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!

Crime fiction night at Laois Leaves Festival

The Laois Leaves Literary Festival includes a crime fiction night at Dunamaise Arts Centre on Saturday, 12 November. Irish authors Louise Phillips, Niamh O’Connor and Andrea Carter will be joined by visiting writer Thomas Enger, the Norwegian author of the Henning Juul series.

BOTM: 'Lying in Wait' by Liz Nugent

Our July Book of the Month: Lying in Wait.

The author: Liz Nugent.

Liz Nugent's follow-up to 'Unravelling Oliver'

Lying in Wait, Liz Nugent's eagerly awaited follow-up to her best-selling and award-winning first novel Unravelling Oliver, will be published on 7 July 2016.

Crime novel debut by Michael O'Higgins

Leading criminal lawyer and former journalist Michael O'Higgins has published his first novel. Snapshots is a taut crime thriller set in Dublin in 1981.

BOTM: 'Freedom's Child' by Jax Miller

Our August "Book of the Month": Freedom's Child.

The author: Jax Miller.

The genre: rural noir, Southern Gothic - a chase thriller with hints of horror.

Ava McCarthy's latest will be a 'Dead Secret'

Ava McCarthy, author of the PI Harry Martinez series, switches to a psychological suspense thriller with Dead Secret, which is due out this November:

Two quick shots. One for him. One for you. 

After the death of her three-year-old daughter, Jodie has nothing to live for. Before taking her own life she must kill the man she holds responsible for her daughter’s death – her seemingly perfect husband Ethan...

Author profile: Orna Ross

Áine McCarthy found an unusual way to come up with her pseudonym. She was well aware that people outside Ireland would find "Áine" difficult to pronounce.

Second thriller from RTÉ's Sinéad Crowley

Sinéad Crowley's second thriller featuring Garda Sergeant Claire Boyle will be published on 2 July 2015.

Crowley, who is RTÉ's Arts and Media correspondent, introduced the character in her best-selling debut novel Can Anybody Help Me? (2014). The book was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year at the 2014 BGE Irish Book Awards.

Crowley says there will be at least three books in the DS Claire Boyle series. This second novel is called Are You Watching Me?