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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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delighted to say that THE DETECTIVE UP LATE has been shortlisted for the 2024 Barry Award for Best Novel huge thanks to the judges and the r...
Monday, December 11, 2023

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Duffy 7 starting to appear on a few best year of the lists. As always I am grateful to the critics who pick these lists but in the case of...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The Edgar Award winning Sean Duffy series will return 08/08/23

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Saturday, March 11, 2023

by the pricking of my thumbs...something wicked this way comes

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Sunday, December 18, 2022

some of the best of the year notices for THE ISLAND

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

New York Times best thrillers of 2022

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

new book banner...

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Monday, May 30, 2022

The New York Times review of The Island

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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...
Thursday, May 26, 2022

my second ever New York Times bestseller - a huge thank you to all the readers, critics and fans

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Friday, April 29, 2022

The Island Coming May 17

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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...
Saturday, April 2, 2022

In The Morning I'll Be Gone wins the Prix Polars Pourpres

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

be safe in 2021

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 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...
Friday, October 16, 2020

Party of Five

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  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...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Crime Novel of The Year

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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...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

why i write

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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...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Book reviews...

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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 ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

The New York Times reviews The Chain

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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...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

My Interview w Salman Rushdie

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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 ...