Local writers contribute to new crime collection
TWO WICKLOW writers, Alix Moore and Martin Keating, have stories included in a just published collection of new crime writing.
‘Sins’ is the first work from the the3percenters, an author’s collective and publishing partnership formed to promote emerging Irish writers.
Sins is a collection of eleven stories, themed around the seven deadly sins. Each of the stories has a particular twist in its tail. A woman seduces her boss and considers murdering his wife. A case of mistaken identity leads to disastrous consequences. An unexpected visitor arrives with a camera but takes more than photographs. A bitter sixth-former at an English public school exacts the ultimate revenge.
Alix Moore, based in Greystones, is a Londoner and graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, who followed her heart to Ireland. She is working on her first novel – a psychological thriller set in the worlds of music and medicine. Her short story ‘Surprise’ was published last year in Storytellers: New Writing from Ireland.
Martin Keating is based is Wicklow town. His short story ‘The Welfare Visitor’ included in Sins won the Dalkey Creates Short Story prize in 2016. Professor Moriarty, his historical crime novel set in Edwardian Dublin was selected as a finalist in the 2018 Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair.
Sins is edited by Ferdia MacAnna, the novelist, director and screenwriter, whose novel The Last of the High Kings was made into a film staring Gabriel Byrne, Jared Leto, and Christina Ricci.
Sins is available in Bridge Street Books in Wicklow town and Dubray Books in Bray. It is also available as an ebook or a print-on-demand book.