Last January I was asked by my editors at Hachette to read through the Dunnigan series in advance of a … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #14: A New Series

The Taoiseach has called the culture that permitted the existence of Mother and Baby Homes “deeply misogynistic”. Both he and … Continue reading Sorry Is Not Enough.

I was doing a spot of editing on my website this afternoon when I came across a blog post I … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #13: The Great Outdoors

It’s an old story. You want to be a writer. You work at it, spending hours locked away in your … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #12: Promotional Misadventures

When I wrote my first book, I had a very clear idea about what the finished product would look like … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #11: New ways of reading.

I’m aware I haven’t done one of these in a while. I had a blog post planned for early March … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #10: Musings on writing (and reading) during the Lockdown.

Here’s an interview about the Dunnigan series I did with Teresa Quinn on her Bookline show on Liffey Sound Radio. Continue reading Bookline Interview

Here’s a link to an interview I did with the lovely Andrea Hayes on Sunshine FM. Andrea covers my career … Continue reading Sunshine Meets

Tomorrow the first installment of Stories From the Margins, my new series of True Crime books for Audible is released. … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #9: Bleak Alley

Here’s a link to an interview I did with Gerry Kelly, Late Lunch on LMFM in Ireland, regarding the terrifying … Continue reading Interview re Keane Mulready-Woods

I thought I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to be the voice of my new True … Continue reading Criminal Leanings #8: Recording Crime

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