Author Michelle McDonagh: 'I pulled down the window and said I'm looking for a good place to bury a body'

The bestselling author of There’s Something I Have to Tell You talks about her toxic family dramas, her addiction to true crime, and her invisible struggle with chronic pain

Author Michelle McDonagh pictured on the grounds of Blarney Woolen Mills in Cork. Picture: Chani Anderson

EARS prick as Cork-based author Michelle McDonagh tells me the story of researching Somebody Knows, her latest novel.

“I was driving up a bog road in my jeep. This guy was standing there footing turf. I pulled down the window and said; I’m looking for a good place to bury a body.’