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#BookReview of #ThePiecesOfUs by Caroline Montague | @CMontagueAuthor

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th February 2024Leave a comment

‘Marina leant forward, her gaze moving between tall pillars, capped with carved stone dragons, the lodges either side. Weeds pushed their way through the gravel, and dust covered the windows in a grimy film’The Pieces of Us [ About The Pieces of Us ] Marina and Hugh were once madly in love. But after the…

#BookReview of #TwentySevenMinutes by Ashley Tate

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th February 20242 Comments

‘It takes one moment to call for help, so why did he wait?’– Twenty-Seven Minutes [ About Twenty-Seven Minutes ] THE QUESTIONFor the last ten years, the small town of West Wilmer has been struggling to answer one question: on the night of the crash that killed his sister, why did it take Grant Dean…

#BookReview of #MalignIntent by Robert Craven

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th February 2024Leave a comment

‘A Murder for Crowe’ [ About Malign Intent ] “Tag, bag and bury the bastard, Crowe…” An August bank holiday should be about relaxation, taking time out to see family and friends and enjoying a beer or two. But when former gonzo journalist, Aonghus Hanafin is found hanging along a desolate estuary, the nearest SIO…

#BookReview of #ASignOfHerOwn by Sarah Marsh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th February 2024Leave a comment

‘This is a book about connections. Not the connections that Alexander Bell hoped to forge with his telephone, but the connection that deaf people made before a widespread campaign to prevent & ban the use of sign language’ – Sarah Marsh, author of A Sign of Her Own [ About A Sign of Her Own…

#BookReview of Jaq: A Top Boy Story by Ronan Bennett

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th February 2024Leave a comment

‘I’m going to tell you everything. I’m gonna tell you the whole story.’– Jaq, A Top Boy Story [ About JAQ, A Top Boy Story ] Sometimes all it takes is a single message. Maybe it’s bad, like a rival top boy’s been switched off. Or maybe it’s good, like an opportunity you never thought…

#BookReview of Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? by @EnglishRachael | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st February 20243 Comments

‘SHE WAS THE NEXT BIG THING … UNTIL SHE DISAPPEARED‘ [ About Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? ] In the early 1980s, The Diamonds – Ireland’s trailblazing all-woman rock band – were on the brink of international success. Their debut single ‘Too Much Not Enough’ was soaring in the British charts. Then, as suddenly as…

#BookReview of #TheYacht by Sarah Goodwin

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st January 20242 Comments

‘The Yacht is a twisty locked-room thriller perfect for fans of The White Lotus, The Hunting Party and The Castaways.‘ [ About The Yacht ] WHEN THE TRUTH SURFACES… New Year’s Eve, 2023. When Hannah and her friends rent a luxury yacht in an Italian marina, they party in style under the stars until they pass out. …WHO WILL SINK……

#BookReview of #RelightMyFire by C.K. McDonnell | @Caimh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th January 20242 Comments

Some comebacks can be murder . . .– Relight My Fire [ About Relight My Fire ] Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill.…

#BookReview of #TheGuests by Agnes Ravatn | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd January 20242 Comments

‘A young couple are entangled in an unrelenting spiral of lies when they pretend to be someone else …‘– The Guests [ About The Guests ] It started with a lie… Married couple Karin and Kai are looking for a pleasant escape from their busy lives, and reluctantly accept an offer to stay in a…

#BookReview of #Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney | @wnbooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th January 20241 Comment

‘Mothers are not supposed to go on road trips’– Breakdown [ About Breakdown ] One winter morning on an ordinary day in contemporary Dublin, an ordinary middle-class woman wakes up in her ordinary suburban home. Her husband is next to her in bed, her teenage children sleeping nearby. Without thinking much about it, she walks…

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