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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 #TheLighthouseSecret by Carmel Harrington | @HappyMrsH | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th March 2024Leave a comment

‘A young girl who longs for a bigger life.A wife who dreams of change.A vow that can never be broken.And a secret that comes back to haunt then decades later.’– The Lighthouse Secret [ About The Lighthouse Secret ] Family secrets never stay buried… 1951, Ireland On the windswept Cork coast, the lighthouse-keepers’ wives wait,…

#BookReview of #BegottenNotMade by @ConalCreedon

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th January 2023Leave a comment

‘A fairy tale for the 21st century’Begotten Not Made [ About the Book ] Begotten Not Made is a fairy tale for the 21st century – where the mystery of blind faith is explored and the magic of belief is restored. Brother Scully met Sister Claire only once. It was back in 1970 – the…

#BookReview of #TheInvisible by Michelle Dunne @NotDunneYet

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th April 20222 Comments

‘A migrant crisis. A corrupt harbour town. Who will stand for those who have become invisible to the rest of the world?‘– The Invisible [ About the Book ] People have become one of the world’s most valuable commodities. Trafficked on the promise of a new life only to be hidden away as modern day…

#BookReview of #ICouldntLoveYouMore by Esther Freud | @BloomsburyBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th October 20212 Comments

‘Rosaleen knew Felix Lichtman was dangerous. That was what she liked about him’– I Couldn’t Love You More [ About the Book ] Rosaleen is still a teenager, in the early Sixties, when she meets the famous sculptor Felix Lichtman. Felix is dangerous, bohemian, everything she dreamed of in the cold nights at her Catholic…

#BookReview of #TwistedTruth by @AmyCroninAuthor | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th September 2021Leave a comment

“There’s a devil on my shoulder, Anna, and he wants a word …”– Twisted Truth [ About the Book ] Violent and seemingly random murders are terrorising Cork city and county. DS William Ryan is struggling to connect the victims and find a motive. The crimes have one thing in common – they are being…

#BookReview of #Fallen by #MelODoherty @Ofmooseandmen

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th May 2021Leave a comment

‘She picketed Mass with a sign that read: “They killed my baby in Bessborough”’– Fallen [ About Fallen] When Michael Connolly was a child in the 1970s, his mother told him about all the things that happened to her in that place. All that the nuns had done. The doctors encouraged her to talk, and…

#BookReview of #TheRulesOfRevelation by #LisaMcInerney | @johnmurrays

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd April 20216 Comments

REUNIONSRECRIMINATIONSRECKONINGS– The Rules of Revelation [ About the Book ] Ireland. Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. And Ryan Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack. Former sex-worker Georgie wants the truth about Ryan’s past out there but the journalist has her own agenda. Mel returns from Brexit Britain, ill-equipped to…

#BookReview of #TheArtOfFalling by #DanielleMcLaughlin @johnmurrays

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd February 2021Leave a comment

“It’s designed to self-destruct. Grain by grain, year by year. Then gone…nothing”– The Art of Falling [ About the Book ] Nessa McCormack’s marriage is coming back together again after her husband’s affair. She is excited to be in charge of a retrospective art exhibit for one of Ireland’s most beloved and enigmatic artists, the…

#BookReview of #TheDarkRoom by @samblakebooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th January 20218 Comments

‘It was as if the music lifted him from the dark room of his mind and lit everything up.’– The Dark Room [ About the Book ] Hare’s Landing, West Cork. A house full of mystery… Rachel Lambert leaves London afraid for her personal safety and determined to uncover the truth behind the sudden death…

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