Peter's Books
A comprehensive list of books written and contributed to by Peter Quinn
Cross Bronx
A Writing Life
“… this delightful memoir is proof positive of Quinn’s credentials as a native son. Cross Bronx is [a] wry, eloquent and relentlessly compassionate story…”
– Alice McDermott
Banished Children of Eve
A Novel of Civil War New york
"Historical fiction as well made and whole as this is not common.... Convincing and intriguing… Hardly a page of this book is without some revelation."
– The New York Times Book Review
Looking For Jimmy: A Search For Irish America
A Mixture of Memoir and History that Seeks to Define the Essence of the Urban Irish Catholic Experience.
"You don't have to be Irish or Irish-American to love this book. Whoever you are, you are in it. This is the kind of book you will want to bestow on anyone with, or without, a hyphen in their history."
– Frank McCourt
Dry Bones
The celebrated THIRD installment in the Fintan Dunne trilogy.
"Quinn knows New York and its politics better than anyone. This is noir fiction at its finest."
– William Kennedy
The Man Who Never Returned
The celebrated second installment in the Fintan Dunne trilogy.
"In The Man Who Never Returned, Peter Quinn shapes a tantalizing tale around the enduring mystery of Judge Joseph Force Crater, whose disappearance remains a major mystery. Quinn knows New York and its politics better than anyone. The talk and the story are as sharp and hard-edged as they city they embody. This is noir fiction at its finest."
– William Kennedy
Hour of the Cat
A Murder Mystery Set In New York and Berlin on the Eve of World War II.
"The pacing is tight, the descriptions of New York in the 1930s rich, the characters engaging, and the dialogue pitch perfect. Only a churl could resist"
– The Boston Globe
