Daniel McEvoy has a problems, but for this Irish ex-pat bouncer at a seedy, small-time casino the fact that his girlfriend was just murdered is uppermost in his mind.

Suddenly Dan'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. Bullets are flying, everybody's on the take and it all may be more than Dan's new hair plugs can handle.

Head-spinning plot twists, breakneck pacing and some of the best banter this side of Elmore Leonard's Detroit, will keep you on the edge of your seat and itching for more.

  • "Irish author Colfer, best known for his middle-grade Artemis Fowl series, makes his much anticipated crime novel debut with this pitch-perfect comic noir. Outrageous characters, uproariously funny plot twists, and brutal, nonstop action make this a sure-fire winner." Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • "Great writers can write anything, and "Plugged" is proof."

    ".......those details flesh out the fascinating characterization of Daniel McEvoy, and Colfer has the deftest of touches, so he underplays them at every opportunity, which makes the reader care all the more.

    "Plugged" packs a powerful dramatic wallop for such a slim volume, like a flyweight with a knockout punch." Lisa Scottoline - Washington Post
  • "Plugged is a miles-apart transition for the acclaimed young adults' author, as he makes the brave leap to adult fiction - not the easiest of leaps to make, especially if that leap is the wide and dangerous canyon of hardboiled crime where safety nets are as scarce as a Tony Soprano's diet. Thankfully, Mr. Colfer's leap of faith has him landing expertly and solidly on his feet with page-turning ease. Funny, acerbic, crazed, riveting, sardonic - with just the right amount of hard-boiled dialogue - Plugged is everything you want in a summer read." New York Journal of Books
  • "In the journey towards crime fiction, Eoin Colfer is helped by the fact that his children's hero, Artemis Fowl, was a master criminal. The narrator of Plugged is also quite a dodgy dude. This comedy of vanity in an action protagonist alerts us that we are in the territory of comedy crime, in the style of Carl Hiaasen. As he showed with the Artemis Fowl books, Colfer is an engaging and inventive writer with a strong sense of the rhythm of a story, its twists and riffs. Always entertaining page by page, the book also has a truly unexpected sex scene and much sassy dialogue." The Guardian (UK)