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#BookReview | Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler | @dylanthomprize #SUDTP20 |@yazzarf #BlogTour|#StubbornArchivist | @midaspr

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 5th March 2020 Leave a comment

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…

#BookReview | Grace is Gone by Emily Elgar

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 4th March 2020 3 Comments

She has days to live…You have one chance to find her…– Grace is Gone [ About the Book ] Meg and her daughter Grace are the most beloved family in Ashford, the lynchpin that holds the community together. So when Meg is found brutally murdered and her daughter missing, the town is rocked by the…

#BookReview | None the Wiser by @RachelAmphlett | #NoneTheWiser

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 2nd March 2020 4 Comments

What if some secrets were meant to stay buried?– None the Wiser [ About the Book ] When a parish priest is brutally murdered in cold blood, a rural community is left in shock – and fear. New to the Vale of the White Horse, Detective Sergeant Mark Turpin discovers the murder bears the hallmark…

#BookReview | The Book of Echoes by @RosannaAmaka @DoubledayUK | #TheBookOfEchoes

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 28th February 2020 Leave a comment

‘A story of love, hope and resilience rippling through the generations..’– The Book of Echoes [ About the Book ] Narrated by the soul of an African slave woman, who giving thanks at a shrine in Africa over two hundred years ago, tosses her infant son to safety moments before she is hauled away by slavers.…

#BookReview | The Paper Bracelet by @EnglishRachael | @HachetteIre | #ThePaperBracelet

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 27th February 2020 13 Comments

‘Every baby’s bracelet held a mother’s secret…’– The Paper Bracelet [ About the Book ] For almost fifty years, Katie has kept a box of secrets. It dates from her time working as a nurse in a west of Ireland mother and baby home, and contains a notebook with details of the babies and young…

#BookReview | The Guest List by Lucy Foley |@lucyfoleytweets | #TheGuestList

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 25th February 2020 8 Comments

They all have a secret They all have a motive The bride The groom The bridesmaid The plus one The wedding planner The best man The past lover The body One won’t leave this wedding alive – The Guest List [ About the Book ] On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather…

#BookReview | #TheSnakes by Sadie Jones | @midaspr

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 21st February 2020 6 Comments

‘Family secrets can be deadly…‘– The Snakes [ About the Book ] Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London. Driving through France in their beaten-up car they anticipate a long lazy summer, worlds away from their ordinary lives. But their idyll cannot last. Stopping off to see Bea’s brother at his crumbling hotel, the…

#BookReview | #TheLiarsDaughter by @ClaireAllan | #Blogtour with @AvonBooksUK

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 20th February 2020 4 Comments

‘There’s a monster in this family…‘-The Liar’s Daughter [ About the Book ] No one deserves to be taken before their time. Do they? Joe McKee – pillar of the Derry community – is dead. As arrangements are made for the traditional Irish wake, friends and family are left reeling at how cancer could have…

#BookReview | #TheSleeperLies by Andrea Mara | @office_mum | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 18th February 2020 2 Comments

‘One windowThree Lies24 days is all it takes‘– The Sleeper Lies [ About the Book ] ONE WINDOW, THREE LIES I step forward, breathing fast. Movement. I force myself to take another step. I think about all of it, all of the deaths and all of the accidents and all of the pain. And I…

#BookReview | #SaturdaysAtNoon by @Rache1Marks |#Blogtour with @MichaelJBooks |

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 13th February 2020 5 Comments

‘One circle of strangersTwo people who’d rather be anywhere elseThree lives about to change for ever‘– Saturdays at Noon [ About the Book ] Emily just wants to keep the world away.She doesn’t want anyone to know all the ways her life is messed up.Going to anger management every Saturday, talking to strangers, was not…

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