Episode Seven: Liz Nugent

The Books That Made Me

On this week's episode, I chat to crime author Liz Nugent about some of the books that have shaped her. Liz, who is best known for her fantastic books Unraveling Oliver, Lying In Wait and Skin Deep, Liz has become synonymous with quality Irish crime writing. In this episode, we discuss the necessity of making your psychopaths likeable, the wonder of Marian Keyes and Liz's favourite books turned films. Books mentioned in the show are: The Shoe Shop - Margaret J Barker/ Oscar Wilde's Children Stories/ The Cider House Rules - John Irving/ The Butcher Boy - Pat McCabe/ The Book of Evidence - John Banville/ Engleby - Sebastian Faulks/Any Human Heart - William Boyd/ Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes/ The Maeve Kerrigan series - Jane Carey/ Backlist - Sarah Hillary/ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman/ The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion/ Blue Nights by Joan Didion/ Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen/ I Know This Much Is True by Wooly Lamb/ Perfume by Patrick Süskind/ The Secret History by Donna Tartt/ The Lost Man by Jane Harper/ Patrick Melrose by Edna St Albun/ Three Little Truths by Eithne Shorthall/ The Firestarters by Jan Carson/ The Good Sons by Paul McVeigh