the NYT review of The Island is hilarous...the reviewer begins by HATING the very concept of the book, the very idea of it... and then, lit...

The American Library Assocation's Booklist has named The Island as one of the best thrillers of the last 12 months... gosh this is some...

So, my novel The Island will be out in May. Its a thematic sequel to The Chain. Not a sequel but a thematic sequel...I cannot say more w/out...

 

 

 

I get more tweets and emails about whats happening with the Sean Duffy books than any other topic so I feel that I should fill you in. The f...

I dont know if I've ever mentioned this before but my wife Leah is a historian. This is her new book, called X Troop. I think its really...

 2020 kicked our ass but if you're reading this then by god you're still alive and kicking. I hope you stay safe and sane in 2021. I...

  I'm afraid I cannot be my usual glib, sarcastic self today. I'm in shock. (Happy shock.)  Over the last 48 hours The Chain won t...

I am absolutely stunned to win two of the biggest awards in crime fiction in the same week. I cannot even get my head around this. Last week...

I like the people who came to writing novels from working in newspapers. For them writing is a job. You get up at nine in the morning and yo...

Normally after I review a book in a newspaper I will wait a week or so and publish the book review here on the blog for free. I've been ...

Janet Maslin's review of The Chain... I've been a huge fan of Maslin since I used to read her film reviews in the Belfast Central Li...

my interview with Salman Rushdie in the Irish Times, apologies about the formatting here, I just could not get this to quite cut and paste ...