“Among the most memorable books of the year, of any genre, was Declan Burke’s ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL (Liberties Press) … Burke splices insights into the creative process into a fiendishly dark thriller that evokes the best of Flann O’Brien and Bret Easton Ellis.” - Sunday Times' 'Best Books of the Year'


Crime Always Pays (n): being the blog of Irish author Declan Burke (right, with Chief Helper Elf, the Princess Lilyput), and featuring reviews, interviews and occasionally interesting news about the dicks, dames and desperadoes of (mostly) crime fiction. All of which is designed to help promote his own novels, natch.

Agent: Allan Guthrie, c/o Jenny Brown Associates.

Contact: dbrodb(at)gmail.com.

For daily updates on Irish crime fiction, click here.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

TV Or Not TV

Jane Casey was on ye olde Twittere yesterday, claiming that the last time she was on TV3’s Ireland AM programme, she was grinning like some kind of loon. I’d have had said she was smiling as mysteriously as Mona Lisa, but what do I know? Anyway, Jane was back on Ireland AM yesterday morning, to talk about her latest offering, THE RECKONING, this part of Ireland AM’s series of interviews with the nominees on the shortlist for the Irish Book Awards crime fiction list, which the programme sponsors.
  You can find Jane’s interview at the link here, and Ireland AM have also very kindly cached the interviews with all the other nominees, including Casey Hill, William Ryan and yours truly, with Alan Glynn’s turn in the spotlight coming this morning.
  Meanwhile, anyone interested in voting for any of the nominees - which also includes Benjamin Black - can do so by clickety-clicking here

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