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#BookReview of #AllOfUsAreBroken by Fiona Cummins | @FionaAnnCummins

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th July 20231 Comment

‘Featuring DS Saul Anguish from the award winning author, Fiona Cummins, author of Into the Dark and Rattle.‘– All Of Us Are Broken [ About All Of Us Are Broken ] Every one of them has a dark secret The Family After a year they want to forget, the Hardwicke family set out to the Scottish Highlands for…

#BookReview of #FallingAnimals by Sheila Armstrong | @Sheela_no_gig | @BloomsburyBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th May 20234 Comments

‘The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the last day of his life‘– Falling Animals [ About Falling Animals ] On an isolated beach set against a lonely, windswept coastline, a pale figure sits serenely against a sand dune staring out to sea. His hands…

#BookReview of #BoysDontCry by Fíona Scarlett | @Scarlett_for_ya

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 20234 Comments

‘Being pushed in a Tesco trolley round the back of the flat. Joe giving us all a shot, but letting me stay the longest. Pushing me faster. Spinning and laughing while crashing into the overflowing double-steel bins’– Boys Don’t Cry [ About Boys Don’t Cry ] They say boys don’t cry.But Finn’s seen his Da…

#Extract from #TheBadNeighbour by @Jennie_Ensor | @HobeckBooks

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne16th May 20232 Comments

The Bad Neighbour by Jennie Ensor will be published on 23 May 2023 with Hobeck Books (paperback and e-book) and is described as ‘a dark and deliciously entertaining psychological thriller with a striking twist.’ The Bad Neighbour ebook is currently on sale with AmazonUK for pre-order at 99p and will continue to be so for a short time…

#BookReview of #TheIslandOfLonging by @AnneGriffin_ | @SceptreBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th May 20232 Comments

‘Would you ever give up trying to find your child, if they vanished without a trace?’– The Island of Longing [ About The Island of Longing ] One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later. But the…

#BookReview of #TheresSomethingIHaveToTellYou by Michelle McDonagh | @michellemcd | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th April 2023Leave a comment

‘On Glenbeg Farm, it was a sunny morning like any other.Only the distressed bark of beloved collie Samson hinted that all was not well’– There’s Something I have to Tell You [ About There’s Something I Have To Tell You ] When the bodies of wealthy matriarch Ursula Kennedy and her farmer husband Jimmy are…

#BookReview of #WeAllWantImpossibleThings by Catherine Newman | @CatheriNewman

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st January 20232 Comments

‘For fans of Nora Ephron and Sorrow & Bliss, We All Want Impossible Things is a deeply moving, jubilant celebration of life and friendship at its imperfect, radiant, and irreverent best.‘ (Publisher quote) [ About We All Want Impossible Things ] Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your…

#Bookreview of #AMillionToOne by Adiba Jaigirdar

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th January 20232 Comments

‘A THIEF. AN ARTIST. AN ACROBAT. AN ACTRESS. THE TITANIC WHILE JOSEFA, EMILIE, HINNAH, AND VIOLET SEEMINGLY DON’T HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON, THEY’RE UNITED IN ONE GOAL: STEALING THE RUBAIYAT’– A Million to One [ About A Million to One ] Four friends have stolen aboard the Titanic. They’re after the Rubaiyat – a book inlaid with priceless jewels.…

#BookReview of #TheMarriageAct by @johnmarrs1 | #BlogTour with @panmacmillan

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th January 20232 Comments

YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS BEING MONITOREDBREAK YOUR VOWS, PAY THE PRICE– The Marriage Act [ About The Marriage Act ] What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills – the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm,…

#BookReview of #Exiles by Jane Harper | @laurasherlock21

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd January 20238 Comments

Critically acclaimed international bestseller Jane Harper returns with Exiles, Aaron Falk’s final investigation [ About Exiles ] At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds. A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved…

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