix's murder, a double-dealing ally's death, and a double homicide rap for Quinn, who must decide whether turning state's evidence against Felix's father will clear him of murder charges, make him a rich man, and gain him the most important prize of all--his best friend's widow. Lee excels at dramatizing his character's inner worlds as well as the milieu they inhabit; this is a psychologically astute novel that works on many levels and will keep the reader pinned to his seat until the last unexpected page. <i>--Jane Adams</i>
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  Praise for Anthony J Quinn
  
  ‘Quinn’s is a highly original take on a much-traversed topic. He writes with
  melancholic elegance’ – Times Books of the Year
  
  ‘Atmospheric, elegant…It is a police procedural of the highest quality and has
  remained in my mind since I encountered it five months ago… a crime novel to
  be savoured’ – Daily Mail Books of the Year
  
  ‘Quinn’s pacy prose walks a fine line between a James Lee Burke-like
  melancholy and the sort of muscularity found in Michael Connelly’s works… a
  tense and unpredictable ride’ – Sunday Herald
  
  ‘Finely honed plotting… Quinn’s greatest skill is the evocation of the
  landscape’ – Financial Times
  
  ‘Beautifully written… the experience of reading the book is irresistible’
  –Independent
  
  ‘A powerful tale stained with the darkest of noir’– Irish Times
  
  ‘The truth gradually becomes clear in this beautifully written novel’ –
  Literary Review
  
  ‘An absolute winner – a crime novel that doesn’t waste a single word in
  delivering its lean 