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"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! " - Robert W. Walker, The Instinct and Edge Series
--Robert W Walker
"The quality of the writing raises the terrific story to new heights. Here is the future of the thriller and it's called PAT MULLAN. Glory be indeed!"
--Ken Bruen, SHAMUS and MACAVITY winner
"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.
"Mullan is Ireland's answer to John Grisham, with a smattering of Ross MacDonald thrown in. Read LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER"
--JA Konrath, author of RUSTY NAIL.
"Pat Mullan writes suspense with an edge reminiscent of Bob Ludlum. An author to watch!" --Cerri Ellis, Mostly Mystery Reviews.
--Robert W Walker
"The quality of the writing raises the terrific story to new heights. Here is the future of the thriller and it's called PAT MULLAN. Glory be indeed!"
--Ken Bruen, SHAMUS and MACAVITY winner
"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.
"Mullan is Ireland's answer to John Grisham, with a smattering of Ross MacDonald thrown in. Read LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER"
--JA Konrath, author of RUSTY NAIL.
"Pat Mullan writes suspense with an edge reminiscent of Bob Ludlum. An author to watch!" --Cerri Ellis, Mostly Mystery Reviews.
About the Author
Pat Mullan was born in Ireland and has lived in England, Canada and the USA. Formerly a banker, he now lives in Connemara, in the west of Ireland.
He has published articles, poetry and short stories in magazines such as Buffalo Spree, Tales of the Talisman, Writers Post Journal. His short story, Galway Girl, was short-listed for the WOW Awards and was published in the new WOW Magazine in Galway in April 2010. It is also one of his short stories that form part of his GALWAY NOIR anthology, available on-line from iPulp Fiction. ipulpfiction.com/books/GalwayNoir03-GalwayGirl/jacketNotes.php
Recent work has appeared in the anthology, DUBLIN NOIR, published in the USA by Akashic Books and in Ireland and the UK by Brandon Books and again in 'City-Pick DUBLIN', published by Oxygen Books in 2010 to mark Dublin being chosen as UNESCO'S City of Culture for 2010.
His first novel, The Circle of Sodom, received two nominations: one for Best First Novel and one for Best Suspense Thriller at the 2005 Love Is Murder conference in Chicago. His novels, Last Days of the Tiger and Creatures of Habit are now available on-line at Amazon and as ebooks Kindle, Nook and elsewhere. New thriller coming soon: Screwed.
He is Ireland Chair of International Thriller Writers, Inc. and he is a member of Mystery Writers of America.
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ABOUT PAT MULLAN
Pat Mullan was born in Ireland and has lived in England, Canada and the USA. He is a graduate of St. Columb's College, Northwestern University and the State University of New York. Formerly a banker, he now lives in Connemara, in the west of Ireland.
He has published articles, poetry and short stories in magazines such as Buffalo Spree, Tales of the Talisman, Writers Post Journal. His poetry appears frequently in the Acorn E-zine of the Dublin Writers Workshop. His short story, Galway Girl, was short-listed for the WOW Awards and was published in the new WOW Magazine in Galway in April 2010. It is also one of his short stories that form part of his GALWAY NOIR anthology, available on-line from iPulp Fiction.
He has two collections of poetry available on-line, Childhood Hills and Awakening. James Dickey's Poetry: The Religious Dimension is his elegy to Dickey and is available on-line on Amazon Kindle.
Recent work has appeared in the anthology, DUBLIN NOIR, published in the USA by Akashic Books and in Ireland and the UK by Brandon Books and again in 'City-Pick DUBLIN', published by Oxygen Books in 2010 to mark Dublin being chosen as UNESCO'S City of Culture for 2010.
His first novel, The Circle of Sodom, received two nominations, one for Best First Novel and one for Best Suspense Thriller, at the 2005 Love Is Murder conference in Chicago. His second novel, Blood Red Square, was published in the US in 2005 and a new edition, published in 2011, is now available on-line as a paperback and as an ebook. His latest novels, Last Days of the Tiger and Creatures of Habit are now available on-line as ebooks on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, Kobo, and elsewhere; they are also available in paperback.
He is Ireland Chair of International Thriller Writers, Inc. and he is a member of Mystery Writers of America.
