Three Little Birds –‘Sam Blake at her masterful best’ – Andrea Mara [ About Three Little Birds ] Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery… When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial reconstruction expert Dr Carla Steele is drawn into a fourteen-year-old case – but not all cases are cold, as Carla discovers…
** An Irish Times Book of the Year ** [ About So Late in the Day ] After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently.…
‘When a celebrated government official is found dead after his surprise birthday party, a young police officer uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives. Icelandic politician Katrín Júlíusdóttir’s award-winning debut’ **Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut** [ About Dead Sweet ] A murder is just…
‘The Redmond family is facing into a storm’– The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Eleanor O’Kelly-Lynch was launched last week and I was honoured and thrilled to be asked by Eleanor to host the Q&A on the evening in the sparkling Vienna Woods Hotel in Glanmire.…
‘Old friends, new complications – will this be a season to remember?’– The Love Department [ About The Love Department ] The countdown to Christmas is on at Shillington’s luxury department store in Dublin city … Immy Brooks has just been put in charge of personal shopping and seems to have a gift for knowing…
‘Once upon a time in the outback…‘– Magpie Magpie by Alan Ryan was published in July 2021 and has just been voted Fiction Book of the Year at the recent Irish CAP Awards 2023. ‘The Carousel Aware Prize for Independently Published Authors (The CAP for Indies) aims to provide a platform to showcase the cream of…
‘An art expert joins a detective to investigate a horrific murder on a Swedish island, leading them to a mystery rooted in Viking rites and Scandinavia’s deepest, darkest winter’– Yule Island [ About Yule Island ] Art expert Emma Lindahl is anxious when she’s asked to appraise the antiques and artefacts in the infamous manor…
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an extract from Trobairitz the Storyteller by Celia Micklefield. When Celia first contacted me, I was unaware of the term trobairitz, which I have since discovered is the name used for a female troubadour, a storyteller of old. “Trobairitz were 12th century female troubadours. They sang and told stories…