This week on The Joys of Binge Reading to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, a little bit of green. Irish thriller author Catherine Ryan Howard with her latest nerve shredding suspense Runtime.

It's a book that was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book Of The Year, and is a Top 10 Kindle Best Seller.

Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today, Catherine talks about her psychological thriller about an actress cast in a horror film that begins to mirror real life.

And as well as talking about Run Time she also tells us how she plots her intricate stories - she has a very special Excel spreadsheet for the job - and how she came to be dubbed the Queen of High Concept thrillers.

Links to Things Discussed In The Show

Beyond the Woods: the horror movie Catherine’s brother was in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Woods

The TV Set: a comedy movie about making a comedy – one of Catherine’s favorites:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473709/

Jurassic Park: (1990 novel by Michael Crichton) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(novel)

Netflix documentary on Sophie Toscan du Plantier

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14681732/

Sophie Toscan du Plantier: Unsolved Cork murder:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Toscan_du_Plantier

Danya Kukafka: Notes On An Execution:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57773248-notes-on-an-execution

The Secret Race: Inside The Hidden World of the Tour De France:   https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Race-Inside-Hidden-France/dp/034553042X

The Quiet Tenant:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705718/the-quiet-tenant-by-clemence-michallon/

Michael Connelly: https://www.michaelconnelly.com/writing/desert-star/

Strong Irish Crime and Thriller Writers:

Liz Nugent: https://www.liznugent.com/

(Liz is coming up on Binge Reading mid year.)

Jane Casey: (Maeve Kerrigan series)  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1173340.Jane_Casey

Jo Spain: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14190033.Jo_Spain

Jo on Binge Reading:  https://thejoysofbingereading.com/jo-spain-best-selling-irish-thrillers/

Andrea Carter: https://andreacarterbooks.com/

Dervla Mctiernan: https://dervlamctiernan.com/

Where To Find Catherine Ryan Howard Online

Website: https://catherineryanhoward.com/

Instagram: @cathryanhoward

As usual we got a historical fiction giveaway – New Year’s Historical Fiction - lots of historical fiction free for download, including Tainted Fortune Book # 7 in my Old California Of Gold and Blood Mystery series.

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Links to Catherine's books and the giveaway as usual can be found in the show notes for this episode on the website, www.thejoysofbinge eading.com.

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But now here is Catherine. Hello there, Catherine, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us

Introducing thriller author Catherine Ryan Howard

Catherine Ryan Howard: Thank you so much for having me.

Irish thriller author Catherine Ryan Howard

Jenny Wheeler: Now you are in Dublin and I'm in Auckland, so we're just about as far apart as we could be, but it's wonderful to be able to talk directly like this.

Catherine Ryan Howard: I think if, we went any closer, you'd start coming back to me. We are literally on the opposite sides of the world.

Jenny Wheeler: That's right. Look, you're an award-winning, internationally best selling thriller writer whose books have been optioned for screen, From your debut, you've enjoyed a great level of success. Tell us how you actually got started on this trip.

Catherine Ryan Howard: Thank you for that lovely recap. I always wanted to be a writer.