Philip Marlowe
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Raymond Chandler: Crime writer's family left Waterford, but the city never left him
- Abroad
- November 15, 2019, 07:06
Raymond Chandler, the quintessential crime writer, master of the noir genre, is remembered as chronicler of the grimy underside of rapidly expanding m(...)

‘Ciaran Carson drew Belfast better than anyone I ever read’
- Books
- October 7, 2019, 17:20
Sinéad Morrissey, John Banville and fellow writers salute a great man and a great poet Sinéad Morrissey “It’s not about you, it’s about the lang(...)

John Banville to receive crime writing award in Waterford
- Books
- September 17, 2015, 12:17
The first Imagine Crime Writing Award will be presented to Irish novelist John Banville during this year’s Imagine Arts Festival in Waterford. Waterfo(...)

Brought to Book: Vona Groarke on the unbearable lightness of reviews
- Books
- May 30, 2014, 01:00
Vona Groarke’s latest book is X, published in February by the Gallery Press. She is also the author of five other award-winning poetry collections, in(...)

Harlan Coben’s cliffhanger chapters add chutzpah
- Books
- May 24, 2014, 01:00
Since publishing his debut, Play Dead, in 1990, Harlan Coben has alternated between writing standalone thrillers and novels in the Myron Bolitar serie(...)

A note-perfect homage to ‘American Psycho’, and other murders
- Books
- March 29, 2014, 01:00
Pierre Lemaitre’s Alex earned rave reviews last year, not least for the way Lemaitre rework(...)

Powerful novels get under the skin of the crime thriller
- Books
- March 1, 2014, 01:02
T he Double (Orion, €19.99) is the second novel from George Pelecanos to(...)

All eyes on film: the Big Movie Preview 2014
- Film
- January 3, 2014
Welcome to our bumper guide to another year of sequels, remakes and leftfield experiments. The most comprehensive preview available is, f(...)

Killer instinct: a golden age of Irish crime fiction
- Culture
- November 21, 2013, 01:00
Once upon a time, crime writers in Ireland were few and far between. These days it’s not so much a case of “whodunnit”, or even “who’s doing it”, as “(...)

Latest Rankin book inspired by guitarist Rory Gallagher
- Books
- September 11, 2013, 10:43
Crime writer Ian Rankin has written a novella inspired by the music of guitarist Rory Gallagher. The book is being published as part of a compilation (...)