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Muriel Denham lives alone since the death of 'her' Larry seven years previously. When Konstantin the mysterious Czech rents the downstairs flat, landlady Muriel considers seduction.
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Liz Nugent
14 books4,825 followersLiz Nugent worked as a stage manager in theatres in Ireland and toured internationally before writing extensively for radio and television drama.
Unravelling Oliver was published in 2014, hit the number 1 spot for several weeks and won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
Lying in Wait, published in 2016, went straight to number 1 and was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. It won the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards.
In October 2017, Liz won the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Award in Literature.
Skin Deep was published in 2018. It also went straight to number 1 in the bestsellers charts and scooped two awards at the An Post Irish Book Awards in Nov '18: Crime Novel of the Year AND the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listener's Choice Award.
Little Cruelties (Our Little Cruelties) was published in 2020. Another number 1 bestseller, it topped the charts for fifteen weeks, was nominated for Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, long listed for a CWA award at Theakston Crime Festival at Harrogate. It was listed as one of the most recommended thrillers of the Year by the New York Times.
Liz was presented with the James Joyce Medal for Literature (via Zoom!) in February 21 and was a Guest of Honour at Iceland Noir in November 21.
Strange Sally. Diamond was published in 2023 and was number 1 in the Irish charts for 9 weeks and stayed I the top ten for 26 weeks. It won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and made the shortlist of six for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2024. It was the second best selling book in Ireland after the Booker Prize winning Prophet Son by Paul Lynch and the most borrowed book for adults from Irish libraries.
Her new novel The Truth About Ruby Cooper will be published in March 2026 in UK and iRL by Penguin Sandycove and in the US by Gallery /Simon and Schuster at a later date TBC.
Unravelling Oliver was published in 2014, hit the number 1 spot for several weeks and won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
Lying in Wait, published in 2016, went straight to number 1 and was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. It won the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards.
In October 2017, Liz won the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Award in Literature.
Skin Deep was published in 2018. It also went straight to number 1 in the bestsellers charts and scooped two awards at the An Post Irish Book Awards in Nov '18: Crime Novel of the Year AND the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listener's Choice Award.
Little Cruelties (Our Little Cruelties) was published in 2020. Another number 1 bestseller, it topped the charts for fifteen weeks, was nominated for Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, long listed for a CWA award at Theakston Crime Festival at Harrogate. It was listed as one of the most recommended thrillers of the Year by the New York Times.
Liz was presented with the James Joyce Medal for Literature (via Zoom!) in February 21 and was a Guest of Honour at Iceland Noir in November 21.
Strange Sally. Diamond was published in 2023 and was number 1 in the Irish charts for 9 weeks and stayed I the top ten for 26 weeks. It won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and made the shortlist of six for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2024. It was the second best selling book in Ireland after the Booker Prize winning Prophet Son by Paul Lynch and the most borrowed book for adults from Irish libraries.
Her new novel The Truth About Ruby Cooper will be published in March 2026 in UK and iRL by Penguin Sandycove and in the US by Gallery /Simon and Schuster at a later date TBC.
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September 6, 2022
I won’t include this in my book count. It turns out this was a short story written by Liz and performed on the RTÉ Drama on One podcast. Fun!
https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/217...
https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/217...
October 29, 2021
I seem to have caught the Liz Nugent bug and even though I have several books prioritised to read, I found myself reading this short story after reading skin deep. This author has a knack for peeling back the ugliness of a character, who on the surface, appears to be perfectly ordinary, if not even likeable. I absolutely loved it in the unravelling of oliver, skin deep, and now this.
It makes me think about the ugliness lurking within me, whether it's jealousy, greed, prejudice.. or like in this case, rejection. How and why and when it rears it's head, and my behaviour when it does. I go into psychoanalytic mode full throttle!
It makes me think about the ugliness lurking within me, whether it's jealousy, greed, prejudice.. or like in this case, rejection. How and why and when it rears it's head, and my behaviour when it does. I go into psychoanalytic mode full throttle!
December 10, 2020
Muriel Denham lives alone since the death of 'her' Larry seven years previously. When Konstantin the mysterious Czech rents the downstairs flat, landlady Muriel considers seduction.Written by Liz Nugentstarring Marion O'DwyerDirected by Gorretti Slavin
You can listen to it on RTE website
You can listen to it on RTE website
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