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A Maid on Fifth Avenue by Sinead Crowley - read an extract

A Maid on Fifth Avenue is a dual time line mystery, telling the story of Annie, who emigrates from West Kerry to Manhattan in the 1920s and Emer, who returns home from LA a hundred years later...

Books • 29 Sep 24

Author Lisa Jewell (Pic: Andrew-Whitton)

Reviewed: Lisa Jewell's new book (and the book about the book)

Books • 23 Jul 22

Into the Belladonna Maze - Sinead Crowley on her new book

Books • 11 May 22

The Belladonna Maze by Sinead Crowley - read an extract

Books • 05 May 22

Reviewed: The Colony by Audrey Magee

Books • 08 Feb 22

April in Spain: John Banville's new thriller reviewed

Books • 04 Oct 21

Sinead Crowley will publish The Belladonna Maze in 2022

RTÉ's Sinead Crowley signs two-book deal with UK publishing house

Books • 01 Mar 21

Sinéad Crowley's books of the year

Author and RTÉ News Arts and Media Correspondent Sinéad Crowley rounds up her books of 2020

Sinead Crowley • 11 Dec 20

Bono, circa 1987 - apparently he didn't carry a pen.

She will follow: everybody has a Bono story

Did acclaimed author Sinead Crowley become the arts and media correspondent for RTÉ News just so she could stalk the World's Biggest Rock Band? Here, she finally reveals all.

Music • 11 May 20

Francis MacManus 2019 - hear the winning story

From Monday 16 to Friday 27 September, you can hear one story every weeknight at 11.20pm on RTÉ Radio 1 from this year's shortlist from the RTÉ Radio 1 short story competition. We start with the top prizewinning story, Honey Days by Stephen O'Reilly

Francis MacManus Short Story Competition • 24 Aug 20

Sinead's picks include books by Donal Ryan (top left) and Emilie Pine (bottom right)

Sinead Crowley's Best Books Of 2018

I'm going to start this year with non-fiction as, unusually for me, some of my favourite books in 2018 came from this category.

Books • 15 Dec 18

New Crime Fiction: Maximum Protection, by Sinead Crowley

A short story from Trouble Is My Business, a new anthology of new Irish crime writing.

Books • 27 Dec 17

Marian Keyes: winner of the Popular Fiction award for The Break, pictured at this year's Bord Gáis Energy Book awards

The 20 Best Books of 2017 - recommended reads to give and receive

Your Christmas reading started and (book) ended! Here are the books that are worth your while during those occasional Xmas breaks from the tidal wave of telly.

Books • 13 Dec 17

Sinead Crowley's One Bad Turn is a Rick Book Club selection for July

The Rick O'Shea Book Club returns - your July selections

For July, given that people are away on holidays a lot, I've chosen two books that will work with vastly different ends of the reading spectrum.

Books • 13 Jul 17

Sinead Crowley - her new crime novel is perfect beach reading

Reviewed: One Bad Turn by Sinéad Crowley

Sinéad Crowley's latest thriller One Bad Turn is an easy read and a perfect book to be consumed on the beach, writes Grace Keane.

Books • 11 Jul 17

Bad words - Sinead Crowley on her stunning new crime novel

'All of my books start with a single image...' Sinéad Crowley writes about the events that inspired her third crime novel One Bad Turn.

Books • 12 Jun 17

Marian Keyes: new novel, Calling the Breaks is due in September.

Irish Fiction flies proud - 12 books to watch

Irish fiction is enjoying a golden age - prizes are being won and new voices bringing readers more stories with recognisably Irish accents, as the fine imaginative thread continues to be spun. Here are some of the titles to look for in coming months.

Books • 17 Mar 17

Ali Land, first-time author of Good Me Bad Me

Lady Killers: Sinead Crowley meets Ali Land

The hottest new crime novelist on the block talks to RTÉ Arts and Media correspondent (and acclaimed crime writer) Sinead Crowley about her debut novel, Good Me Bad Me.

Culture • 30 Jan 17

Sinead Crowley's Favourite Books of 2016

Let the End Of Year lists begin! We asked RTÉ Arts and Media Correspondent (and acclaimed novelist) Sinead Crowley to pick her favourite books of 2016.

Recommended • 27 Dec 16

Sinead Crowley