The Coroner's Daughter: Chosen by Dublin City Council as their 'One Dublin One Book' title for 2023 - Softcover

Born in Co. Wexford, ANDREW HUGHES was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. A qualified archivist, he worked for RTE before going freelance. It was while researching his acclaimed social history of Fitzwilliam Square – Lives Less Ordinary: Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Square, 1798-1922 – that he first came across the true story of John Delahunt that inspired his debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt.

Andrew Hughes lives in Dublin.

"What a story he tells and what a voice he uses to tell it: Abigail Lawless is a joy. This is the kind of writing that pushes you gently into a different world then holds you there until the last sentence. Just brilliant." -- DONAL RYAN "An exceptionally good book . . . Abigail is a marvellous character, who half-inhabits a Jane Austen-like world of balls and fine clothes, yet whose real interest and talent is in science, especially forensic science . . . [she] speculates ceaselessly, and that and her humanity are what makes her such a rich and satisfying character." -- C J SANSOM "The Coroner's Daughter starts with the best first sentence I have read in an age . . . Abigail is a wonderful heroine; fascinated by the macabre, scientifically minded and spiked with wit. Historical fiction is awash with amateur sleuths following ye olde clues but this sparkling crime novel breathes life into the genre." -- Antonia Senior * THE TIMES * "The Coroner's Daughter is that rare thing, a beautifully-crafted novel that is also gripping and powerful. It's superb." -- WILLIAM RYAN, author of The Constant Soldier "The plot is intriguing and the father-daughter relationship honest and delightful, but it is Abigail - one of the most attractive heroines in a long time - who carries the day." -- Elizabeth Buchan * DAILY MAIL *