Irish True Crime

The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. 

The True Story of the Epic Hunt to Bring One of Ireland’s Most Notorious Fugitives to Justice

Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman. Among the wave of emigrants from Ireland to North America were many, many young women who travelled on their own, hoping for a better life. Some lived lives of quiet industry and piety.

COCAINE COWBOYS tells the story of Ireland's love affair with cocaine since it first washed ashore on Cork's rugged coast to the billion-euro trade it has become. 

The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. 

Gilligan knew that laying all his cards on the table could mean signing his own arrest warrant… or worse. But he has done it here. And with a cast of all the country’s deadliest underworld figures, this exposé is nothing short of explosive.

After a forty-year career in the gardai Christy Mangan knows how hard it is to solve a murder. Now, in Cracking the Case, he takes a deep dive into how investigations are run. 

SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Non-Fiction Book of the Year

On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law - and won. 

From an award-winning author comes a tale of a notorious double-murder, for readers of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, or Emmanuel Carrere's The Adversary. 

WINNER IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Non-Fiction Book of the Year

A Murderer. A Leader. The Scandal of an Era. Revisiting the Notorious Malcolm Macarthur Case