‘Lucy rarely looked at herself, and nobody looked at her. As long as she dressed in dark colours with her hair clean, she was happy’– Learning to Love Lucy [ About Learning to Love Lucy ] Lucy Hehir stopped loving herself a long time ago. Her ex-husband put paid to that. He regularly reminded her…
‘We left home on my baby’s first birthday. I hadn’t known when I packed his diaper bag that morning that it would never feel safe to go back.’ [ About Ring of Salt ] On her son’s first birthday, Betsy Cornwell fled her home, checking into a hotel under a false name so her husband…
‘An Irish Castle – A Hollywood Movie Set – Six Weeks To Mend A Broken Heart’ Love like the (Real) Reel Thing by Sharon Black published November 5th with Poolbeg Press and is described as ‘a warm, funny, feel-good romantic comedy about second chances, small-town secrets, and the magic of movies‘. In celebration of its recent…
Buried secrets are dangerous.Unearthing them might be deadly …– Behind Her Smile [ About Behind Her Smile ] Laurie Dunn has returned to her childhood attic bedroom and her old nightmares have come rushing back. Terrorised by a client-related mugging, her job as a criminal solicitor causes more problems than solutions. Finn Ballentine yearns for…
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for FictionThe Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Award for FictionWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionShortlisted for the Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardFinalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction [ About James ] The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he…
‘North Dormer is at all times an empty place, and at three o’clock on a June afternoon its few able-bodied men are off the fields or woods, and the women indoors, engaged in languid household drudgery.’– Summer [ About Summer ] A naive girl from a humble background meets an ambitious city boy, and a…
‘From the prize-winning author of Dance Move and Sweet Home, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money – and what being a parent means.‘ (Publisher Quote)– The Benefactors [ About The Benefactors ] Meet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to 18-year-old boys. Gorgeous Frankie, now married…
‘ The return of cold case detective, Karen Pirie’– Silent Bones [ About the Book ] The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before. Journalist Sam…
‘She lined up the envelopes on the console table and read each name under her breath to herself. Sheila. Máire. Barbara. Henrietta. My girls, thought Nora, with a satisfied nod.’– Once A Year [ About Once A Year ] Sheila has finally — and secretly — divorced her unreliable husband and is ready to celebrate.…
‘It’s Christmas. A book club meeting ends in a triple murder. A demon is posing as Santa. It can only mean one thing…The Stranger Times are back.’ [ About the Book ] It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for…