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#BookReview of #APerfectCopy by Derville Murphy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th July 2022Leave a comment

‘Fake or fortune? Or something else entirely …‘– A Perfect Copy [ About the Book ] Daisy Staunton and Ben Tarrant meet at an auction and discover they own identical copies of a Victorian portrait of an elegant, enigmatic ancestor of theirs. But is one a fake? On a sweeping trail of mystery and intrigue…

#BookReview of #TraitorInTheIce by K.J. Maitland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th July 2022Leave a comment

‘Whispers haunt the walls and treachery darkens the shadows in this captivating historical novel for readers of C.J. Sansom, Andrew Taylor’s Ashes of London and Kate Mosse.‘– Traitor in the Ice [ About the Book ] Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead.…

#BookReview of #LifeSentences by Billy O’ Callaghan | @billythescribe

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th July 20222 Comments

‘Three generations. More than a century of famine, war, violence and love.‘– Life Sentences [ About the Book ] At sixteen Nancy, the only member of her family to survive the Great Famine, leaves her small island for the mainland. Finding work in a grand house on the edge of Cork City, she feels irrepressibly…

#BookReview of #AtTheTable by Claire Powell | @FleetReads

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th July 20222 Comments

“The point is, we’re all grown-ups here. You talk about us being old – how old are you two? You’re not children any more. You’re in your thirties. These things…happen”– At the Table [ About the Book ] To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple – a suburban double act, happily…

#BookReview of #bluehour by Sarah Schmidt | @TinderPress | @ikillnovel

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th June 20224 Comments

She thinks of blue mountain, her favourite place. ‘We’re going somewhere where we can be safe. We never have to come back here.’– blue hour [ About the Book ] As the rest of the world lies sleeping, Eleanor straps her infant daughter, Amy, into the back of her car. This is the moment she knew…

#BookReview of #IDOL by Louise O’ Neill

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th June 2022Leave a comment

‘Follow your heart and speak your truth.’– IDOL [ About the Book ] For Samantha Miller’s young fans – her ‘girls’ – she’s everything they want to be. She’s an oracle, telling them how to live their lives, how to be happy, how to find and honour their ‘truth’. And her career is booming: she’s…

#BookReview of #TakeMyHand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd June 20222 Comments

‘HISTORY REPEATS WHAT WE DON’T REMEMBER . . .‘– Take My Hand [ About the Book ] Montgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives…

#BookReview of #GirlForgotten by Karin Slaughter

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd June 20222 Comments

‘From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her, comes an electrifying thriller featuring newly minted US Marshal Andrea Oliver as she investigates a cold case with links to her father’s past.’ – Girl, Forgotten [ About the Book ] A girl with a secret… Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for the prom. For…

#BookReview of #TheAmusements by Aingeala Flannery | @missflannery @PenguinIEBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st June 2022Leave a comment

‘ The Amusements “The writing, so true to small-town life, is both shrewd and enlarging. ” – Anne Enright [ About the Book ] In the seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season, reliving the best days of their childhoods in its caravan parks, chippers and amusement arcades.…

#BookReview of #TastingSunlight by Ewald Arenz | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th June 2022Leave a comment

*The Breakout German Bestseller*– Tasting Sunlight [ About the Book ] Teenager Sally has just run away from a clinic where she to be treated for anorexia. She’s furious with everything and everyone, and wants to be left in peace. Liss is in her forties, living alone on a large farm that she runs single-handedly.…

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