Shortlist: Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year

It’s that time of the year again, when the shortlists for the Irish Books of the Year awards are announced, and as always the Crime Fiction category offers some fascinating choices. To wit:

Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year

Skin Deep – Liz Nugent (Penguin Ireland)
A House of Ghosts – W. C. Ryan (Bonnier Zaffre)
The Confession – Jo Spain (Quercus)
One Click – Andrea Mara (Poolbeg)
The Ruin – Dervla McTiernan (Sphere)
Thirteen – Steve Cavanagh (Orion)

  Meanwhile, there’s five crime titles in the six nominees for the Ryan Tubridy Listener’s Choice Award. To wit:

RTE Radio One’s The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners’ Choice Award

Ladder to the Sky – John Boyne (Doubleday)
The Stolen Girls – Patricia Gibney (Bookouture)
The President is Missing – Bill Clinton and James Patterson (Century)
Ruin – Dervla McTiernan (Sphere)
Skin Deep – Liz Nugent (Penguin Ireland)
The Woman in the Window – A.J. Finn (HarperCollins)

  Hearty congratulations to all the nominees; the winners will be announced on November 27th. To vote for your favourite title, clickety-click here …

Event: ‘Killer Instincts’ at the Red Line Book Festival

Crime fiction author Sam Blake (right) – aka Irish literary maven Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin – hosts a panel of British and Irish crime writers at the Red Line Book Festival (tagline: ‘Lots of prose. No cons.’) at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght, on October 13th. Quoth the blurb elves:

Crazy about Crime Fiction? Killer Instincts is the event for you! Hosted by Sam Blake, this panel discussion features some of the top British and Irish writers in the genre. Joining Sam will be acclaimed writer Sophie Hannah, whose books have published in 49 languages and 51 territories, crime reporter turned author Cormac O’Keeffe (Black Water), best-selling writer of the Detective Lottie Parker series Patricia Gibney (The Missing Ones, No Safe Place) and Irish Crime Novel of the Year winner Louise Phillips (The Game Changer, Last Kiss).

  For details of how to book tickets, clickety-click here …