“Declan Burke is his own genre. The Lammisters dazzles, beguiles and transcends. Virtuoso from start to finish.” – Eoin McNamee “This bourbon-smooth riot of jazz-age excess, high satire and Wodehouse flamboyance is a pitch-perfect bullseye of comic brilliance.” – Irish Independent Books of the Year 2019 “This rapid-fire novel deserves a place on any bookshelf that grants asylum to PG Wodehouse, Flann O’Brien or Kyril Bonfiglioli.” – Eoin Colfer, Guardian Best Books of the Year 2019 “The funniest book of the year.” – Sunday Independent “Declan Burke is one funny bastard. The Lammisters ... conducts a forensic analysis on the anatomy of a story.” – Liz Nugent “Burke’s exuberant prose takes centre stage … He plays with language like a jazz soloist stretching the boundaries of musical theory.” – Totally Dublin “A mega-meta smorgasbord of inventive language ... linguistic verve not just on every page but every line.Irish Times “Above all, The Lammisters gives the impression of a writer enjoying himself. And so, dear reader, should you.” – Sunday Times “A triumph of absurdity, which burlesques the literary canon from Shakespeare, Pope and Austen to Flann O’Brien … The Lammisters is very clever indeed.” – The Guardian

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

One to Watch: THE DEAD RINGER by Triona Walsh

Triona Walsh publishes her debut thriller THE DEAD RINGER (Liberties Press) in June, a novel laced with political corruption and blackmail. To wit:
A young sex worker, who bears a disturbing likeness to the Taoiseach’s daughter - Kate Cunningham - is found murdered in a Kildare wood. Could the Taoiseach have killed her? Kate investigates who she is and why she was killed. But can she solve the case before she too ends up on the mortuary slab?
  THE DEAD RINGER will be published on June 20th. For more on Triona Walsh, clickety-click here

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