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#BookReview of #InPlainSight by @JosephCBirchall | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st July 2025Leave a comment

‘She gazed at the red line that ran along the circumference of the woman’s neck, the laceration open slightly like a small crevice in the snow. The woman’s face was paler than her short blonde hair, her blue eyes frozen in a stare as if caught in a photograph. They stared away and behind Darcy…

#BookReview of #KANE by Graham Hurley | #Blogtour | @soph_ransompr

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th June 2025Leave a comment

One man at the heart of American power must undertake a crucial wartime spy mission that will take him into enemy territory before he even leaves US soil.– Kane [ About Kane ] Washington DC, 1941. Quincy Kane, hero of the Boston Police Department and scourge of organised crime, is now a Secret Service agent.…

#BookReview of Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd June 20255 Comments

‘You have to wonder what goes through the mind of a man like Micah Mortimer’– Redhead by the Side of the Road [ About Redhead by the Side of the Road ] Micah Mortimer isn’t the most polished person you’ll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he…

#BookReview of #BeforeDorothy by Hazel Gaynor

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th June 20256 Comments

‘Long before Dorothy visits Oz, her aunt, Emily Gale, sets off on her own unforgettable adventure much closer to home…‘– Before Dorothy [ About Before Dorothy ] When news reaches Kansas that her beloved sister has tragically died, Emily Gale must become a mother overnight. Her sister’s orphaned child, Dorothy, desperately needs a home. But…

#BookReview of #WeAreAllGuiltyHere by Karin Slaughter

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th June 2025Leave a comment

‘The next thrilling mystery from Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series.‘– We Are All Guilty Here [ About We Are All Guilty Here ] Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two…

#BookReview of #OurSong by Anna Carey

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th June 2025Leave a comment

IT’S TIME TO FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED . . .– Our Song [ About Our Song ] Laura used to have big dreams, but she gave them up – because that’s what grown-ups do. Trying to turn her love of music into a career would have been absolutely ridiculous. But when she hears one of…

#BookReview of The One You Least Suspect by Brian McGilloway

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th June 2025Leave a comment

‘It began with Gail’s wedding, The one in the Oceanview Hotel in Moville. That was where they picked me up the first time.’ [ About The One You Least Suspect ] Katie lives a quiet life. She likes her small Derry neighbourhood. She likes her job as a barmaid at O’Reillys. And she loves her…

#BookReview of #AllThatRemains by Virginie Grimaldi | @GinieGrimaldi | @EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th June 2025Leave a comment

‘She knew the importance of this moment, the kind of turning point that lodges deep in the memory, never to depart, and she wanted to engage fully with it, with no distractions’– All That Remains [ About All That Remains ] At 33, Iris carries her life around in a suitcase. Théo, 18, has big…

#BookReview of #DeathOfAnOfficer by Mark Ellis | @MarkEllis15

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd June 2025Leave a comment

London. Spring 1943. While Europe continues to suffer under the iron fist of Nazi occupation, Britain remains battered but unbowed.’– Death of An Officer [ About Death of an Officer ] DCI Frank Merlin, already contending with a booming wartime crime wave in the capital, is confronted with a baffling case: the brutal murder of a…

#BookReview of #SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd May 20254 Comments

‘Why hadn’t she said to her daughter I love you beyond reason and none of this matters at all and every day that you breathe is a gift?’– Speak To Me Of Home [ About Speak To Me Of Home ] Rafaela remembers everything that matters: her beautiful childhood in San Juan, her marriage to Peter,…

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