Uniformly Excellent Selection - TROUBLE IS OUR BUSINESS!

Writing.ie Review of TROUBLE IS OUR BUSINESS - New Island Books - Edited by Declan Burke


"This anthology is a uniformly excellent selection of twenty-four crime stories written by two dozen Irish writers...." 

And I'm very delighted to be in the mix of Hubert O'Hearn's 5 favourite stories from the collection, with my story, DOUBLE, alongside Eoin Colfer​, John Connolly, Brian McGilloway​ and Stuart Neville​! 

The lone, but happy female.....

Read Full Review HERE

And the Winner is!!!

And the winner of a copy of Last Kiss and lipstick is Bonnie....prize package on the way! 

Why not join the thread on Goodreads HERE? 

More prizes on the way!

Hello New York!!!

I'm down with a really bad head cold, but something tells me I'll recover soon! As this time next week I'll be in New York!!!

#pincheself
#again
#redribbons
#polisbooks
#irishcrimefiction

The Experience of Alcatraz

A highlight of my recent trip to San Francisco was a visit to Alcatraz.

One of these pics is of a solitary confinement cell. I stayed inside long enough to take a picture, but quickly got a really bad vibe. Call it an overactive imagination, or a presence, but something very dark sent me out of there fast.

Nevertheless an amazing place!

One of the essential literary fiction compendiums in Irish publishing this year!

TROUBLE IS OUR BUSINESS - is given a great write-up in today's Sunday Independent. Edited by the wonderful Declan Burke. It is described as one of the essential literary fiction compendiums in Irish publishing this year.

For my part, the familiar story of a wife taking a lover and plotting revenge on her husband, is described thus - Told in a few pages with flab-free focus, others would need a whole novel or screenplay to build characters and venomous motives as sturdily......

So folks, put this anthology on your Must Read List!!! 😎 And dare I say it this side of Halloween, a great Christmas present for the crime fiction fan in your life!

THINK YOU HAVE A BOOK IN YOU???

THINK YOU HAVE A BOOK IN YOU? Great feature in YOU magazine of the Irish Daily Mail about writing with yours truly, Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin, Alana Kirk, Emily Hourican and Monica McInerney. Plus mention of US publication with Polis Books! 

HOW EXCITING IS THIS???

PRETTY EXCITING..Audio book with audible.com available from November 15th in the US....Another pinch self moment!!!

Giant Book Club Event!!!

Bookclubs and Libraries make a great combo...I am so looking forward to this event on Thursday October 6th at Maynooth Community Library  

Time: 11 a.m.

To sign up for this FREE event, please contact maynoothlib@kildarecoco.ie or phone 01 6285530

Murder in the Morning!

I'm so looking forward to this event with Niamh O Connor and Claire Mc Gowan as part of our visit to San Francisco!!

IRISH CRIME FICTION IS HAVING A KILLER MOMENT!

Myself, John Connolly and Declan Burke chatting to the JOURNAL.IE about IRISH CRIME WRITING HAVING A KILLER MOMENT....

"We’ve definitely moved from this time where women writers felt they had to adopt a male name on the front of their books. I’m very happy I didn’t have to become Louis Phillips."

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE