‘If you fancy a light-hearted romp through the streets of Dublin then hop on board!’ – The Final Game by Caimh McDonnell [ About the Book ] When Paul Mulchrone’s friend Dorothy dies, his world is thrown into disarray. First, there’s the grief. Second, there’s the fact that he has been forced into a competition,…
A city in lockdownA building in lockdownA score that can only be settled in blood….– Deep Dark Night [ About the Book ] Working off the books for FBI Special Agent Alex Monroe, Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson and her partner, JT, head to Chicago. Their mission: to entrap the head of the Cabressa crime family.…
‘TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.‘– Hamnet [ About the Book ] On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their…
ADELEThe forgotten sister of Fred AstaireDancer, Icon, Star [ About the Book ] Adele is a tale of talent, glamour and fame at the height of the roaring 20s. 1973: Californian journalist Ellie Morgan sets out on a mission to research the life of Adele Astaire, famed 1920s dancer and comedienne, older sister to Fred Astaire.…
‘He would be back soon, I felt it, for our love was a living thing, growing and breathing as surely as all the birds in the air’– The Lost Lights of St Kilda [ About the Book ] 1927: When Fred Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he…
‘The German Number One Bestseller’– Mexico Street [ About the Book ] Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched.…
‘He sat up, pushed back the bedclothes, held her gaze, and she felt a bolt, a charge that made her want to sink to the floor. Here it is, she thought, here is love, and fear’– The Weight of Love [ About the Book ] London, 1995. Robin and Ruth meet in the staff room…
‘Of my life’s work, only the translations now seem to me to have merit.’– A Matter of Interpretation [ About the Book ] It’s thirteenth-century Europe and a young monk, Michael Scot, has been asked by the Holy Roman Emperor to translate the works of Aristotle and recover his ‘lost’ knowledge. The Scot sets to…
‘To get up from rock bottom, you’ve got to take the stairs…’– The Neighbours [ About the Book ] Some women have it all…. Others are thirty-four, renting a tiny flat alone because they recently found their long-term boyfriend in bed with their boss. Unfortunately, the latter applies to Ginny Taylor. Single and jobless, Ginny…
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize with my review of longlisted nominee Yara Rodrigues Fowler and her debut novel Stubborn Archivist I am thrilled to be involved with the blog tour for the prestigious literary award, The International Dylan Thomas Prize, with my review of one of the long-listed titles, Stubborn Archivist…