With their flat caps, half tans, and muddy shoes, farmers might be an unlikely choice of pin-up, yet every year thousands scramble to get their hands on the Irish Farmer Calendar, ogling the prime Irish beef within.

Edited by Otto Penzler

Mark O’Sullivan, who has just published his tenth novel Sleeping Dogs, tells Billy O’Callaghan that his books are like Nordic Noir icon Kurt Wallander’s ... but with a relieving sense of humour.

The Deal

Screwed

John Connolly and Declan Burke convinced great writers to write about their favourite mystery novels. Val Nolan is impressed

THE great crime novelist Raymond Chandler advised, “When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand”.

Some well-known writers talk to Richard Fitzpatrick about being perplexed by their kids’ questions

GOOD NEWS is no news, as they say, so you may not have heard that crime rates have been steadily falling over the last decade or so, particularly in the US, Britain and Ireland.

Director: William Monaghan

ALAN GLYNN’S new novel covers territory readers of Irish noir usually associate with Declan Hughes or Ken Bruen. And like Hughes, there are shady deals involving property, former IRA or INLA gunmen working as bouncers or fixers.

Following the success of his latest movie, In Bruges, Dubliner Colin Farrell will head home for his next … he starts work on Triage for Bosnian helmer Danis Tanovic. First there’s a six-week shoot in Europe and then a four-week stay in Dublin.