Author: Eoin Colfer

Plugged by Eoin Colfer Series: Daniel McEvoy #1 Genres: Noir, Adult, Comedy, Crime, Fiction, Thriller Published by Headline Publishing Group on September 1, 2011 Format: Hardcover Pages: 288 From the New York Times–bestselling author: “Outrageous characters, uproariously funny plot twists, and brutal, nonstop action . . . a sure-fire winner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)   Daniel McEvoy has a problem. Well, really, he has several, but for this Irish ex-pat bouncer at a seedy, small-time casino, the fact that his girlfriend was just murdered in the parking lot is uppermost in his mind. That is until lots of people around him start dying, and not of natural causes. Suddenly Daniel’s got half the New Jersey mob, dirty cops, and his man-crazy upstairs neighbor after him and he still doesn’t know what’s going on . . .   “A brilliant madcap mystery.” —Ridley Pearson   “Plugged is that rare book that mixes terrific suspense with laugh-out-loud humor.” —Associated Press   “Compared with that criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, Dan McEvoy is a bungling idiot. But that’s essentially the appeal of Eoin Colfer’s first adult protagonist . . . Lots of bloody fun.” —The New York Times Book Review   “Perfect noir . . . terrific.” —Harlan Coben This book may be unsuitable for people …

Highfire by Eoin Colfer Genres: Dragon, Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Young Adult Published by HarperCollins on January 28, 2020 Format: Hardcover Pages: 379 “True Detective meets Swamp Thing in the Artemis Fowl author’s neo-noirish thriller about a curmudgeonly dragon in Louisiana.” —Guardian From the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series comes a hilarious and high-octane adult novel about a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated life in the bayous of Louisiana—and the raucous adventures that ensue when he crosses paths with a fifteen-year-old troublemaker on the run from a crooked sheriff. In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs—now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent fire breather has been reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binging Netflix in a fishing shack. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide as Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrie—now he goes by Vern. However…he has survived, unlike the rest. He is the last of his kind, the last dragon. Still, no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his …