Declan Burke 
Trouble is Our Business 
New Stories by Irish Crime Writers

Thrilling, disturbing, shocking and moving, Trouble Is Our Business: New Stories by Irish Crime Writers is a compulsive anthology of original stories by Ireland’s best-known crime writers. Featuring: Patrick Mc Ginley, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Colin Bateman, Eoin Mc Namee, Ken Bruen, Paul Charles, Julie Parsons, John Connolly, Alan Glynn, Adrian Mc Kinty, Arlene Hunt, Alex Barclay, Gene Kerrigan, Eoin Colfer, Declan Hughes, Cora Harrison, Brian Mc Gilloway, Stuart Neville, Jane Casey, Niamh O’Connor, William Ryan Murphy, Louise Phillips, Sinéad Crowley, Liz Nugent. Irish crime writers have long been established on the international stage as bestsellers and award winners. Now, for the first time ever, the best of contemporary Irish crime novelists are brought together in one volume. Edited by Declan Burke, the anthology embraces the crime genre’s traditional themes of murder, revenge, intrigue, justice and redemption. These stories engage with the full range of crime fiction incarnations: from police procedurals to psychological thrillers, domestic noir to historical crime – but there’s also room for the supernatural, the futuristic, the macabre. As Emerald Noir blossoms into an international phenomenon, there has never been a more exciting time to be a fan of Irish crime fiction.

Circa l’autore

Declan Burke was born in Sligo, Ireland and lives in Wicklow. He is the award-wining author of seven novels, most recently The Lammisters, and the editor of three anthologies, including Trouble is Our Business. He also works as a journalist and critic of books and film.