Last year in the build up to Christmas I decided to take a break from my annual revisiting of one … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #6: Small Dramas

I haven’t done one of these in a while, and as I am now embarking upon a career as a … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #5 – My Top 5 True Crime Books

Ernest Hemingway famously wrote standing up (see the photo below) – he maintained that it kept him alert and made … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #4: The craft (slog) 0f writing

“I can’t do thrillers and I can’t do spy novels. I can’t do any genre-fiction books, really, none of them. … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #3: An open letter to Colm Toibin

Good books and bad books… When I began my life as a publishing author, I knew nothing about the literary … Continue reading Criminal Leanings 2: How I learned to be proud of being genre writer.

Here’s the link to a podcast of an interview I gave on Gerry Kelly’s Late Lunch on LMFM about the … Continue reading Ana Kriegel Case

Some news… I’ve got some exciting news. After twelve years as a publishing author, I’m starting again. It feels scary … Continue reading Criminal Leanings 1: New beginnings

Taken from Irish News Supplement It came as no great surprise when Shane Dunphy, the Irish and London Times bestselling … Continue reading A writer to watch out for

Published in Ireland’s Mail on Sunday, 25/3/2018 We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly probing questions – and only … Continue reading The Definite Article

As Christmas got closer, schools and creches all over the country were putting on nativity plays and Christmas pageants, but, … Continue reading The Nativity Play