A young Pakistani woman is the victim of an unthinkable act of vengeance, when she defies convention for love, facing seemingly insurmountable challenges and danger as she attempts to rebuild her life.– Someone Like Her [ About Someone Like Her ] Multan, Pakistan. A conservative city where an unmarried woman over the age of twenty-five is…
‘EXTREMELY funny and refreshingly honest about the unacknowledged complexity of female friendship’ Marian Keyes [ About My Hot Friend ] Lexi is on top of the worldThe podcast she co-hosts with her ride-or-die bestie is going stratospheric. But will all this fame and success cost them their friendship?Joanne’s just had a babyBut her pals keep…
‘In An Island Christmas – Nollaig Oileánach, celebrated Irish author Micheál Ó Conghaile takes readers on a heartfelt journey through his childhood memories of Christmas on the now-abandoned island of Inis Treabhair in Connemara‘ – Mercier Press [ About An Island Christmas ] Raised in the 1960s and 70s, Ó Conghaile reminisces about the unique traditions and customs of his island…
Last week I was thrilled to attend the launch of a very special book in Waterstones, Cork, Life at Full Tilt: The Selected Writings of Dervla Murphy. An anthology curated and edited by the wonderful Ethel Crowley, this stunning book gives every reader a fascinating and tantalising insight into Dervla Murphy’s exciting, and at times,…
Six days to stop a deadly attack. And no one else believes it’s real.– Committed [ About Committed ] Former CIA undercover operative Ellen McGinley is battling to overcome PTSD when she stumbles upon a domestic terror plot. The deadly attack is due to take place in six days and will strike at the very…
‘NO ONE IS EVER INNOCENT IN PARADISE.A small town.A closely guarded secret, stretching back decades.And blood in the water‘– Cover the Bones [ About Cover the Bones ] A body has washed up in an irrigation canal, the artery running through Yuwonderie, a man-made paradise on the border of the Outback. Stabbed through the heart,…
‘A tale of two best friends and how they saved each other’ [ About Kiera & Me ] Let national treasure Professor Noel Fitzpatrick – the Supervet – break your heart and put it back together again in this beautiful new Christmas story. ‘With you by my side, just doing my best was the best…
Water is the first of a quartet of interlinked novels named after the elements by John Boyne [ About Water] The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a…
‘This book is a work of non-fiction that depicts events seen and lived by Mokhtar Alkhanshali’– Dave Eggers, The Monk of Mokha [ About The Monk of Mokha ] From the best-selling author of The Circle – the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient…
‘Break the rules and face the consequences‘– The Forfeit [ About The Forfeit ] After enduring a turbulent childhood, Bree O Hagan has managed to build a good life for herself and her daughter, Amy. The arrival of a letter threatens to derail everything she has created. Suddenly her world is invaded by a malignant…