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Declan Hughes


Ireland (b.1963)

Declan Hughes is the author of the Ed Loy PI series: The Wrong Kind of Blood; The Colour of Blood; The Price of Blood/The Dying Breed; All The Dead Voices and City of Lost Girls. His books have been nominated for the Edgar, CWA New Blood Dagger, Shamus, Macavity and Theakston's Old Peculier awards. The Wrong Kind of Blood won the Shamus for Best First PI Novel, and, in France, the Le Point Magazine prize for best foreign crime novel. Declan is also an award-winning playwright, and the co-founder and former artistic director of Dublin's Rough Magic Theatre Company. His latest novel is called All The Things You Are.
 

Awards: Shamus (2007)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Ed Loy
   1. The Wrong Kind of Blood (2006)
   2. The Colour of Blood (2007)

     aka The Color of Blood

   3. The Dying Breed (2008)

     aka The Price of Blood

   4. All the Dead Voices (2009)
   5. City of Lost Girls (2010)
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Novels
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Collections
   Plays: Vol 1 (1998)
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Plays show
 
Books containing stories by Declan Hughes
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Trouble is Our Business (2016)
An Anthology of Irish Crime Writers
edited by
Declan Burke
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Down These Green Streets (2011)
Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century
edited by
Declan Burke

Awards
2007 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel : The Wrong Kind of Blood

Award nominations
2010 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Dying Breed
2009 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Colour of Blood
2009 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : The Dying Breed
2009 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Dying Breed
2009 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Dying Breed
2008 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : The Colour of Blood


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