Andrew Hughes - Crime Night

Andrew Hughes is a qualified archivist and worked for RTÉ before going freelance. It was while researching his social history of Fitzwilliam Square – Lives Less Ordinary: Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Square, 1798-1922 – that he came across the true story of John Delahunt, a Victorian murderer and

Dublin Castle informer. His debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt, was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Irish Crime Book of the Year. The Coroner’s Daughter, a tale of a young lady sleuth operating at the dawn of forensic science, was nominated for the CWA Historical Dagger and was One Dublin, One Book 2023.

Andrew’s new crime novel Emma Disappeared, has moved into present day and is about the disappearance of Emma Harte, a high-achieving university student and young entrepreneur. While a national debate about women's safety rages, eyes turn to Emma's boyfriend, Tom – who is nowhere to be found.