Author of the DI Sheen series. 3 book deal signed with Acorn and Ink. Powerful: The Times Crime Club. https://teapaw.org/t.co/wLLXmjdbNm
North London via Belfast
Joined November 2014
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Cover reveal!! 💚💚💪💪💥💥
He swore he’d never return to Belfast.
DI Owen Sheen has spent years running from his past. From Belfast. From the unanswered questions surrounding his brother’s death.
But in a city built on secrets, digging up the past comes at a cost.
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I was there recently. Great people, great country. Lovely town #drogheda #turkiye #ireland youtu.be/nfnWzcg_N-U?is=tzPo…
Loving my sunshine coffee breaks this summer, with a sweet morsel of yer man Chris Mcmahon 's verse on the side. This is also one of my favourite movies, and an uplifting wee poem. Click and get your copy from Amazon, straight to your door.
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What a privilege and pleasure to talk with David Hennessey @theirishworld about writing, legacy issues in the N of Ireland and the revamped and reissued DI Sheen thriller series. At news agents in Britain and available online this week. @KellyALacey 💚💚👏👏
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Uppa Doggy Danders! – at Hannahstown, Northern Ireland
FÉILE DOGGY DANDERS 🐶
🐶Sunday 2nd August 1pm
📍Falls Park, Belfast
🐶Dogs and Owners Welcome
🎵Music, Food Trucks, and Prizes at the Finish
🐾Let’s Make it the Biggest Doggy Danders Ever!
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Beautiful! And I completely agree. I'm reposting this both because it chimes with teenage camping days and it's the first positive message I've seen on Twitter X for a long time. ✅✅👏👏💚💚
It might sound like a cliché, but when Ireland has the weather there's nowhere better 🙂
West Donegal has beaches and scenery as picturesque as anywhere in the world. Enjoyed a few days away from the rat race, up in the hills with family.
West is best.
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Now this is how you hook a reader. Belfast, buried secrets, and a past that refuses to stay dead absolutely irresistible. Huge congratulations on the cover reveal. This already feels like a must-read thriller. 🔥📚
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So I, and Death Of An Officer, won the inaugural Cob and Pen Literary Award for Crime Fiction last night at the Bloody Barnes Gala Dinner! Here I am with my beautiful glassware prize and the brilliant event organiser Anne Mullins.
New year, new deal and Sheen and Aoife and back in business. Absolutely delighted to make this announcement. This is just the beginning... 💚💪🙏🏻
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Thanks to @MalMccann and @hannahpattJ for this piece on Doggy Danders. We have extra Danders over Christmas for anyone who is looking for a welcoming community. Remember, you don't need a dog to come to Doggy Danders! Come join us! DM for any info you need.
“We’re here to build a healthier happier world one paw at a time.”
From what started with a few friends and their four-legged companions, a cross community ‘family’ has gained momentum in west Belfast is continuing to bring people together.
‘Doggy Danders’ celebrates its one-year anniversary this Christmas.
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‘Unputdownable’ historian @robert_lyman
‘Intriguing…masterly’ John Lawton, author of the Inspector Troy series
‘Historical noir at its best’ thriller writer @DonnellyWriter
‘Evokes a vanished London so impressively…written so well’ @thetimes
Dead In The Water-Frank Merlin 5
1942. London. The dead body of a businessman is pulled out of the Thames. Some priceless art goes missing. Is there a connection? Frank Merlin investigates. Dead In The Water is No. 5 in the Merlin detective series. ‘Historical noir at its best..masterly’. A @thetimes crime pick.
That's it. The last of the summer jam. We've enjoyed every morsel, enjoyed giving it away even more and I did enjoy the labour of its creation. The next thing the tree in the garden will give is a cloak of leaves to rake and compost, and then it's skeletal map on the winter sky.
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A great thriller!
Thanks to @sauldavid66, @VaseemKhanUK and @MarkEllis15 for their support for CUT AND RUN - out now in #KindleUnlimited
@BestThrillBooks @BestThrillers @HistoryRage @AspectsHistory @The_CWA
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Of all the good opinions I was most anxious to secure, author @CauveryMadhavan was top. So phew! And thank you!
In Croatia, but I may as well have been in Delhi! A really fantastic read from @PaulWaters99 - a whodunit, set in Chandni Chowk. A witty, retired Irish nun and a charming hotelier take us on a riveting, technicolour jaunt of modern day India. Superb! #MurderInMoonlitSquare
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In Belfast? Love books? Join me & @malodoherty on Thursday 13th Nov, 6pm at @NoAlibisPress bookshop to launch my book Murder in Moonlit Square. It's the first in my new Irish-Indian cosy crime series set in Delhi. noalibis.com/event/paul-wate… Pub by @bedsqpublishers / @noexitpress
Wow, scundered for you. A masterclass in PR self harm from the Gov. Watch those ticket sales boom. 🫨 👏👏
BBC News - Kneecap rapper's terror case thrown out
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Been there and done it 👏🤔 Both the diabolical N London soft play of same name and the crime thriller about spooks, secrets and the Troubles. Never Ask The Dead, DI Sheen 3 and now Clown Town by Mick Herron. share.google/eCq3OpBEnnCgVtn…
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Fellow crime author @jjulieanderson and I have co-written an article for the very first edition of the great new @aspectsofcrime magazine. The subject is portraying real-life criminals in fiction. Pictured mid-20th century London underworld kings Jack ‘Spot’ Comer and Billy Hill.
Have a squiz over on my Substack, the first of a two-part short story called The Look. A parable of pain, forgiveness and the enduring power of love in a broken society. Link on BIO
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It's not entertainment, but the voice of artists/writers is essential to this conversation. @adrianmckinty @stuartneville glad to be part of it. #peace What do the new Northern Ireland Troubles legacy proposals entail? | Northern Ireland | The Guardian share.google/XXgBSMEmAfqq2SI…
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