In the Galway Silence
Written by Ken Bruen — In his latest novel, Ken Bruen – often called the Godfather of Irish noir – brings back his hard living…
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Northern Ireland crime fiction: 10 books to try
With the 2018 Man Booker Prize going to a Northern Ireland author, Craig Sisterson shines his crime fiction torch towards the six counties and illuminates…
A guide to John Connolly’s Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker was introduced to the crime fiction world in May 1999 with Every Dead Thing. It won a Shamus Award for best debut novel,…
The Orphans
Written by Annemarie Neary — After her debut thriller Siren blended together crime, politics and history, Annemarie Neary once again defies genre and expectations, this time…
Treacherous Strand
Written by Andrea Carter — Despite the moody cover art and threatening title, this novel falls squarely in cosy crime territory, although with a grittier edge…
The Day That Never Comes
Written by Caimh McDonnell — It was during New Talent November last year that we first met Paul Mulchrone, the failed ‘granny whisperer’ and all-around trouble…
Top six: crime fiction from the Celtic fringe
Happy St Patrick’s Day! While the descendants of Irish immigrants in Chicago dye the river green, and even those with no ties to Ireland make…
NTN: A Man with One of Those Faces
Written by Caimh McDonnell — What a cover, and what a title for this debut crime novel, written by a man with one of those names which…
A gazetteer of British crime: The Irish Republic
Welcome to the eighth edition of our gazetteer – e’re half way through our journey around crime fiction locations in the British Isles. After a brief…
Distress Signals
Written by Catherine Ryan Howard — Some books arrive at CFL HQ in a standard padded envelope. Others appear dressed to the nines, and that’s…
With Our Blessing
Written by Jo Spain – Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, and the abuse that occurred inside them, has been well documented over recent years. Now it serves the…
Preserve the Dead
Written by Brian McGilloway — Detective Sergeant Lucy Black of the Derry police force leads a full and complex life. Her father is suffering the early stages of Alzheimer’s…
Barlow by the Book
Written by John McAllister — John Barlow is the Royal Ulster Constabulary Station Sergeant in Ballymena, County Antrim. It’s 1960 and he is both respected and feared, depending on which…
Aloysius Tempo
Written by Jason Johnson — Aloysius Tempo was brought up hard. His mother, uncertain of which side of the Irish political divide his father came…
Harrogate memories 2015
The 2015 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival has concluded in Harrogate, and as is the tradition here on Crime Fiction Lover, we’ve invited a guest correspondent…
Are You Watching Me
Written by Sinéad Crowley — Liz Cafferkey works at Tír na nÓg in Dublin. In Gaelic it means The Land of The Young, a place in pre-Christian…