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Yearly Archives: 2020

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#BookReview | And Then There Were None by #AgathaChristie

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th April 202013 Comments

Voted the clear winner in a global vote to find the world’s favourite Agatha Christie book for her 125th birthday in 2015– And Then There Were None [ About the Book ] 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. Cut…

#BookReview | The Fallout by Rebecca Thornton

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th April 20204 Comments

The accident.The lie.The fallout will be huge . . . = The Fallout [ About the Book ] When Liza’s little boy has an accident at the local health club, it’s all anyone can talk about. Was nobody watching him?Where was his mother?Who’s to blame? The rumours, the finger-pointing, the whispers – they’re everywhere. And…

#BookReview | #TheSecretOfEvelineHouse by @SheilaForsey | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd April 20204 Comments

‘A tale of tangled secrets and a search for the truth. The past cannot lie silent forever’ – The Secret of Eveline House [ About the Book ] It’s 1949 and playwright Violet Ward has returned from London with her husband Henry and young daughter Sylvia, to take up residence in Eveline House in County…

#BookReview | #MyPearShapedLife by Carmel Harrington |@HappyMrsH | @HCinIreland | @HarperFiction

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd April 20202 Comments

‘You don’t have to be pearfect to be happy’– My Pear-Shaped Life [ About the Book ] Meet Greta. She’s funny. She’s flawed. She’s hiding so much behind her big smile she’s forgotten who she is. But Greta is about to discover that the key to being happy is…being you. Greta Gale has played the part of…

#BookReview | #TheFinalGame by Caimh McDonnell | @Caimh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st April 20206 Comments

‘If you fancy a light-hearted romp through the streets of Dublin then hop on board!’ – The Final Game by Caimh McDonnell [ About the Book ] When Paul Mulchrone’s friend Dorothy dies, his world is thrown into disarray. First, there’s the grief. Second, there’s the fact that he has been forced into a competition,…

#BookReview | #DeepDarkNight by Steph Broadribb | @crimethrillgirl | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st March 2020Leave a comment

A city in lockdownA building in lockdownA score that can only be settled in blood….– Deep Dark Night [ About the Book ] Working off the books for FBI Special Agent Alex Monroe, Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson and her partner, JT, head to Chicago. Their mission: to entrap the head of the Cabressa crime family.…

#Extract | A Key to Treehouse Living by Elliot Reed | @melvillehouse | @NikkiTGriffiths

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne30th March 2020Leave a comment

‘Follow the unusual life and wisdoms of parentless William Tyce as he shares his poignant adventures in this fictional A-Z coming-of-age compendium.’– A Key to Treehouse Living I am delighted to be sharing an extract today from A Key to Treehouse Living by Elliot Reed. Published with Meville House UK on March 12th, writer Jess…

#BookReview | #Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell | @TinderPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th March 20209 Comments

‘TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.‘– Hamnet [ About the Book ] On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their…

#BookReview | #ADELE by Nicola Cassidy | @ladynicci |@PoolbegBooks | #BlogTour

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th March 20207 Comments

ADELEThe forgotten sister of Fred AstaireDancer, Icon, Star [ About the Book ] Adele is a tale of talent, glamour and fame at the height of the roaring 20s. 1973: Californian journalist Ellie Morgan sets out on a mission to research the life of Adele Astaire, famed 1920s dancer and comedienne, older sister to Fred Astaire.…

#BookReview | The Lost Lights of St Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford | @elisabeth04liz | @CorvusBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th March 20202 Comments

‘He would be back soon, I felt it, for our love was a living thing, growing and breathing as surely as all the birds in the air’– The Lost Lights of St Kilda [ About the Book ] 1927: When Fred Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he…

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