Iron Annie

No one messes with Aoife, a strong and capable drug runner for the Rat King in the Irish town of Dundalk, yet when her gritty world collides with Annie’s posh and cultured privileged life, Aoife’s life is turned upside down. Tasked with unloading a large quantity of cocaine for her boss, Aoife doesn’t see why her girlfriend can’t come along (she isn’t supposed to), and that simple decision causes their lives to unravel. Written in Dundalk dialect and rife with Irish slang, Cassidy’s debut is perfectly voiced by Eleanor McLoughlin with a rough street accent for Aoife and unique voices for her friends. McLoughlin’s comedic timing is spot on during Aoife’s hilarious rants (London skyscrapers are phallic “sky dicks”), and listeners will cry along with Aoife as she struggles with loving someone as manipulative as Annie. McLoughlin is an exciting new narrator to follow–she starred in the 2021 Irish stage production of the book.