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Born in Co. Wexford, Andrew Hughes is an author, archivist and historian. His first book, Lives Less Ordinary, was a social history of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. His debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt, was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. His second novel, The Coroner's Daughter, was the One Dublin One Book choice for 2023.
Smart, blackly humorous and featuring one of Irish crime fiction's most audacious femme fatales, Emma, Disappeared is Hughes' finest novel to date * Irish Times * Andrew's characters are beautifully drawn and intriguing, he casts the seeds of mystery and doubt like a pro and his portrait of modern Dublin is multi-layered and immersive * Irish Independent * A gripping debut thriller set in contemporary Dublin * RTÉ Guide * If you loved Catherine Ryan Howard's The Trap, this is similar page-turning fare * Sunday Magazine * Tense and taught enough to sit happily on crime bookshelves, while transcending most of its companions * Sunday Independent * A glorious read both literary and page-turning and has a wonderfully enigmatic first-person narrator * Irish Examiner * Emma, Disappeared is compelling, unsettling and very creepy * Catherine Kirwan *
