Books for St. Patrick's Day

No shamrocks or leprechauns here - try one of these new Irish novels this March. From dark to ditzy, there's something for everyone.

Updated March 3, 2025
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The drowned : a novel
Banville, John
Paper Book
From the renowned Booker Prize winner and nationally bestselling author of Snow comes a richly atmospheric new mystery about a woman's sudden disappearance in a small coastal town in Ireland, where nothing is as it seems. "John Banville is one of my favorite writers alive,...
Gun street girl : a Detective Sean Duffy novel
McKinty, Adrian
Paper Book
Belfast, 1985. Amid the Troubles, Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, struggles with burnout as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide. Did Michael Kelly really shoot his parents at point-blank and then jump off a nearby cliff? A suicide...
Love at first book
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author's prickly son... until their story becomes one for the books, from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading. Emily...
A stolen child
Taylor, Sarah Stewart
Paper Book
"Taylor presents an appealingly nuanced twist on the traditional police procedural." -The Washington PostSarah Stewart Taylor is known for her atmospheric portrayal of an American detective in Ireland, and her critically acclaimed series returns with A Stolen Child.After months of training, former...
When we were silent
McPhillips, Fiona
Paper Book
"Tense and unsettling. . . The reality is even more shocking than we imagined."--New York Times Book Review"Excruciating suspense." --Stephen King "Suspenseful and beautifully written" --The GuardianAn outsider threatens to...
You have gone too far
O'Connor, Carlene
Paper Book
With the haunting, moody prose of Tana French and the compulsive storytelling of Dervla McTiernan or Ann Cleeves, bestselling author Carlene O'Connor lures readers to a remote village on Ireland's southwest coast, where winding windswept roads open to spectacular views of rugged cliffs against...

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