Yep, it’s rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ...What crime novel would you most like to have written?
So many, from DOUBLE INDEMNITY to LA REQUIEM via the Ripley trilogy and Rebus series. Recently, Peter Temple’s THE BROKEN SHORE was enviably great.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Chili Palmer on a good day, Joe Pike on a bad one.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Tabloid reporters.
Most satisfying writing moment?
Getting published, especially by Sphere here and Scribner in the US.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
Any of Brian McGilloway’s novels.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
THE PRIEST, but if that’s not allowed, Gene Kerrigan’s LITTLE CRIMINALS.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Effort / reward – and the tightrope between them.
The pitch for your next book is …?
Here, mister, do you want to buy a really cracking crime thriller ...
Who are you reading right now?
Michael Connolly (THE SCARECROW), Simon Lewis (BAD TRAFFIC) and Ruth Dudley Edwards (AFTERMATH).
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Read, although I think God might have other issues to tackle me on first.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Roller… coaster… ride.
Gerard O’Donovan’s THE PRIEST is published by Sphere.
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