"Belfast Noir": Move over Scandinavia, the Irish are the real thrillers ...

Ireland’s ascent to the top of the crime-fiction tree will reach new heights this week, when an anthology featuring the country’s finest thriller-writers is launched in New York on November 7, writes author and journalist Garbhan Downey.

‘BELFAST Noir’, which was edited by Northern thriller masters Adrian McKinty and Stuart Neville, includes contributions from bestselling authors such as Lee Child, Ian McDonald, Alex Barclay, Brian McGilloway and Arlene Hunt.

There are 14 short stories in all in the book, crossing a wide range of genres.