Murder and Skulduggery from Regency Dublin to Pre-War London.

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Andrew Hughes and Henrietta McKervey will be joined by Declan Burke in Ballymun Library for a One Dublin One Book event

<h3>D﻿ifferent Times Different Crimes: M﻿urder and Skulduggery from Regency Dublin to Pre-War London.</h3>Andrew Hughes and Henrietta McKervey will be joined in conversation by Declan Burke to discuss creating immersive settings and authentic characters from bygone eras and different cities, exploring issues of research and the challenges for authors in the distinct genre of historical crime.Henrietta McKervey has published four novels. The most recent, A Talented Man, is a psychological suspense set in 1938 about a disillusioned author and master forger who discovers an unknown sequel to Dracula. Her previous novel Violet Hill, the story of the only female private investigator in post-World War I London, is being adapted for TV by Causeway Films. She has a Hennessy First Fiction Award and won the inaugural UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award. She is a regular contributor to the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Sunday Business Post and the Brendan O’Connor Show on RTÉ Radio 1.Born in Co. Wexford, Andrew Hughes was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. A qualified archivist, he worked for RTÉ before going freelance. His debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt, was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Irish Crime Book of the Year. The Coroner’s Daughter was nominated for the CWA Historical Dagger.Declan Burke is an award-winning author and editor. His novel Absolute Zero Cool won the Goldsboro Award in 2012. Books to Die For (2013), co-edited with John Connolly, won the Anthony Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime. The Lammisters, a comic novel, is published by No Alibis Press.

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