About
Pat Mullan is Ireland Chair of International Thriller Writers and he is a member of Mystery Writers of America. His thriller novels, poetry, and short stories are widely published in the US, Ireland, and the UK. 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. He was one of fifty Irish writers chosen by Oxygen Books in the UK for inclusion in City-Pick DUBLIN, published to mark Dublin being chosen as UNESCO's City of Culture for 2010. His short story, Galway Girl, was short-listed for the WOW Awards in 2010; it is one of the short stories that form part of his GALWAY NOIR anthology, available on-line from iPulp Fiction.
His poetry appears frequently in the Acorn E-zine of the Dublin Writers Workshop. He has two collections of poetry available on-line, Childhood Hills and Awakening. Another collection, Knowing, will be available soon. James Dickey's Poetry: The Religious Dimension is his elegy to Dickey and is available on-line on Amazon Kindle.
His novels The Circle of Sodom, Blood Red Square, Last Days of the Tiger and Creatures of Habit are all available on-line. New thriller coming soon: Screwed.
Size Zero (Visage Book 1)
Description
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>"A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style."</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
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...
John Cavi, author of The President's Ultimatum
Reviews
<div class="productDescriptionWrapper" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;"><strong>"Pat Mullan shocks us into paying attention from word one, page one and does not let us go until he decides to release us! </strong><strong>That is how compelling <strong>BLOOD RED SQUARE</strong><strong> reads! </strong></strong><strong>" <strong><em>- Robert W. Walker, The Instinct and Edge Series</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong>"The quality of the writing raises the terrific story to new heights. <em>Here is the future of the thriller and it's called PAT MULLAN. Glory be indeed!"</em> <br />--Ken Bruen, SHAMUS and MACAVITY winner </strong><br /><br /><strong>"Pat Mullan is a natural born storyteller with a gripping, engaging style. He may just be the next big thing in Irish crime fiction."</strong><strong> </strong> <br />--Jason Starr, author of LIGHTS OUT.<br /><br /><strong>"Mullan is Ireland's answer to John Grisham, with a smattering of Ross MacDonald thrown in. Read LAST DAYS OF THE TIGER" </strong><br />--JA Konrath, author of RUSTY NAIL.<br /><br /><strong>"Pat Mullan writes suspense with an edge reminiscent of Bob Ludlum. An author to watch!" </strong> --Cerri Ellis, Mostly Mystery Reviews.</strong></div><span style="font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span>
