Culture That Made Me: Cork-based author Catherine Kirwan on Corcadorca, Columbo and Little Women 

In the week where Catherine Kirwan releases her latest Cork-set novel, she recalls some of her cultural touchstones 

Catherine Kirwan's latest novel, The Seventh Body, is published this week. 

Catherine Kirwan grew up on a farm in Fews, Co Waterford. She studied law at University College Cork, where one of her crime novels, A Lesson in Malice, is set. She published her first novel, Darkest Truth, in 2019. She served as a board member of Corcadorca Theatre Company for many years. Her latest novel, The Seventh Body, will be launched, 6.30pm, Wednesday at Waterstones, Cork, all welcome.

The Seventh Body, by Catherine Kirwan