Books

The massive uprising following the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020--by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thrust the argument to defund the police to the forefront of international politics.

The disappearance of schoolboy Philip Cairns has baffled detectives and his family and remains unsolved 35 years later, despite an intensive garda investigation, extensive searches and multiple media appeals. The quiet 13-year-old was snatched in broad daylight while returning to school in Rathfarnham, Dublin, on a bright autumn day, never to be seen again. 

Gilligan tells the story of a young man's rise through the ranks of gangland following his journey from petty thief to public enemy number one.

A shocking secret leads to a murder conviction, but was William Burke really guilty?

• Includes new forensic information from the deputy state pathologist • Victorian True Crime

POSTPONED TO SPRING 2022

CLASH OF THE CLANS is a story that traces the emergence of the Irish mafia from the streets of Dublin to the highest echelons of global organised crime and right into the heart of professional boxing. 

New Zealander career criminal Arthur Taylor was paroled from prison after more than 38 years behind bars and Prison Break tells his story in a warts-and-all look at prison life, offering a unique insight into how the prison system can change you for the better, or the worse.

Champagne Football is a gripping, sometimes darkly hilarious and often enraging piece of reporting by the award-winning journalists who finally pulled back the curtain on the FAI's mismanagement.

Riveting, horrifying and written like fiction, this book shows that while we are looking the other way, all that we hold most dear is being stolen.

 Redemptive, poignant, and raw, Trejo is a portrait of a magnificent life and an unforgettable journey through tragedy, pain, and, finally, success.

A gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy.