Blood Ties

Blood Ties

The real stories behind Ireland's most notorious murders

Summary

Husband against wife ...
Wife against husband ...
Discover what happens when the bonds of family break ...

Find out more about the gruesome case of the so-called 'Scissor Sisters', whose bloody slaughter of their mother's lover ended with an unsolved mystery as to the final resting place of the victim's head - see the only interview with killer Charlotte Mulhall since she entered prison. .

Read the most up-to-date account of the murder of mother-of-two Rachel O'Reilly, including her husband's latest appeal.

And get the full story behind the sensational case of Sharon Collins and the 'Lying Eyes' hitman-for-hire scandal.

As a leading crime reporter for the Sunday World, Niamh O'Connor has interviewed killers, has sat in court as justice was done, and spoken to the condemned in prison to give us the inside stories on three of Ireland's most notorious murder cases.

About the author

Niamh O'Connor

Niamh O’Connor is one of Ireland’s best known crime authors. She is the true crime editor for the Sunday World, Ireland’s biggest selling Sunday newspaper. Her four novels, If I Never See You Again, Taken,Too Close For Comfort and Blink, have introduced a refreshing heroine in feisty CS Jo Birmingham and two have been shortlisted for Irish Book Awards. Niamh is also the bestselling true crime author of Blood Ties, Cracking Crime, and The Black Widow.
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