Author profile: Laura Elliot

Irish writer Laura Elliot lives in Malahide, which has featured in several of her novels. Her latest psychological thriller is The Wife Before Me (2018).

Olivia Kiernan turns to crime fiction

Olivia Kiernan's latest novel Too Close to Breathe (2018) is a murder mystery.

New Belfast thriller by John Steele

John Steele's debut novel Ravenhill is a thriller set in his home town of Belfast. It is the first book in a series featuring Jackie Shaw, and has been described by Tony Parsons as "a taut, intelligent thriller that ranks as the best Belfast thriller since Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour".

Domestic noir debut by OfficeMum blogger

Andrea Mara is a freelance writer and award-winning blogger (OfficeMum.ie) who lives with her family in Dun Laoghaire.

Published by Poolbeg, her debut novel The Other Side of the Wall was partly inspired by the constant night-time waking of her youngest child - though Andrea is quick to point out that unlike her main character she never saw a body in the neighbours' garden!

Jack Holland (1947-2004)

Belfast-born writer Jack Holland was a journalist, novelist, poet and crime fiction author.

Ciaran Carson's Belfast crime thriller

While Ciaran Carson is best known as a leading poet, he has also written at least one crime novel.

Gordon Thomas (1933–2017)

Based for many years in County Wicklow in Ireland, the Welsh writer Gordon Thomas (1933–2017) was best known as an investigative journalist and prolific author on secret intelligence topics. He also wrote five thrillers featuring Mossad secret agent David Morton.

Rory Gleeson's debut 'Rockadoon' novel

Irish writer Rory Gleeson's debut novel Rockadoon Shore will be published in January 2017.

Retired diplomat creates Belfast detective series

Development aid consultant and retired diplomat Derek Fee has published seven non-fiction books as well as five thrillers featuring a Belfast-based PSNI detective.

Debut author: Allan McCreedy

Systems Failing is Allan McCreedy's first full-length novel, a thriller set in Belfast and Dubai and introducing freelance computer analyst Clark Radcliffe.

Former Garda detective pens police procedural

Former Garda detective T.R. Croke's debut novel The Devil's Luck is published this morning. The police procedural and conspiracy thriller features
Detective Kate Bowen of Dublin’s Surveillance and Intelligence Unit.

Christy Kenneally's Fr Flaherty detective series

Christy Kenneally has written some 10 books, including three of his "Father Michael Flaherty" crime thrillers. The Flaherty character is more an action hero than a clerical detective, and the series begins with Second Son (2005).

Bangor author Simon Maltman's new crime novel

Simon Maltman is a writer and musician from Bangor, Couty Down. His first full-length novel, published this week, is the modern noir A Chaser on the Rocks.

Maureen Martella's 'Annie McHugh' PI series

Maureen Martella's "Annie McHugh, PI" series veers towards cosy and romantic comedy. It beings with Annie's New Life (2000).

Author profile: Claire Kilroy

Though Claire Kilroy has insisted in interviews that she is not a crime or thriller writer, by her second novel Tenderwire (2006) she was being frequently and favourably compared to Patricia Highsmith.

Author profile: Siobháin Bunni

Siobháin Bunni has published two books with Poolbeg Press. Born in Baghdad in 1968 to an Irish mother and Iraqi father, she was educated at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, and graduated from the College of Marketing and Design in Dublin.

Debut thriller from Catherine Ryan Howard

Catherine Ryan Howard's debut thriller Distress Signals is due to be published in the UK and Ireland on 5 May 2016.

Blast from the past: Shaun Herron

Besides writing crime novels, Shaun Herron (1912-1989) was a journalist, soldier, intelligence officer and cleric.

Author profile: Carolann Copland

Besides running workshops and retreats for writers, Carolann Copland has also published the first two novels in a trilogy that crosses several genres including crime fiction.

Author profile: David Callinan

David Callinan had a long and illustrious musical career before publishing his first crime fiction novel. He was born into a family from Limerick and grew up in the UK. After graduating from art school and various temporary jobs he became a full-time musician.