Web of Betrayal

‘Nicola Tallant, not for the first time, demonstrates why she is the very best writer on crime. No novelist alive could ever imagine the very complex and very dark human dramas that she skilfully unravels, delivering page after page of truth-telling that we must pay attention to’ – Darragh MacIntyre‘Tallant’s sober and unsettling book proves beyond all doubt that this has become one of the most shameful blights on our society’ * Irish Independent *‘The book’s power comes from bringing myriad strands of Ireland’s underworld together, it clarifies the scale of the violence, the ruthless ambition, the challenges and dangers facing the Gardaí, the PSNI, the courts and the visceral disregard for life or law’ * Irish Examiner *

Nicola Tallant is a three-time winner of Crime Journalist of the Year award in Ireland. In 2024, Cocaine Cowboys was shortlisted for the True Crime Awards for Outstanding Investigative Reporting. Nicola specialises in organised and gangland crime. She is the author of a number of books and works as the Crime and Investigations Editor at Sunday World. She has a weekly podcast Crime World and is also a regular contributor on The Stand with Eamon Dunphy.