" Here is the future of the thriller and it's called
PAT MULLAN. Glory be indeed! "
-Ken Bruen, 2004 SHAMUS Award winner
"Pat Mullan shocks us into paying attention from word one, page one and does not let us go until he decides to release us! That is how compelling BLOOD RED SQUARE reads!Like a dynamo running ahead of itself."
- novelist Robert W. Walker, The Instinct and Edge Series
“There are shades of Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, and even Tom Clancy in Creatures of Habit, Pat Mullan’s powerful new novel. This is certainly one of the most exciting, and powerful, thrillers I’ve ever read—the complex art of the thinker’s mystery. Great stuff!” E.M.Schorb
Galway Noir is a collection of stories by the award-winning Irish author of international thrillers, Pat Mullan.
An assassin, a lawyer, and a member of the IRA — all men who have been separated from their homeland for some reason. One is on a mission, one is in too deep, and one needs to bury the past.
Galway Girl : Originally published in WOW Anthology (2010)
Dublin Noir features an awe-inspiring cast of writers who between them have won all major mystery and crime-fiction awards. Brand new stories by: Ken Bruen, Eoin Colfer, Pat Mullan, and others.
city-pick Dublin
Specially published to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and Dublin becoming a UNESCOWorldCity of Literature in 2010 City-pick Dublin will be available from March 11, 2010.
Pat Mullan, who is Ireland Chair of International Thriller Writers, says : "I am very pleased (and honored) to be included in this selection of fifty Irish writers."
The publisher, Oxygen Books, talks about city-pick Dublin: A truly astonishing variety of writers evoke the myriad pleasures of this legendary writers' city, bringing Dubliners, famous, not so famous and famously fictional, to life.
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JAMES DICKEY'S POETRY: The Religious Dimension (Kindle Edition)James Dickey, a poet who raised my consciousness at a time when I was not writing any more, a time when I had abandoned it, a time when the muse had departed. Well, James Dickey has now departed. He died on January 19, 1997. I suppose he was best known for his novel Deliverance but he also wrote about 20 volumes of poetry. James Dickey?s Poetry: The Religious Dimension is my elegy to the man.
Dr. Dan Grimes was the most sought after computer scientist on the planet. Bill Gates had tried, unsuccessfully, to buy his mind with millions. But wealth didn't motivate Grimes. A minimalist in everything, he lived frugally. Artificial intelligence alone motivated him. He wanted to take AI the next quantum leap. He wanted to train the computer to think, to create, to solve, to function more magnificently than a thousand Einsteins. MIT believed in him. They'd funded him now for ten years. Asked for nothing. No objectives. No project milestones. Nothing. MIT believed. Believed that Grimes's genius would eventually repay them beyond the wildest dreams of even the most far-out thinkers in their renowned research department.
Pat Mullan is Chair of ITW Ireland International Thriller Writers Inc.
"Pull up a chair and stay a while. I write thrillers and poetry.Perfectly compatible genres, in case you wondered.Poetry hones the mind and the skill, as well as providing a respite from the intense commitment I make when I'm in the midst of a thriller.
Please spend some time with me. I'm sure you'll find something to interest you in my place here in cyberspace. Do come back often.Thank you!"
I'll jump right in by showing you some of the reviews that I've been receiving for my first novel, The CIRCLE of SODOM.
"An excellent read! " - Shelley Glodowski, MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
Part Tom Clancy, part Michael Crichton, The CIRCLE of SODOM by Pat Mullan provides an entertaining and thrilling read of the first order ... the chilling suspense will keep you restless !!!Mullan is ready with another MacDara thriller, BLOOD RED SQUARE.I have already booked my copy!!"Recommended, highly recommended !!!"- Narayan Radhakrishnan, NEW MYSTERY READER
"You know you're reading a good thriller when you start to cast it for the movie before you've even finished."- Eithne Hannigan, Book Reviews, CONNEMARA LIFEmagazine
"a rollicking ride...a great new book in the thriller genre!"Peggy Vincent, author of Baby Catcher - film rights have been optioned by Elliot Gould's production studio and the screenplay has been assigned
And here are some of the most recent reviews that I've been getting for my latest thriller, LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER, (you can read the opening chapter- titled 'Tribunal' - in the anthology DUBLIN NOIR, out now in the US from Akashic Books, and in the UK and Ireland from Brandon Books):
Pat Mullan,s latest,LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER, is a razor blade down the spine.So fast-paced, expect whiplash.This is Irish noir with a hero whom you'll want at your back in any gunfight.Grab a copy and clear your schedule!James Rollins,New York Times bestselling author of BLACK ORDER.
"A high-powered legal thriller chocked full of betrayal, deceit, corruption, and murder. Mullan is Ireland's answer to John Grisham, with a smattering of Ross MacDonald thrown in.
Pat Mullan is a natural born storyteller with a gripping, engaging style.He may just be the next big thing in Irish crime fiction.Jason Starr, author of LIGHTS OUT.
LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER bristles with ingenuity, and a plot to kill for; this is a thriller of such high caliber that it transcends all genres; has all the Irish gifts:dizzy narrative, sly humor, and marvelous readability.It rocks!Ken Bruen, Edgar and Macavity Award winning author of THE GUARDS.
LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER is a tight, intelligent thriller.Author Pat Mullan blends political intrigue and murder with a unique Irish flavor that goes down smooth.His hero, Ed Burke, is striking, almost an anti-hero in some respects.To unravel the deception and save himself, Burke must test old friendships, and determine who to trust in an Ireland changed by the Celtic Tiger.Mullan writes suspense with an edge reminiscent of Bob Ludlum.An author to watch. Cerri Ellis, Mostly Mystery Reviews.
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"I don't think that any of my poems need an introduction."
I get most enjoyment from listening to a poet talk about the written work and the work in progress: why a poem was written, the spark that ignited the vision, the snatch of overheard conversation, the incident that retrieves a past memory, the choice of words and imagery, the simple scene transformed, the need to be a witness.
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AWAKENING by Pat Mullan "Awakening is a collection of mostly anecdotal poems from incidences in the varied and interesting life of Pat Mullan, the Irish, sometimes American, poet from Connemara. Some of these poems charm the pants off you, as a leprechaun might if the pockets of the pants were filled with gold. I'm thinking of "Reincarnation," where a tobacco-puffing sea captain may have returned as a wagtail named Perky. And some of them awaken you to the heavy realities of the Twentieth Century and beyond. Here I'm thinking of "Uijongbu," with its Korean setting and Boots, Boots, Boots tramping the reaches of empire. "Uijongbu" is particularly interesting for the rhythmic prosody of its free verse. Indeed, most of these poems are in free verse, expressive, almost conversational, but with an Irish lilt in the voice.
Awakening is filled with very sharable poems. They display the serious mind and generous personality of a poet worth spending time with. Enjoying many a few with Pat Mullan would make for an interesting and poetic afternoon. After such an afternoon, I should undoubtedly wish for another, as I also anticipate PM's next collection of poems." E.M. Schorb
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