Praise for the Joe Swallow mysteries:
"The second case for the talented, complicated Swallow again spins a fine mystery out of political corruption in 1880s Dublin."
―Kirkus on The Eloquence of the Dead

“Brady weaves a police procedural that does full justice to the complex nature of the social, political and criminal labyrinth that was Dublin in the summer of 1887. He paints a vivid picture of the city as it bakes beneath the unrelenting sun, employing Joe Swallow's sharp eye and the character's ambitions as an amateur painter to deftly sketch both its landmarks and its less salubrious corners… Swallow himself is very much in the mould of the classic fictional policeman, a man ostensibly dedicated to upholding law and order and seeking out justice, even if, as he points out, ‘the statue of blind Justice' at Dublin Castle ‘topped the archway with her back to the city.'”
―The Irish Times on A June of Ordinary Murders

“As in the best crime fiction, the city itself is here a kind of character―and it's a Dublin we haven't seen a great deal of in recent fiction… An absorbing read, cleanly written, beautifully structured and thrillingly vivid… Brady has done an excellent job of conjuring the febrile atmosphere of the city as it lurches and stumbles its way towards the War of Independence.”
―Sunday Business Post on A June of Ordinary Murders