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WRITING AND IRELAND
There's no way that one can grow up in Ireland without being surrounded by writers. Everybody writes! And, if they don't, they tell stories. The Celtic oral tradition is alive and well. When I was a little boy in our country farmhouse home, people (neighbors, friends, strangers) would come in of an evening, sit around the fire, and tell stories till the 'wee hours' of the morning. Later Irish writers: James Joyce, John McGahern, Brian Moore, Brendan Behan, Oscar Wilde, Sean O'Casey - and today there's so many, starting with my old schoolmate, Seamus Heaney, and others such as Roddy Doyle. Of course my favorite read is the thriller and I love Irish thriller writers such as Jack Higgins and Victor O'Reilly.But I must not leave out my favorite American writers and there are so many of them: Hemingway, Steinbeck, O'Connor, Clancy, James T. Farrell, and many more. I've been scared by Dean Koontz and by Stephen King and Evan Kingsbury ( whom you may know better as Robert W. Walker, author of the INSTINCT and the EDGE series ) and I've laughed out loud in bed reading Carl Hiaasen. Lately I've been reading my favorite Irish author, Ken Bruen. At College I read the great Russian writers, such as Turgenev and Tolstoy and began a whole new love affair. I suppose every writer that I read has influenced me. I believe that if one wants to (has to) write, one must read, read, read ...
MY WRITING DAY
I'm a morning person so I do try to write every morning - even if it's just scribbled thoughts for my next poem. I do find that I'm more driven when I'm half way into a novel. The story and the characters take over and, if other matters permit, I just lose the sense of time. When that happens, I can write just as readily in the middle of the day or in the evening as I can in the morning. If I go somewhere in the car and I know I will have to kill some time waiting for something or someone, I'll take my briefcase along and use it to jot notes, plot, write, etc. I have three distinct briefcases, one for my poetry, one for my short stories, and one that contains the flotsam and jetsam of my current novel in progress. As you can imagine, they are all overflowing, some more organized than others. But, in a sense, I'm always writing in my head even when I'm gardening or mowing the lawn... and some of my best novel setpieces come right out of my dreams. I always keep a notebook on my bedside table for those special dream segments that I happen to remember upon waking. In many ways one must be disciplined and set a writing schedule but one shouldn't be deluded into thinking that that will produce the best or most creative output. Less structure and more development of the writerly mind creates a consciousness that is pervasive. Then writing in all its manifestation covers the entire day.
Please visit me at my website WWW.PATMULLAN.COM
Pat Mullan was born in Ireland and has lived in England, Canada and the USA. He is a graduate of St. Columb's College, Northwestern University and the State University of New York. Formerly a banker, he now lives in Connemara, in the west of Ireland.
He has published articles, poetry and short stories in magazines such as Buffalo Spree, Tales of the Talisman, Writers Post Journal. His poetry appears frequently in the Acorn E-zine of the Dublin Writers Workshop. His short story, Galway Girl, was short-listed for the WOW Awards and was published in the new WOW Magazine in Galway in April 2010. It is also one of his short stories that form part of his GALWAY NOIR anthology, available on-line from iPulp Fiction.
He has two collections of poetry available on-line, Childhood Hills and Awakening. James Dickey's Poetry: The Religious Dimension is his elegy to Dickey and is available on-line on Amazon Kindle.
Recent work has appeared in the anthology, DUBLIN NOIR, published in the USA by Akashic Books and in Ireland and the UK by Brandon Books and again in 'City-Pick DUBLIN', published by Oxygen Books in 2010 to mark Dublin being chosen as UNESCO'S City of Culture for 2010.
His first novel, The Circle of Sodom, received two nominations, one for Best First Novel and one for Best Suspense Thriller, at the 2005 Love Is Murder conference in Chicago. His second novel, Blood Red Square, was published in the US in 2005 and a new edition, published in 2011, is now available on-line as a paperback and as an ebook. His latest novels, Last Days of the Tiger and Creatures of Habit are now available on-line as ebooks on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, Kobo, and elsewhere; they are also available in paperback.
He is Ireland Chair of International Thriller Writers, Inc. and he is a member of Mystery Writers of America.
