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.

Nine Inches

ELECTION addicts might have thought you couldn’t make up a scenario in which a hard-nosed Sinn Féiner, two Derry candidates and an openly gay man all vie to become President — but apparently you could.