Irish Crime Fiction in Good Health (2)

Thanks to a comment by Declan Burke, I can add to my previous post the following crime writers (the titles are the result of my search):

• The Reckoning by Jane Casey
• Orchid Blue  by Eoin McNamee
• Plugged by Eoin Colfer,
• The Fatal Touch by Conor Fitzgerald,
• The Chosen by Arlene Hunt,
• Taken by Niamh O’Connor,
• Dublin Dead by Gerard O’Donovan

My Life as a Book 2011

This is a fun meme hosted this year by Pop Culture Ned. All you have to do is finished sentences about yourself using only books read in 2011 and leave your answers in the comments at Pop Culture Ned. I couldn’t resist again this year. Meme: My Life as a Book 2010.

• One time at band/summer camp, I: (was an) Involuntary Witness (Gianrico Carofiglio)
• Weekends at my house are: (an) Entanglement (Zygmunt Miloszewski)
• My neighbour is: Unseen (Mari Jungstedt)
• My boss is: The Abominable Man (Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö)
• My ex was: Red Wolf (Liza Marklund)
• My superhero secret identity is: Lennox (Craig Russell)
• You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry because: (I don’t have) Mercy (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
• I’d win a gold medal in: Bad Intentions (Karin Fossum)
• I’d pay good money for: (a visit to) Devil’s Peak (Deon Meyer)
• If I were president, I: (would last) Three Seconds (Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström)
• When I don’t have good books, I:  (am in) An Uncertain Place (Fred Vargas) 
• Loud talkers at the movies should be: Echoes from the Dead (Johan Theorin)

Irish Crime Fiction in Good Health

Following Brian McGilloway’s article dated 22 April 2009 in guardian.co.uk, just have a look at the following tittles:

• Absolut Zero Cool by Declan Burke
• Bloodland by Alan Glynn
• The Burning Soul by John Connolly
• Falling Glass by Adrian McKinty
• A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black
• Stolen Souls by Stuart Neville
• Hide Me by Ava McCarthy
• Nine Inches by Colin Bateman
• Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway
• The Rage by Gene Kerrigan
• Broken Harbour by Tana French
• Headstone by Ken Bruen

Pretty impressive, isn’t it?

And I’m sure I forgot someone else