I’m delighted to be part of the celebrations this week championing Irish Book Week, a nationwide celebration of Irish bookshops, Irish books, publishers, writers, illustrators, and poets. I have a piece featured today in Books Ireland Magazine entitled ‘For Irish Book Week Mairéad Hearne talks about an author she discovered this year’ where I write…
‘From the million copy bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers‘– Forgotten On Sunday [ About Forgotten on Sunday ] Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her…
‘Two children get on the train. Only one gets off…‘– No One Saw a Thing [ About No One Saw a Thing ] No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube platform in London. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors…
‘Put me out with the bins’, he said, regularly. ‘When I die, put me out with the bins. I’ll be dead, so I won’t know any different’– Strange Sally Diamond [ About the Book ] Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her…
‘ ‘Before He Kills Again is partly set in Cork city, exploring themes like sexual and gender-based violence and how misogyny can be spread through social media. It’s also partly set in West Cork. This is mainly because Collins is from there and I wanted to explore the themes of home and love in the…
‘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…
“She’s earned her stripes. But the hive’s misbehaving . . .“– Queen Bee InsomniaHow do I have three extra adult males – and a small yappy dog – living in my house when I need to grow into a graceful and sexual midlife woman? RageAm furious. AnxietyWhat’s going to happen to my career if I…
‘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.…
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,…
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…