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#BookReview of #TheLastToDisappear by Jo Spain | @SpainJoanne

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd May 2022Leave a comment

‘Welcome to Koppe, FinlandA picturesque villageA wondrous escape‘– The Last to Disappear [ About the Book ] A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body. When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister’s body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He…

#TheIsland by Adrian McKinty – #BookReview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd May 20226 Comments

IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VACATION. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT CHANGED EVERYTHING.– The Island [ About the Book ] After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring…

#BookReview of #BeWildLittleOne by Olivia Hope and illustrator Daniel Egnéus | @KidsBloomsbury | @Hopewrites | @DanielEgneus

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th May 20223 Comments

‘Wake up early, don’t be shy.This bright world can make you fly…Be Wild Little One [ About the Book ] This gorgeous, uplifting picture book celebrates the wildness in all of us, and the beauty of the world all around us. Prepare for a heart-lifting journey through the beauties of nature: from pine forests to…

#BookReview of #SixDaysInRome by Francesca Giacco

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 2022Leave a comment

‘And, with a slight left, there it is. All this space suddenly, exhale. Butter yellow buildings, with their faded blue windows. Some apartments have flower boxes, some are bare. If it were a little darker, I’d be able to see inside.Spectacular things in Rome can just happen like this, with no warning. Around a non-descript…

#BookReview of #GlassHouses by Melanie Murphy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th May 2022Leave a comment

‘To be home without her was to ache all over with a grief so fierce it could bruise his living flesh’ [ About the Book ] Jenna Walker has suddenly found herself with no job, no boyfriend, nowhere to live – and she’s been wondering for a while now if, apart from her beloved cat…

#BookReview of #Three by Valérie Perrin | @EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th May 20229 Comments

‘A COMPULSIVE STORY ABOUT THE POWERS AND FLEETINGNESS OF FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND LIFE‘ – FROM THE AUTHOR OF FRESH WATER FOR FLOWERS [ About the Book ] 1986: Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater,…

#BookReview of #Bessborough by Deirdre Finnerty | @deefinnerty @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th May 2022Leave a comment

‘Three Women.Three Decades.Three Stories of Courage.’ [ About the Book ] For over seventy years, Bessborough House, a grand country mansion on the outskirts of Cork city, operated as one of Ireland’s biggest mother and baby institutions. Women and girls who walked up its stone steps were warned never to reveal their true identities and…

#BookReview of #PeoplePerson by Candice Carty-Williams

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th May 20222 Comments

New from the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE– People Person [ About the Book ] Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn’t really know them. Five people who don’t have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad’s gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has…

#BookReview of #TheyAllLied by Louise Phillips

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th May 20221 Comment

TRUTH OR DAREOne day Evie was there, and then she was goneOne day Becca was there, and now she is gone too. Will Nadine be able to save her daughter before it’s too late?– They All Lied [ About the Book ] When Nadine Fitzmaurice, a manager in an insurance company, gets a distressed phone…

#BookReview of #ATraitorsHeart by Ben Creed @welbeckpublish

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd May 2022Leave a comment

‘A Revol Rossel thriller‘– A Traitor’s Heart [ About the Book ] Winter 1952. Leningrad’s icy streets are haunted by a murderer. Koshchei, named after a sinister figure from Slavic folklore, is an invisible killer who cuts out the tongue of his victims and replaces it with a scroll of paper containing a few lines…

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