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#BookReview | #Violet by @SJIHolliday | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th November 20194 Comments

StrangerBest friendLiar……. VIOLET [ About the Book ] When two strangers end up sharing a cabin on the Trans-Siberian Express, an intense friendship develops, one that can only have one ending Carrie’s best friend has an accident and can no longer make the round-the-world trip they’d planned together, so Carrie decides to go it alone.…

#BookReview | Nothing Important Happened Today by @will_carver | @OrendaBooks | #NothingImportantHappenedToday

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th November 2019Leave a comment

We are The People of ChoiceThe ones now with courageAnd we choose not to fearThis is one solutionIt is not the endNor is it the beginningThere are always more who choose to liveThere is but one certainty– Nothing Important Happened Today [ About the Book ] Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They’ve…

#BookReview | #CAGE by Lilja Sigurðardóttir | @lilja1972 | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th October 20192 Comments

‘A masterful conclusion to the award-winning, critically acclaimed Reykjavik Noir Trilogy, as drug smuggling, financial crime, political intrigues, love, murder and betrayal come together’ – CAGE [ About the Book ] The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her. As a group…

#BookReview | Blood Song by @JoGustawsson | @OrendaBooks | #BloodSong

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th September 20195 Comments

‘Although the characters who live and die in these pages are the figment of my writerly imagination, the experiences they endure are rooted in the terrible truth of a dark, dark chapter in Spanish history’– Johana Gustawsson, author of Blood Song [ About the Book – Blood Song ] Spain, 1938: The country is wracked…

#BookReview | In the Absence of Miracles by Michael J. Malone

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd September 20196 Comments

‘And in the absence of truth, in the absence of a miracle, we turn to prayer.And to violence…’ – In the Absence of Miracles [ About the Book ] John Docherty’s mother has just been taken into a nursing home following a massive stroke and she’s unlikely to be able to live independently again. With…

#BookReview – The Closer I Get by @PaulBurston | @OrendaBooks |#TheCloserIGet

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th July 20192 Comments

Danger is just a ‘like’ away…Some followers are fatal…–The Closer I Get [ About the Book ] Tom is a successful author, but he’s struggling to finish his novel. His main distraction is an online admirer, Evie, who simply won’t leave him alone.Evie is smart, well read and unstable; she lives with her father and…

#BookReview of A Modern Family by @HelgaFlatland | #BlogTour with @OrendaBooks | #AModernFamily

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th June 2019Leave a comment

Winner of the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and a number one bestseller, A Modern Family is the English debut by Helga Flatland. Described as the Norwegian Anne Tyler, Helga Flatland made her literary debut in 2010, with this, A Modern Family, being her fifth book. I am delighted to be joining Helga Flatland and Orenda Books…

#Breakers by @doug_johnstone | #Bookreview | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th June 20196 Comments

A toxic familyA fight for survival [ About the Book ] Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people’s homes by his bullying older siblings, he’s also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum. On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and…

The Ringmaster by @vandasymon | @OrendaBooks | #BookReview |#TheRingmaster

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st May 20194 Comments

Marking the return of passionate and headstrong police officer Sam Shephard, The Ringmaster is the second book in the bestselling Sam Shephard Series, just released with Orenda Books. [ About the Book ] Death is stalking the South Island of New Zealand Marginalised by previous antics, Sam Shephard, is on the bottom rung of detective…

#WorstCaseScenario by Helen Fitzgerald | @FitzHelen |@OrendaBooks | #BookReview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th May 20194 Comments

One alcoholic parole officerOne month to goOne last clientWhat could possibly go wrong?Worst Case Scenario…… [ About the Book ] Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation offer, dealing with some of Glasgow’s worst cases, and her job is on the line.Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and he’s published a series of…

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