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#BookReview | The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th April 20196 Comments

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? [ About the Book ] Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by…

#InHerDefence @Jancoledwards | #BlogTour | Extract

Blog Tour, ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne11th April 20193 Comments

Today I join Jan Edwards on tour with an extract from her latest novel In Her Defence. It’s book two in the series featuring Bunch Courtney and is set against a backdrop of an escalating war in 1940. I do hope you enjoy! [ About the Book ] Bunch Courtney’s hopes for a quiet market-day…

#BlackWood by Derek Flynn | @DerekFlynn03 | #BookReview

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th April 2019Leave a comment

‘The deeper you go, the darker your intent’ [ About the Book ] “How far would you go to get out?” This is the question three unlikely friends living in a dead-end town in America ask each other. The answer would come to haunt them.The narrator is a writer in his late 30s, eking out…

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins | #FrannieLangton | #Bookreview | @MrsJaneyMac | @VikingBooksUK | #BlogTour

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th April 201910 Comments

‘They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. [ About the Book ] 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on…

Facebook Competition #Giveaway #BookGiveaway

BookGiveawayBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 2019Leave a comment

Just a short post to let you all know I have a competition running over on my Facebook page (Pinned Post) I have a copy of Half of a Yellow Sun, the heartbreaking and exquisitely written masterpiece by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie up for grabs This is one of the ten books – novels, memoirs and…

#CruelActs by @JaneCaseyAuthor | #BookReview|@HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th April 20194 Comments

They said he was a serial killer…But now they’ve set him free.HOW CAN YOU SPOT A MURDERER? [ About the Book ] Leo Stone is a ruthless killer – or the victim of a miscarriage of justice. A year ago, he was convicted of the murder of two women and sentenced to life in prison.…

#SLEEP by CL Taylor | #BookReview |@callytaylor |@AvonBooksUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd April 20194 Comments

7 Guests7 Secrets1 KillerDo you dare to sleep? [ About the Book ] All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a…

#RulesOfTheRoad by @ciarageraghty |@HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st April 20192 Comments

The simple fact of the matter is that Iris loves life. Maybe she’s forgotten that. Sometimes that happens, doesn’t it? To the best of us?All I have to do is remind her of that one simple fact. [ About the Book ] When Iris Armstrong goes missing, her best friend Terry, wife, mother and all-round…

#KeepHerClose by M.J. Ford| #BookReview & #Extract | #Blogtour | @MJFordBooks |@AvonBooksUK

Blog Tour, Book Review, ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne28th March 2019Leave a comment

‘They’ll always be two steps ahead of you’ [ About the Book ] When a young woman goes missing from Jesus College, Oxford, DS Josie Masters is plunged into a world of panic as fear grips the city. Along with Thames Valley Police’s newest recruit, the handsome DS Pryce, Josie must act fast – and…

#BookReview | The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby | #CoraBurns|@novelcarolyn | @noexitpress | #BlogTour

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th March 20198 Comments

‘To believe in her future, she must uncover her past’ [ About the Book ] Birmingham, 1885 Born in a gaol and raised in a workhouse, Cora Burns has always struggled to control the violence inside her. Haunted by memories of a terrible crime, she seeks a new life working as a servant in the house of scientist…

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