Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Dervla McTiernan discussing her latest thriller The Scholar.

As the Scholar begins there’s been a hit and run outside Galway University and a young woman is dead. Cormac Reilly’s partner Dr Emma Sweeney discovers the body. But calling Cormac first leads to a world of trouble as the investigation is threatened by their personal involvement. When an ID card on the body shows the victim to be a billionaire heiress, it’s quickly apparent this is more than a simple accidental death...