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#BookReview of #KALA by Colin Walsh | @AtlanticBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd August 20234 Comments

‘We’re fifteen and it’s the summer of our lives so Kinlough is gathering itself up into the moment with us – the whole town’s pure responsive to our energies‘– KALA [ About KALA ] In the seaside town of Kinlough, on Ireland’s west coast, three old friends are thrown together for the first time in…

#BookReview of #TheFamily by @naomi_krupitsky | @BoroughPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd November 20214 Comments

‘For fans of Elena Ferrante and Maggie O’Farrell‘– The Family [ About the Book ] Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the…

#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…

#Extract | #DeniableMemories by @VanessaPearse1 | @vulpine_press

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne25th May 2020Leave a comment

On 12th June Vulpine Press are releasing the debut literary fiction title from Irish author Vanessa Pearse, Deniable Memories. Vanessa’s novel was inspired by her time volunteering in Sudan in the late 80s/early 90s. ‘We go on a journey with Martha, a young woman looking to carve out a new path in her life after a…

#Extract | Beyond the Moon by Catherine Taylor | @CathTaylorNovel

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne16th January 2020Leave a comment

‘Haunting debut timeslip novel, where a strange twist of fate connects a British soldier fighting in the First World War and a young woman living in modern-day England a century later.‘– Beyond the Moon Today I am delighted to welcome Catherine Taylor with an extract from her debut novel Beyond the Moon. Published June 26th…

#BlogTour | In The Wake by @helentrevorrow | @Urbanebooks #LoveBooksTours

Blog Tour, ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne18th November 20191 Comment

I am delighted to be joining Helen Trevorrow on tour today with her debut novel, In The Wake. Published with Urbane Publications In The Wake ‘questions whether we can ever truly leave our pasts behind and explores the lengths that we will go to protect the people that we love.’ I have an extract to…

#Undercliff by Mark Brend | @MinuteBook |#GuestPost| #BlogTour with @LoveBooksGroup | @HornetBooks

Blog Tour, Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne5th June 20194 Comments

Undercliff is the debut novel from Mark Brend. Published on 30th May with Hornet Books, I am delighted to join the blog tour with Love Books Group today bringing you all a guest post from Mark Brend, entitled ‘A Sense of Place’…….and a map!! I do hope you enjoy…. [ Undercliff – About the Book…

The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Helen Cullen | @wordsofhelen |#Bookreview |#LostLetters

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th May 20191 Comment

‘Lost letters have only one hope for survival. If they are caught between two worlds, with an unclear destination and no address of sender, the lucky ones are redirected to the Dead Letters Depot in East London for a final chance of redemption…..’ [ About the Book ] Inside East London’s Dead Letters Depot, William…

Murder at Macbeth by Samantha Goodwin | #GuestPost | #Extract

Extract, Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 2019Leave a comment

WHOSE DEADLY SECRET HAS TAKEN CENTRE STAGE? Today I hand over my blog to Samantha Goodwin, author of debut novel Murder at Macbeth. Due for publication on 17th May, it is described as ‘a hugely gripping police procedural full of unpredictable twists and suspense’ Murder at Macbeth was longlisted for the international Flash 500 Novel…

#DeadInside by Noelle Holten | @nholten40 | @KillerReads

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th May 2019Leave a comment

Behind closed doors you can get away with murder [ About the Book ] The killer is just getting started… When three wife beaters are themselves found beaten to death, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she is facing her toughest case yet. The police suspect that Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood – who is connected to all…

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