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#BookReview of #WritersAnonymous by William Wall | @NewIslandBooks |

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th April 20254 Comments

‘In the summer of 1980, a lonely boy is found murdered in the graveyard of his quiet fishing town. Forty years later, a writer finds himself forced to confront the one story he’s refused all his life to tell.‘– Writers Anonymous [ About Writers Anonymous ] Fighting off the boredom of lockdown, acclaimed author Jim…

#BookReview of #TheDeathOfUs by Abigail Dean | @Hemlock_Press

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th April 20252 Comments

‘This is a story of murder. This is a story of survival. But most of all, this is a story of love.‘– The Death of Us [ About The Death of Us ] It’s the story everyone wants to hear. That spring night in South London, when Isabel and Edward’s lives were torn apart. The…

#BookReview of #TheBridgeToAlways by Lynda Marron | @eriu_books | @lyndamarron.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd April 20252 Comments

‘My mother was a cantankerous wagon. She was a pig-headed woman who never listened to a word of advice. She held everyone around her to impossibly high standards. She held herself to impossibly high standards. She was her own worst enemy, and mine. She disagreed with every word I said. She crossed me at every…

#BookReview of #TheSeventhBody by @catherinekirwan | @catherinekirwanbks.bsky.social | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th March 2025Leave a comment

‘The Truth Never Stays Buried’– The Seventh Body [ About The Seventh Body ] When six human bodies are discovered, building work on a derelict site in Cork grinds to a halt. And then a seventh is discovered. Although the first six are men who died centuries ago, the seventh body is different – female,…

#BookReview of #ADeathInBerlin by @SimonScarrow | @headlinepg | @soph_ransompr

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th March 2025Leave a comment

A gripping new World War 2 thriller from the bestselling authorA Death in Berlin [ About A Death in Berlin ] BERLIN. MAY 1940. AS HITLER PREPARES TO INVADE WESTERN EUROPE, THERE IS BLOODSHED CLOSER TO HOME CI Horst Schenke is an investigator with the Kripo unit. Powerless against the consequences of the war, he…

#BookReview of #TheTokyoSuite by Giovana Madalosso | @EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th March 20252 Comments

‘The Tokyo Suite is the English-Language debut of one of Brazil’s most exciting authors’ – Europa Editions [ About The Tokyo Suite ] A good nanny is hard to find. Fernanda, a busy executive whose marriage is foundering, has a room in her sprawling house redecorated in the style of a tiny luxury hotel room,…

#BookReview of #AssemblingAilish by Sharon Guard | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th February 20252 Comments

‘An honest, heartfelt exploration of love, loss, and the bravery to face your demons.‘– Assembling Ailish [ About Assembling Ailish ] Ailish McCarthy is not doing well. Outwardly successful – career, beautiful home, wealthy husband, two daughters reared and on the cusp of their own lives– inwardly she is crumbling.  Her relationship with her mother…

#Extract from #SomeoneToBlame by J.J. Green | @JJGreenwriter | @BookGuild

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th October 2024Leave a comment

Someone To Blame by J.J. Green published October 28th with The Book Guild and is described as ‘a mystery thriller with a twist on the poison pen concept’. I am delighted to be sharing an extract, with an introduction from J.J. Green, with you today in celebration of its launch so I do hope you…

#BookReview of #TheBooksellersGift by Felicity Hayes-McCoy | @fhayesmccoy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd October 2024Leave a comment

Dreams are for living…The Bookseller’s Gift [ About The Bookseller’s Gift ] Ever since Catherine and her mother Ann opened the doors of their bookshop in a small town on Ireland’s west coast, they have been living their dream. And this festive season promises to be their biggest ever, with a celebrity chef booked for…

#BookReview of #Fire by John Boyne

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st October 2024Leave a comment

‘From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question: can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster?”– Fire [ About Fire ] On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a…

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