Queens of Crime Irish Style!!

A FREE EVENT is happening on Saturday 18th OCTOBER at the Riverbank Arts Centre, as part of the  Kildare Readers Festival.

BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL….but you can book by calling the  box office at 045 448327 or online HERE

Irish Crime Fiction A Festival - Trinity College Dublin

Friday 22 Nov & Saturday 23 Nov 2013

Trinity College Dublin and New York University are holding a festival devoted to Irish crime fiction, featuring more than a dozen of the most exciting Irish crime novelists. This will be a memorable event, devoted to a key genre of contemporary Irish writing. 

Among the confirmed participants are Declan Burke, Jane Casey, Paul Charles, John Connolly, Conor Fitzgerald, Alan Glynn, Declan Hughes, Arlene Hunt, Kevin McCarthy, Brian McGilloway, Eoin McNamee, Niamh O'Connor, Louise Phillips, Peter Quinn, Michael Russell, and Stuart Neville. 

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Publication Day!

So after a year of beginnings, middles, and ends, the day is finally here! Publication of THE DOLL'S HOUSE!!! Contrary to common opinion though, PUBLICATION DAY may be mammoth to the author, a deep emotional heart string pulled, and a gift to myself of a lie in until 7.30 a.m. this morning, but it is slightly different out there in the real world.

For Irish visitors to the site, The Doll's House will start appearing on shelves in the next few days as boxes get delivered and are unpacked. Always thinking of you, perhaps it's best to hold off for about 3/4 days to make that visit into town, or wherever you intend to pick up a copy. 

Even better, those you who are hoping to make the launch next Wednesday at 6.30 in the Gutter bookshop Cow's Lane, can pick up a personalised signed copy there!

For all other visitors from the rest of the world, YOU CAN NOW ORDER on either Amazon UK or Amazon . Com !

I heard yesterday that if you live in the States and order visa the amazon.co.uk site, you will get delivery within a few days for 2-3 dollars postage, and for free if you bundle a few books - the world is getting smaller folks!!

To everyone who has supported me along the way, a MASSIVE THANKS! It's been mad, sad, happy, emotional, mind-blowing and utterly fabulous! 

On a lighter note, those of you out there who have managed to hold onto your original first edition RED RIBBONS, it has doubled in value, so keep that investment nice and safe, and twin it with THE DOLL'S HOUSE - who knows ONE DAY I could be really famous!!  

Best and good wishes to you all.

xxxx

Louise

What has been said so far about The Doll's House

Kim Nash The Bookworm, says,'A Brilliant book!' 

Tracey Newell says, 'What a Cracker! '

Susan Condon writing.ie, says, 'Fans of SJ Watson will devour!'

Niamh O'Connor says, 'Chilling, mesmerising. Gets under your skin and stays with you.'

Chilling, mesmerising. Gets under your skin and stays with you...

RELEASE DATE AUGUST 1ST

PEOPLE SAY THAT THE TRUTH

CAN SET YOU FREE. BUT WHAT IF THE TRUTH IS

NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HEAR?

Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hamilton drowned. At the time his death was

reported as a tragic accident but the exact circumstances remained a mystery.

Now his daughter Clodagh, trying to come to terms with her past, visits

a hypnotherapist who unleashes disturbing childhood memories of her father's

death. And as Clodagh delves deeper into her subconscious, memories of

another tragedy come to light - the death of her baby sister.

Meanwhile criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is called in to help in the

investigation of a murder after a body is found in a Dublin canal. When Kate

digs beneath the surface of the killing, she discovers a sinister connection 

to the Hamilton family.

What terrible events took place in the Hamilton house all those years ago?

And what connect them to the recent murder?

Time is running out for Clodagh and Kate.

And the killer has already chosen his next victim...

Too Close for Comfort

When you think of Niamh O’Connor, you think Successful Crime Novelist, you think True Crime Editor of the Sunday World, you think of someone who interviews high-profile criminals and their victims. A woman who regularly appears on our television screens talking about crime, helping us to understand the phenomenon of what’s happening in the darker side of Irish society, what’s happening on our streets, you think of a woman on the cutting edge who can tell a gritty crime story both in true-life and in the fictional sense - you think of a woman who can tell it as it is, because she darn well knows it.

Niamh O'Connor's latest book Too Close For Comfort hits a nerve in the Irish psyche, as I found out when I spoke to her about her brilliantly multi layered story of intrigue and lies...

Would you trust your neighbour with your life?

Read my interview with Niamh over at www.writing.ie HERE

Crime Scene Book Club Reader Reviews

This week's discerning bunch of Crime Scene book club readers give us some great reviews on Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah, Absolute Zero Cool by Declan Burke, and Taken by Niamh O'Connor!!!

Click To Read Reviews HERE


( Is it my imagination, or does my profile image look like an attempt to copy DI Jo Birmingham from Taken - ah maybe it's just the hair?)