Celebrated crime author added to the bill for Tipperary Literary Festival

Marie Cassidy will be in conversation with Nicola Tallant on Friday October 10th, at 8pm as part of this year's Dromineer Literary Festival.

Marie Cassidy’s new novel, ‘Deadly Evidence’ starts as State pathologist Terry O’Brien is about to take on her toughest role yet. Tasked with leading the Open Case Review Unit, her usual post-mortem work has been extended to cold-case investigation into unsolved suspicious deaths. When a Garda detective is murdered, his body mutilated and dumped on gangland ground, she is called in. As a large-scale investigation takes shape to hunt down the killers, Terry’s post-mortem uncovers uncomfortable evidence. She soon finds herself up against the powers that be. But, as new evidence emerges from her cold-case work that impacts closer to home, this may be the least of her worries. Can the identity of her sister Jenny’s killer, all those years ago, be revealed? And is this a truth best left buried? Deadly Evidence is a gripping page-turner that charts the course of a heroine of the mortuary who has come back from the brink once and remains determined to speak truth to power, whatever the cost.

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Nicola Tallant is an award-winning journalist, author and podcaster. She specialises in organised crime and regularly appears on TV, radio and at live events. She is executive producer of a number of crime documentaries as well as the award-winning podcast, The Witness in His Own Words, based on her best-selling book The Witness. She hosts her own weekly show, Nicola Tallant’s Crime World. She lives in Dublin. Her seventh book, Groomed, is released in October 2025.

Tickets are €35 including a signed book to be picked up upon entry.

Pick up yours online at: https://www.nenagharts.com/event/dnlf-marie-cassidy-in-conversation-with-nicola-tallant/