'The Fall' begins filming again in Belfast

The third season of The Fall has begun filming in Belfast. Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson return as serial killer Paul Spector and Detective Superintendent Gibson in Allan Cubitt’s five-part psychological thriller.

Sixth 'Sean Duffy' book in the pipeline

Rain Dogs, the fifth book in Adrian McKinty's best-selling Sean Duffy series, is due in the shops on 21 January 2016. Serpent's Tail have already signed him up for a sixth book about the Catholic RUC officer, to be published in a year's time.

It currently has the working title Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (from a Tom Waits song), and brings events in the Northern Ireland Troubles up to 1988...

An unusual French take on the Troubles

French writer Sorj Chalandon's novel Return to Killybegs (2013) is an unusual take on the troubles in Northern Ireland.

The return of Inspector Celcius Daly

Silence, the third book in Anthony J. Quinn's "Inspector Celcius Daly" series, comes out in hardback this month and has already been picked by Easons as one of the best Irish novels of the year.

40th anniversary edition of 'Harry's Game'

Gerald Seymour's debut novel Harry’s Game (1975), the first big bestseller about the modern troubles in Northern Ireland, has reached a 40th anniversary edition.

Derry's Inspector Valberg is optioned

Desmond J Doherty’s Derry-based "Valberg" series has been optioned by Revolution Films. The London-based production company was founded by Andrew Eaton and  Michael Winterbottom, and its acclaimed film and TV productions include 24 Hour Party People, 9 Songs and Rush.

Author profile: Maurice Leitch

Besides being a leading radio drama producer, Maurice Leitch is a prolific fiction writer. He was an early pioneer of Northern noir - dark crime thrillers set in Northern Ireland since the start of the Troubles in the late 1960s.

Adrian McKinty pens fifth Sean Duffy novel

Adrian McKinty is to publish a fifth book in the award-winning Sean Duffy series, about a Catholic RUC detective inspector in 1980s Northern Ireland.

Roger Allam to star in 'The Truth Commissioner'

One of this autumn's highlights from BBC Northern Ireland is the adaptation of David Park's novel The Truth Commissioner (2008).

Roger Allam (Endeavour, The Thick of It) and Sean McGinley (Roddy Doyle's Family, The Fall, Love/Hate) head the cast.

Joe McCoubrey's Castlebar detective

Joe McCoubrey comes from Downpatrick in County Down. His latest crime novel, Spent Force, is set around Castlebar, County Mayo.

BOTM: 'Disappeared' by Anthony J Quinn

Our July "Book of the Month": Disappeared (first published in the US, 2012).

The author: Anthony J Quinn.

Inky Black, the PI from East Belfast

Brad Fleming's eccentric East Belfast-based private eye Inky Black has his first full-length outing in The Case Files of Inky Black (2014).

Irish crime fiction set in... Nova Scotia

Anne Emery is a Canadian writer whose crime novels have a strong Irish slant but are squarely aimed at a North American audience. Her "Collins-Burke" series is mainly set in Nova Scotia, and occasionally Ireland or London.

BOTM: 'Gun Street Girl' by Adrian McKinty

Our June "Book of the Month": Gun Street Girl (2015).

The author: Adrian McKinty.

Free new Sean Duffy story

Adrian McKinty has written a new Sean Duffy short story for Radio Silence magazine.

The 2,800-word standalone story, "Shadowboxing" takes place on an afternoon in 1987, around the same time as the epilogue of McKinty's latest novel Gun Street Girl. Duffy is on crowd control at a public event in Belfast featuring boxing champion Muhammad Ali.

Story available free online here.

Keith Baker thrillers get new life on Kindle

A Northern Ireland thriller from the 1990s by a former BBC head of news is to be republished on Kindle this week.

Keith Baker's third novel, Engram (1999), was described by The Times on first publication as "a taut, well-orchestrated piece" and "redolent of [Patricia] Highsmith".

Gerard Doyle in Audies for McKinty novel

Irish actor Gerard Doyle's reading of In the Morning I'll Be Gone has been shortlisted for the prestigious Audies. It's the third in Adrian McKinty's series featuring troubled RUC man Sean Duffy in 1980s Northern Ireland.

Ben Kiely's 'Proxopera' is republished

Benedict Kiely's Northern Ireland "Troubles" novella Proxopera, originally published in 1977, is being republished by Turnpike Books.

Kelly Creighton's crime thriller

"A brilliant crime debut, chilling, compulsive and beautifully written. 
- Brian McGilloway on The Bones of It

Belfast-born writer Kelly Creighton is a community arts facilitator and journal editor. She also writes short stories, poetry, reviews and interviews. Her debut crime novel, The Bones of It (2015), is a psychological crime thriller set in present-day County Down.

Jarlath Gregory: 'The Organised Criminal'

Jarlath Gregory’s crime thriller The Organised Criminal is set against the Troubles. First published on Kindle in October 2014, it is now out in paperback.

Jay O’Reilly reluctantly returns home to Northern Ireland after three years, for the funeral of his cousin. Jay's father, a big-time smuggler, makes a proposal. Jay in turn plans to double-cross him and escape with the money, but nothing goes according to plan.