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The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty

12 September, 2023

It’s been nearly 12 years since we reviewed The Cold Cold Ground, the first novel in Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy series. For reasons that baffle us, books like Rain Dogs, Gun Street Girl and I Hear the Sirens in the Street have been successful with…

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Ghost Country by Chris Petit

By Paul Burke

10 June, 2022

Chris Petit is a fascinating writer. His political novels are always personal stories but with a wider focus. Whether they’re the historical he’s known for or spy thrillers like Ghost Country, his books touch on the state of the nation. Sounds intense, even demanding, and…

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Alternative Ulster Noir: Northern Irish Crime Stories Inspired by Northern Ireland Music

By Paul Burke

31 March, 2022

Edited by Simon Maltman — It’s not quite The Magnificent Seven but here we have seven crime authors from Northern Ireland weaving tales inspired by the Ulster music scene. Naturally, there’s a drop of murder and mayhem to spice things up. Each writer has chosen…

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The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 January, 2022

Narrated by Caroline Lennon — Northern Ireland writer Stuart Neville’s domestic noir thriller creeps into your consciousness bit by bit until it becomes an irresistible story of women dominated and abused by the men in their lives. Sara Keane and her rather new husband Damien…

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Northern Ireland crime fiction: 10 books to try

By crimefictionlover

21 October, 2018

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 some seriously brilliant reads… The Troubles. A rather understated term for 30 years of violent conflict in Northern Ireland that…

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Bad Blood

By Mal McEwan

4 June, 2017

Written by Brian McGilloway — There is an impressive sweep to this novel that raises the deeply divisive social issues of racism and homophobia while throwing in a dash of Brexit to spice the mix. If that wasn’t enough it does all this against the…

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Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly

By Philip Rafferty

30 December, 2016

Written by Adrian McKinty — Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly is the sixth book in Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy series. It opens with RUC detective Duffy being led at gunpoint deep into the woods by a small group of thugs. His life cooly flashes before…

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The Birdwatcher

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 May, 2016

Written by William Shaw — The first lines of this contemporary police procedural set up the defining characteristics of the protagonist: “There were two reasons why William South did not want to be on the murder team. “The first was that it was October. The migrating…

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The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty

Ghost Country by Chris Petit

Alternative Ulster Noir: Northern Irish Crime Stories Inspired by Northern Ireland Music

The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville audiobook

Northern Ireland crime fiction: 10 books to try

Bad Blood

Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly

The Birdwatcher

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