A Spanish best-seller set in Donegal

Writer and musician Mikel Santiago drew on his experiences in Donegal for his debut novel The Last Night At Tremore Beach. Already a best-seller in his native Spain and with the translation rights sold in 12 countries, the book's English-language version will be published in March 2017.

Karen Perry novel 'Girl Unknown' for TV

Tiger Aspect, the people behind BBC gangster saga Peaky Blinders, are planning a TV series based on the "Karen Perry" novel Girl Unknown, the psychological thriller by writing duo Paul Perry and Karen Gillece.

Meanwhile the Irish Times reports that the Dublin-based duo are also working with Irish film company Subotica on the adaptation of their first novel together, The Boy That Never Was.

Killer Reads publishes Tanya Farrelly debut

Tanya Farrelly's debut novel The Girl Behind the Lens is published by Killer Reads this month. It's a dark psychological thriller set around the time of the big freeze in Dublin in 2010.

Denise Gough to star in 'Paula' revenge thriller

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— Denise gough (@gough_denise) October 3, 2016

Production has begun in Belfast on the BBC's new three-part revenge thriller Paula. It stars Denise Gough in the title role, with a cast including Tom Hughes and Owen McDonnell and a script by leading Irish playwright and director Conor McPherson.

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.

Trailer for the BBC's 'One of Us' thriller

The BBC says it will begin showing One of Us, its new four-part crime thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, from 23 August at 9 pm on BBC 1.

BOTM: 'Lying in Wait' by Liz Nugent

Our July Book of the Month: Lying in Wait.

The author: Liz Nugent.

Debut thriller by Wexford author Cat Hogan

Published this week, Cat Hogan’s debut novel They All Fall Down is set in a fictional fishing village in County Wexford.

The psychological thriller has already received a ringing endorsement from her fellow Wexford writer Eoin Colfer: "If the Gone Girl met the Girl on the Train, they would have come up with They All Fall Down."

BOTM: Alan Glynn's 'The Paradime'

Our May 2016 Book of the Month: The Paradime.

Alan Glynn's 'Paradime' to become TV series?

Irish author Alan Glynn's new doppelganger novel Paradime could be heading to TV.  ITV Studios America has bought the rights to the conspiracy thriller.

Harry Edger, Belfast PI

Neal Martin's recently published conspiracy thriller Souls At Zero (also available as Dead Reckoning) is set in modern-day Belfast.

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.

A 'comedy noir' set in Brighton and Hove

Lucy Rutherford's debut crime novel A Bunch of Lies was published last month. It is set around Brighton and features a young Irishwoman, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, who came to England to have her child.

Sheila Bugler on writing a crime series

Guest post: Sheila Bugler writes about her series featuring the second-generation Irish detective Ellen Kelly.

I never set out to write a series featuring a police detective. Although I love all types of crime fiction - from cosy to chilling and all the varieties in between - I am most drawn to psychological thrillers. It’s people and their motivations that interest me most.

Tríona Walsh's debut novel via writers' fair

Tríona Walsh was one of 12 finalists at the 2015 Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair. Her debut novel, the crime thriller The Dead Ringer, will be published on 20 June 2016 by Liberties Press.

'Asking For It' is set for the small screen

Irish author Louise O’Neill is to co-write the TV adaptation of her best-selling novel Asking for It, which was our Book of the Month last September.

Siobhán MacDonald's house swap murder thriller

Siobhán MacDonald's new psychological thriller Twisted River revolves around house swaps by an American family and an Irish one.

"She would never have fit as neatly into the trunk of his own car."

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.

Annemarie Neary turns to crime fiction

London-based Irish writer Annemarie Neary's first crime novel Siren is a psychological thriller.

Anna Friel in Nordic-style thriller 'Marcella'

Anna Friel plays a London police detective in the eight-part crime drama Marcella, coming soon to ITV.