UPDATE: Given the weekend that’s in it, I thought this was worth a re-post. Normal-ish service will resume shortly … Ed. Crime Always Pays has been on the go for roughly five years now, and I’ve read some terrific Irish crime novels during that time. With St Patrick’s Day on the way, I thought I’d offer a sample of what has been called ‘Emerald Noir’ – although it’s fair to say that many of the writers on the list below could be represented by a number of their novels, and it's also true that I haven’t read every Irish crime novel published in that time. And so, in no particular order, I present for your delectation:
The Whisperers, John Connolly
The Cold Cold Ground, Adrian McKinty
Broken Harbour, Tana French
The Guards, Ken Bruen
The Chosen, Arlene Hunt
Winterland, Alan Glynn
The Wrong Kind of Blood, Declan Hughes
The Nameless Dead, Brian McGilloway
The Holy Thief, William Ryan
The Fatal Touch, Conor Fitzgerald
Blood Loss, Alex Barclay
Mystery Man, Colin Bateman
My Lady Judge, Cora Harrison
Peeler, Kevin McCarthy
The Last Girl, Jane Casey
The Twelve, Stuart Neville
Orchid Blue, Eoin McNamee
Torn, Casey Hill
Plugged, Eoin Colfer
Elegy for April, Benjamin Black
Ghost Town, Michael Clifford
The Rage, Gene Kerrigan
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