______________________________________________________________________
WRITING AND IRELAND
There's no way that one can grow up in Ireland without being surrounded by writers. Everybody writes! And, if they don't, they tell stories. The Celtic oral tradition is alive and well. When I was a little boy in our country farmhouse home, people (neighbors, friends, strangers) would come in of an evening, sit around the fire, and tell stories till the 'wee hours' of the morning. Later Irish writers: James Joyce, John McGahern, Brian Moore, Brendan Behan, Oscar Wilde, Sean O'Casey - and today there's so many, starting with my old schoolmate, Seamus Heaney, and others such as Roddy Doyle. Of course my favorite read is the thriller and I love Irish thriller writers such as Jack Higgins and Victor O'Reilly.But I must not leave out my favorite American writers and there are so many of them: Hemingway, Steinbeck, O'Connor, Clancy, James T. Farrell, and many more. I've been scared by Dean Koontz and by Stephen King and Evan Kingsbury ( whom you may know better as Robert W. Walker, author of the INSTINCT and the EDGE series ) and I've laughed out loud in bed reading Carl Hiaasen. Lately I've been reading my favorite Irish author, Ken Bruen. At College I read the great Russian writers, such as Turgenev and Tolstoy and began a whole new love affair. I suppose every writer that I read has influenced me. I believe that if one wants to (has to) write, one must read, read, read ...
MY WRITING DAY
I'm a morning person so I do try to write every morning - even if it's just scribbled thoughts for my next poem. I do find that I'm more driven when I'm half way into a novel. The story and the characters take over and, if other matters permit, I just lose the sense of time. When that happens, I can write just as readily in the middle of the day or in the evening as I can in the morning. If I go somewhere in the car and I know I will have to kill some time waiting for something or someone, I'll take my briefcase along and use it to jot notes, plot, write, etc. I have three distinct briefcases, one for my poetry, one for my short stories, and one that contains the flotsam and jetsam of my current novel in progress. As you can imagine, they are all overflowing, some more organized than others. But, in a sense, I'm always writing in my head even when I'm gardening or mowing the lawn... and some of my best novel setpieces come right out of my dreams. I always keep a notebook on my bedside table for those special dream segments that I happen to remember upon waking. In many ways one must be disciplined and set a writing schedule but one shouldn't be deluded into thinking that that will produce the best or most creative output. Less structure and more development of the writerly mind creates a consciousness that is pervasive. Then writing in all its manifestation covers the entire day.
Please visit me at my website WWW.PATMULLAN.COM
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chill and thrill of the first order,
By Narayan Radhakrishnan (Trivandrum, Kerala, India) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood Red Square (Paperback)
BLOOD RED SQUARE also provides a grand thrilling & chilling read. With THE CIRCLE OF SODOM, Mullan had challenged Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton, and now with BLOOD RED SQUARE he has challenged Ken Follett and Jack Higgins. The suspense, thrill and chill are double in tone and content in BLOOD RED SQUARE- and its one hellova read. One thing is for sure, Mullan is a force to be reckoned with.
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MOVE OVER MITCH RAPP,
By John cavi "John Cavaiuolo" (Southport, Ct. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood Red Square (Paperback)
PAT MULLAN has Irelands answer to Mitch Rapp--Vince Flynn's protagonist in his many novels. He's Owen MacDara, who moves freely from the major capitals of the world to solve intricate plots that threaten the security of the free world.In BLOOD RED SQUARE, Mullan weaves a masterful tale around a real event--the accidental death of Dag Hammarskjold, the secretary general of the United Nations in 1961. Or was it an accident? That's the question MacDara has to answer, some thirty years later, as he zips to and from London, Moscow, Washington and points in between. Success of his mission would preserve the friendly relations between Russia and the United States established after the overthrow of the communist regime. The story, with its many twists and turns, is well researched, and as all of Pat Mullen's novels, superbly written. I highly recommend this exciting and fast paced novel, which once begun, is difficult to put down. MOVE OVER MITCH RAPP, and make room for OWEN MACDARA!
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A wonderful read that captures your attention right from the beginning. The story line becomes reality. I am looking forward to more from Mr. Mullan.
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