St. Patrick's Day figures in many mysteries
, so here's my updated St. Patrick's Day Crime Fiction list.
And, since Irish aka Emerald Noir is
very popular right now, you can always add more titles to your
TBR pile
from the many
Irish crime writers available, although they may not
take place specifically on
St. Patrick's Day.
Declan Burke had a great post on his blog several years ago
CrimeAlwaysPays Overview: The St. Patrick's Day Rewind.
Mystery Readers Journal has had two issues dedicated to
Irish Mysteries. Irish Mysteries: 36:4 (2020) and
Irish Mysteries 24:2 (2008) Both are still available as hardcopy or PDF download.
As always, I welcome
comments and additions to this list.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY CRIME FICTION
Susan Wittig Albert:
Love Lies BleedingJennifer S. Alderson:
Death by Leprechaun Amy Alessio:
Struck by Shillelagh
Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, & Marcia Talley (editors):
Homicidal Holidays: Fourteen Tales of Murder and Merriment
Mary Kay Andrews (aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck):
Irish Eyes
S. Furlong-Bollinger:
Paddy Whacked
Harry Brandt (Richard Price): The Whites
MW Burdette: The St. Patrick Day Murders
Lynn Cahoon: Corned Beef and Casualties
Isis Crawford: A Catered St. Patrick's Day
P. Creeden: Murder on Saint Patrick's Day
Kathi Daley: Shamrock Shenanigans
Maddie Day: Four Leaf Cleaver
Nelson DeMille: Cathedral
Tom Dots Doherty: ShamrockSnake
Janet Evanovich: Plum Lucky
Sharon Fiffer: Lucky Stuff
Bernadette Franklin: Shammed
S. Furlong-Bollinger: Paddy Whacked
Andrew Gonzalez: St. Patrick's Day
Andrew Greeley: Irish Gold
Jane Haddam: A Great Day for the Deadly
Lyn Hamilton: The Celtic Riddle
Jonathan Harrington: A Great Day for Dying
Lee Harris: The St. Patrick's Day Murder
Jennifer L. Hart: Sleuthing for the Weekend
Dorothy Howell: Duffel Bags and Drownings
Carolyn Q. Hunter: Shamrock Pie Murder
Melanie Jackson: The Sham
Madison Johns: Lucky Strike
Diane Kelly: Love, Luck, and the Little Green Men
Linda Kozar: St. Patrick's Secret
Amanda Lee: The Long Stitch Good Night; Four-Leaf Clover
Wendi Lee: The Good Daughter
Dan Mahoney: Once in, Never Out
Marion Markham: The St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Mystery (children's)
Ralph M. McInerny: Lack of the Irish
Leslie Meier: St. Patrick's Day Murder; Irish Parade Murder
Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, & Barbara Ross: Irish Coffee Murder (novellas)
Carlene O'Connor: Murder in an Irish Bookshop
Sister Carol Anne O’Marie: Death Takes Up A Collection
Mark Parker: Lucky You
Christopher Ryan: Go Brath
Madelyn Scott: Suspicions and Shamrocks
Janet Elaine Smith: In St. Patrick's Custody
JJ Toner: St. Patrick's Day Special
Kathy Hogan Trochek (aka Mary Kay Andrews):
Irish Eyes
Debbie Viguié:
Lie Down in Green Pastures 
Noreen Wald:
Death Never Takes a Holiday; The Luck of the Ghostwriter
Check out Dublin Noir,
a collection of short stories edited by Ken Bruen,
published by Akashic Books in the US and Brandon in Ireland and the
UK.
Read Val McDermid's take on the Popularity of Irish Crime Fiction.
Some Irish crime writers you might want to read:
Tana French, Erin Hart, Benjamin Black, Conor Brady, Declan Hughes, Jane Casey, Brian McGilloway, Alan Glynn, John Brady, Stuart Neville, Adrian McKinty, John Banville (Benjamin Black), Ken Bruen, Jesse Louisa Rickard, Peter Tremayne, Gene Kerrigan, Stuart Neville, Liz Nugent, Eoin Colfer, John Connolly, Sinead Crowley, Olivia Kiernan, Brian McGilloway, Jo Spain, Jane Casey, Catherine Ryan Howard, Jess Kidd, Claire McGowan, Arlene Hunt, Michelle Duane, Zara Keane, Declan Hughes, Jess Kidd, Gemma O'Connor, Lisa McInerney,
Who are your favorite Irish authors?
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Crime Films set around St. Patrick's Day:
Between the Canals (2010), Irish crime film written and directed by Mark O'Connor
The Boondock Saints (1999) American crime film written and directed by Troy Duffy
State of Grace (1990) Neo-Noir Crime Film directed by Phil Joanou
The Fugitive (1993) American Crime Film directed by Andrew Davis
True Crime:
May the road rise up to meet you, and the wind be always at your back!
