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  • Five Deep Cut Irish Procedurals to watch as you wait for Irish Blood to return
  • Mayo coastline is the rugged backdrop in Jane Casey’s cliff-hanging cat-and-mouse tale Everything She Didn’t Say
  • ARDAL O’HANLON turns his hand to cosy crime fiction with an Irish community setting

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crimereads.com /1 week ago

Five Deep Cut Irish Procedurals to watch as you wait for Irish Blood to return

Last week, I was chatting with a friend of mine, an Irish actor named Ciaran Byrne who has been in a million crime shows and films, and he mentioned some of his favorite less-mains...

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independent.ie /22 hours ago

Mayo coastline is the rugged backdrop in Jane Casey’s cliff-hanging cat-and-mouse tale Everything She Didn’t Say

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buzzmag.co.uk /1 month ago

ARDAL O’HANLON turns his hand to cosy crime fiction with an Irish community setting

Speaking as an avid Father Ted fan, anyone similarly inclined won’t be disappointed with the comedic elements in Ardal O’Hanlon’s latest novel. The post ARDAL O’HANLON turns his ha...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

A Plot to Die For by Ardal O’Hanlon

Few settings are more deceptively dangerous than a picturesque rural community. As many have found to their misfortune, beneath the herbaceous borders, parish council meetings and...

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independent.ie /1 month ago

Joseph Birchall’s Darcy Doyle returns with twisty mystery as missing child case turns deadly

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churchtimes.co.uk /1 month ago

Analysis: Why is ‘cosy crime’ so popular?

“LIKE a hug in a book” was how the the Dublin writer Kitty Graham described it to The Irish Times. It is an odd way to describe a literary genre concerned with murder and the worst...

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crimefictionlover.com /4 weeks ago

The Long Isle by Andrew Raymond

Scottish authors have ploughed a rich crime fiction furrow over the years, with the likes of William McIlvanney, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and Chris Brookmyre taking up the Tartan n...

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irishexaminer.com /1 week ago

Ian Rankin: The Rebus author on ageing, West Cork and Rory Gallagher 

The Scottish crime writer is coming to Bantry for the West Cork Literary Festival. He also tells us about his favourite books of all time 

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irishcentral.com /1 week ago

A terrifying real life crash inspired this chilling Irish rural noir

Author Michelle McDonagh reveals how her husband's miraculous escape from a motorway crash became the spark for her haunting new thriller set in rural Galway.

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thenational.scot /1 month ago

Scottish crime thriller will rope audiences into its twisted world

TO the uninitiated, “true crime fiction” might sound like a contradiction in terms. However, as Denise Mina’s acclaimed novel The Long Drop – now adapted for the Citizens Theatre s...

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irishexaminer.com /1 month ago

'I became very fond of UCC': John Connolly on his latest novel and his PhD studies in Cork

A River Red With Blood brings the Charlie Parker series up to 23 instalments, and the author has also found the time to further his academic career on Leeside 

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

IrishCentral Book Club's ultimate Irish reading list

Each month, the IrishCentral Book Club selects an Irish book or an Irish author to celebrate the amazing ability of the Irish to tell a good story.

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

June 2026 is the UK’s National Crime Reading month

Nine murders. One seemingly impossible disappearance. Nineteen burglaries. An adrenalin-fuelled car chase and an impressively grand theft. Plenty of domestic drama. A taste of pie-...

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crimereads.com /2 weeks ago

Five Deep Cut UK Procedurals to watch as you wait for Dept. Q to return

I’m not the only one who has Dept. Q fever! I was chatting with a friend of mine the other day, an Irish actor named Ciaran Byrne who has been in a million crime things, but is als...

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crimefictionlover.com /6 days ago

On the Radar: Summer holiday crime fiction

Is this the summer of the destination thriller? Maybe. Maybe not. Some of the spots you’ll visit literarily in this week’s new books report are a lot more desirable than others. Bl...

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crimespreemag.com /3 weeks ago

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award Shortlist Announced

Harrogate International Festivals today announced the shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2026, the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious crime ficti...

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theamericanconservative.com /1 month ago

After a Shocking Crime in Belfast, Ireland Wakes Up

The liberal bureaucrats who embraced mass immigration have a big problem on their hands. The post After a Shocking Crime in Belfast, Ireland Wakes Up appeared first on The American...

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crimefictionlover.com /2 days ago

Meet the author: GR Halliday

Back in 2019, Scottish author GR Halliday entered the world of crime fiction with his debut novel, From the Shadows. Now, it’s 2026, a lucky seven years later, and copies are flyin...

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theguardian.com /3 weeks ago

Dooneen by Keith Ridgway review – uncanny visions of dark times in Dublin

Ireland is trembling with nascent social unrest in this labyrinthine tale of one man’s homecomingIrish author Keith Ridgway’s latest novel deals, both mischievously and menacingly,...

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thebigthrill.org /1 month ago

Sleight of Crime

What Magicians Taught Me About Murder

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

Exclusive: Watch Andrew Raymond reading from The Long Isle

Scottish crime fiction author Andrew Raymond is stepping away from the mean streets of Glasgow. But is life any quieter on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. We’ll fin...

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killzoneblog.com /1 month ago

The Crime Fiction Evolution

By PJ Parrish As many of you regulars know, I have retired from fulltime novel writing. Still keeping my toes in the short fiction waters but the demands of turning out a novel per...

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crimefictionlover.com /2 weeks ago

Collateral Death by J Kushley

Crime fiction is a genre built on familiar tropes: the suspicious death, the damaged investigator, the institution that prefers easy answers over difficult truths. What makes a mys...

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

Five book-to-screen adaptations with Irish links we're excited for

If you love a good book but also an hour or so lost to a great drama on TV, here are a few of the book-to-screen adaptations we've got our eye on...

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