No 641 The Burning by Jane Casey
Being a female Irish crime writer seems to lead to inevitable comparisons with Tana French. I can understand publishers wishing to capitalise on French’s success, but I think it does a disservice to Jane Casey, who is writing a very different type of procedural but just happens to come from the same place. The Burning…
No 685 Missing Presumed Dead by Arlene Hunt
In Missing Presumed Dead, Arlene Hunt taps into the most basic, prescient fear of parents – that of a child going missing, but what makes her book interesting is that she explores the fall out of what happens if that child returns. In 1980, a two year old girl called Katie goes missing on a…
No 686 The Twelve by Stuart Neville
Following the shooting dead of a friend in his home during the height of the Troubles, the poet Michael Longley said …when somebody walks into a home where there is a smell of cooking and where BBC Radio is playing music and takes out a gun…they are offending the gods really…they are desecrating civilisation. They…
Ireland Month – it’s nearly here!
It’s hard to believe it, but March is nearly here and that can only mean one thing, it’s time for some craic! As of next Sunday, it will be Reading Ireland Month (or The Begorrathon, if you are so inclined!) and we will kick off a month long celebration of Irish books and culture. I’ve…
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