Brendan is joined by Booker Prize winning author, John Banville. He chooses his five favourite crime thrillers. 'Christine Falls' is the One Dublin, One Book choice for 2026, 20 years after it was first published, under your former pseudonym, Benjamin Black. It's available in libraries, as an eBook on the free BorrowBox library app and there will be an e-audiobook on Borrowbox too available for the month of April and more details are available at dublincityofliterature.ie
John Banville's Favourite Crime thrillers
- Raymond Chandler 'The Long Goodbye'
- Agatha Christie 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'
- Georges Simenon 'The Saint-Fiacre Affair'
- James M. Cain 'The Postman Always Rings Twice '
- Patricia Highsmith 'The Talented Mr Ripley'