Anthony Quinn
1) Trespass
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Detective Celcius Daly is investigating the abduction of a boy by a group of travelers already under investigation for smuggling and organized crime. As he digs into the child's background, he discovers a family secret linked to an unsolved crime during The Troubles — the disappearance of a young woman and her baby. Daly's investigation shakes loose some harrowing truths about the lawlessness of Northern Ireland's border country.
Undergoing an...
Author
Publisher
Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
Language
English
Description
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. Move over Nordic Noir-the Irish are coming.London at the dawn of 1918 and Ireland's most famous literary figure, W.B. 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...
3) Blind Arrows
Author
Publisher
Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
Language
English
Description
Dublin 1919. A city at war with itself, a cauldron of soldiers, spies, rebels and political intrigue. The mysterious and seductive Lily Merrin, secretary at Dublin Castle, is on a mission, but whose side is she on and what is compelling her to consider the ultimate sacrifice? Charismatic Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins burns with a vision for his country, but others are plotting his downfall. And now Martin Kant, an English journalist,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in a South African hospital, Hobday (Anthony Quinn) is a male nurse assigned to care for a foreign President (Simon Sabela). With many threats against him, the leader is heavily guarded around the clock. Hobday manages to kidnap him for personal gain, unaware that a hired sniper is still attempting to kill the leader. But it turns out that things aren't exactly what they seem to be.
Author
Language
English
Description
The latest novel set during the War of Independence from Irish writer Anthony J. Quinn, author of Disappeared which was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year and Times Book of the Year pick 2014. Dublin 1919. A city at war with itself, a cauldron of soldiers, spies, rebels and political intrigue. The mysterious and seductive Lily Merrin, secretary at Dublin Castle, is on a mission but whose side is she on and what is compelling...
6) Turncoat
Author
Language
English
Description
The sole survivor of a murderous ambush, a Belfast police detective is forced into a desperate search for a mysterious informer that takes him to a holy island on Lough Derg, a place shrouded in strange mists and hazy rain, where nothing is as it first appears to be.
A keeper of secrets and a purveyor of lies, the detective finds himself surrounded by enemies disguised as pilgrims, and is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the purgatorial island,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Anthony J Quinn's debut novel, Disappeared, was a Times Book of the Year in 2014. The Blood Dimmed Tide, 'an Irish Shadow of the Wind' (Crime Time) is a thrilling piece of historical crime fiction set in Ireland during World War One. 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...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
New Orleans is the target for the final thrust of the British in the War of 1812. General Andrew Jackson's (Charlton Heston) dependence on the help of pirate king Jean Lafitte (Yul Brynner) to repel the British is complicated by the Governor's daughter. This spectacular production supervised by Cecil B. DeMille, tells in sweeping action the little-known story of how a pirate turned the tide in America's favor in the War of 1812. Nominated for Best...
11) Zorba the Greek
Series
Studio classic volume 21
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
[Widescreen version.].
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When he hires an eccentric stranger named Zorba to work in a mine he has inherited on Crete, Basil, a timid English writer, finds himself drawn into a world far more exciting and dangerous than any he has known.
13) One man tango
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1995
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
388 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
High definition.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (227 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cinematic account of the life of T.E. Lawrence who, as a World War I British Army officer, helped unite rival Arab tribes in their fight against the Turkish.
15) Barabbas
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Pardoned instead of Christ, Barabbas is haunted for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulphur mines and then to gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend give his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith....
16) No greater love
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jeff and Heather had it all. They were best friends from childhood, high school sweethearts, and married by the age of 22. Jeff considers them to be the 'lucky ones' until Heather suddenly disappears after the birth of their son. Ten years later she shockingly reappears in the most unexpected place.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After returning from World War II, a young G.I. finds he has little in common with the wife he left behind. Disillusioned, he heads north to work as a travelling salesman where he meets the daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner. On her way home, she is terrified of what her father will do when he learns she is unmarried and pregnant. The young man gallantly offers to help by posing as her husband for one night, unaware that doing so will change both...