The Making of a Detective: A Garda's Story of Investigating Some of Ireland's Most Notorious Crimes
By: Pat Marry
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When he retired in 2018 Pat Marry had been instrumental in solving dozens of serious crimes, includ…
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1. Mercury and Me
By: Jim Hutton , Tim Wapshott
4.01
Format: 511 pages,
The relationship between Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton evolved over several months in 1984 and 198… read more
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2. Almost the Perfect Murder: The Killing of Elaine O'Hara, the Extraordinary Garda Investigation and the Trial That Stunned the Nation: The Only Complete Inside Account
By: Paul Williams
3.88
Format: 588 pages,
For over a year everyone assumed missing Dublin woman Elaine O'Hara had ended her own life. But aft… read more
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3. Juno Loves Legs
By: Karl Geary
4.16
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Juno loves Legs. She's loved him since their first encounter at school in Dublin, the time she foug… read more
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4. The Echo Chamber
By: John Boyne
3.87
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
'His relish is infectious' Times'The funniest book I've read in ages. Savage but compelling' Ian Ra… read more
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"They wouldn’t understand anyway. The cheese fell off their crackers a long time ago."-John Boyne, The Echo Chamber
"I’m sorry, but there is nothing – nothing – that squeezes my lemons more than people saying that."-John Boyne, The Echo Chamber
5. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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6. Ordinary Human Failings
By: Megan Nolan
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more
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"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
7. The Wrong Sister
By: Claire Douglas
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Their lifestyles couldn't be more d… read more
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8. Little Cruelties
By: Liz Nugent
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
All three of the Drumm brothers were at the funeral. But one of them was in the coffin. Willi… read more
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9. The Prison Doctor
By: Amanda Brown
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ i… read more
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- true crime
10. Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland
By: Mark Tighe
4.40
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own p… read more
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11. The Trial
By: Jo Spain
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical… read more
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12. Body of Truth
By: Marie Cassidy
3.91
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
IN THE HUNT FOR A KILLER THE SCARS OF DEATH DON'T LIE FROM IRELAND'S FORMER STATE PATHOLOGIST MA… read more
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13. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief
By: Katriona O'Sullivan
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more
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14. My Husband's Killer
By: Laura Marshall
4.00
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Three couples. One murder. A holiday to die for . . . We arrived at a villa on the Amalfi Coas… read more
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15. Home Stretch
By: Graham Norton
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this “compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner” (Sunday Times), the New York Time… read more
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16. Lying in Wait
By: Liz Nugent
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it. On the surface, L… read more
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17. Skin Deep
By: Liz Nugent
3.96
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
'I could probably have been an actress.It is not difficult to pretend to be somebody else.Isn't tha… read more
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"People who go through life smiling miss out on the dignity of sorrow"-Liz Nugent, Skin Deep
18. Girl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries
By: Maureen Sullivan
4.56
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
When Maureen Sullivan was just twelve years old, she confided in her teacher that she was being phy… read more
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19. Life Sentences
By: Billy O'Callaghan
4.06
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
“Billy O’Callaghan uses a trio of voices in his poignant novel Life Sentences as three generations … read more
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20. The Murder of Mr Moonlight: The tragic story of a young widow’s search for happiness and the killing of an innocent man
By: Catherine Fegan
4.26
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'I was a very vulnerable young woman with three small children. I was los… read more
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- true crime
21. My Brother Jason: The Untold Story of Jason Corbett’s Life and Brutal Murder by Tom and Molly Martens
By: Tracey Corbett-Lynch
4.39
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
In August 2015 Limerick man Jason Corbett was murdered by his wife, Molly Martens, and her father, … read more
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22. The Making of a Detective: A Garda's Story of Investigating Some of Ireland's Most Notorious Crimes
By: Pat Marry
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When he retired in 2018 Pat Marry had been instrumental in solving dozens of serious crimes, includ… read more
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- true crime
23. Cocaine Cowboys: The Deadly Rise of Ireland's Drug Lords
By: Nicola Tallant
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
COCAINE COWBOYS tells the story of Ireland’s love affair with cocaine since it first washed ashore … read more
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24. Unlocked: An Irish Prison Officer’s Story
By: David McDonald
3.98
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
For over thirty years, David McDonald worked in Ireland's biggest prisons. This is his story. As a … read more
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25. Four Seasons in Japan
By: Nick Bradley
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more
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"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
26. The Padre: The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money
By: Jennifer O'Leary
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
For almost two decades, Father Patrick Ryan evaded intelligence agencies across Europe and was, for… read more
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27. Quinn
By: Trevor Birney
4.34
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
This is the gripping inside story of Ireland’s bankrupt billionaire, Sean Quinn, who went from rags… read more
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28. A Guarded Life: My story of the dark side of An Garda Síochána
By: Majella Moynihan
4.37
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICEIn 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young ga… read more
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29. Tony 10: The Astonishing Story of the Postman Who Gambled €10,000,000 … and Lost It All
By: Declan Lynch
4.19
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
Tony 10 was the online betting username of Tony O’Reilly, the postman who became front-page news in… read more
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30. Cracking the Case: Inside the mind of a top garda
By: Christy Mangan
3.87
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
The No. 1 bestselling story of one of Ireland's top homicide investigators 'Thrilling and insightfu… read more
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