ABOUT SHE KILLS LIT

Carole Kennedy writes under her Irish name, C.S. O’Cinneide (oh-kin-ay-da). Her debut novel, Petra’s Ghost, a dark thriller set on the Camino de Santiago, was a nominee in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019. The Starr Sting Scale, her first book in the witty noir Candace Starr Crime Series was published by Dundurn Press in February 2020. We had so much fun with it, that the second in the series, Starr Sign, is due out in March 2021.

On her blog at She Kills Lit, she seeks to spotlight and celebrate women writers of thriller and noir. See here for her manifesto as to why.

PRAISE FOR C.S. O’CINNEIDE

THE CANDACE STARR SERIES

A cold and gripping crime novel – The Globe and Mail

 

Candace’s appealingly amoral worldview coupled with her vast range of eccentric acquaintances and family is sure to provide more murderous fun as the series develops. – Publishers Weekly, The Starr Sting Scale

The tense, first-person, present-tense narration—and the looming question of the narrator’s reliability—ratchets up the suspense, and soon enough we find ourselves all in with Candace, whatever she’s up to.  – Booklist

Candace’s wryly amusing take on events is perfectly balanced with scenes of chilling action. – Publishers Weekly, Starr Sign

A tough, deadly type who just might surprise you. – Kirkus Reviews

PETRA’S GHOST

Goodreads Choice Awards for Horror 2019 Nominee

C.S. O’Cinneide uses the archaic rituals and settings of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in rural Spain, to tell a very modern ghost story. – Toronto Star

Brilliantly and engagingly written, I didn’t want the journey to end – Sarah Lotz, author of The Three

In prose as clean as bone, O’Cinneide tells an unsettlingly elegant tale. By turns horrifying and beautiful – Angela Slatter, author of Vigil & Corpselight

A searching exploration of the weight of the past as well as an increasingly tense supernatural thriller, Petra’s Ghost dives deep into tragedy and loss and comes up clutching gold – John Langan, author of The Fisherman