BBC journalist John Sweeney's Irish hero

Award-winning English journalist John Sweeney became a YouTube sensation in 2007 after losing his temper with a senior member of the Church of Scientology.

His new crime thriller, Cold, has an Irish hero called Joe Tiplady who is swept up in a wave of violence and retribution.

Caimh McDonnell's new comic crime caper

Stand-up comedian and scriptwriter Caimh McDonnell's debut novel A Man With One Of Those Faces is a comic crime caper set in his home town of Dublin.

'Something Wicked' crime festival in Malahide

This year's "Something Wicked" Malahide Crime Writing Festival takes place on the October bank holiday weekend of 28th to 30th October.

Hercule Poirot comes to Clonakilty, Co Cork

Published this month, Sophie Hannah's second Hercule Poirot novel, Closed Casket, has an Irish setting.

Trailer: Cillian Murphy in 'Free Fire'

Cillian Murphy is among a very starry cast in the crime caper Free Fire, currently doing the festival circuit and due for general release next March.