Bailiúchán: Adult Fiction Irish

Frank Walsh is the seventh son of a seventh son, so by now should have inherited his late father's legendary healing power, but instead he's stuck on ringworm and warts. Frank idles about his small town in Carlow, labouring in the local sawmill, healing the occasional ailment, most evenings spent...

Abduction. Accusations. And murder on the dance floor. Sparkle McCavity, young drag queen and employee of Miss Merkin, is missing, presumed kidnapped or even worse. Naturally, Merkin turns to reluctant sleuth and friend to the community Fi for help, but clues and suspects are worryingly thin on t...

During the Irish War for Independence, Christopher and Nell Flinter are recruited by the IRA. As Dublin city burns around them, they soon realise that the British army is not their most dangerous enemy. A spectre from the past has come back to torment them - the serial killer they left for dead i...

Ireland, AD 672. The abbey of Muman at Imleach Iubhair is being renovated when its guests' hostel burns to the ground. There is one fatality: Bishop Brodulf of Luxovium, a distinguished visitor and cousin to the King of Franks. Sister Fidelma is asked by Abbot Cuǹ to investigate the unfortunate ...

Early summer in Glendara and the town's literary festival is about to begin with Phyllis Kettle, the bookshop owner, at the helm. The big news is that Gavin Featherstone, the peninsula's bestselling but reclusive writer, has been persuaded to take part. An eager crowd awaits his first public appe...

A gripping Irish psychological thriller.