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#BookReview of An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st September 20265 Comments

[ About An Unlikely Visitor ] MARGARET THINKS HER TIME IS UP… BUT MAYBE HER TIME IS NOW? Things have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never really got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago. Despite everything, they built a lovely life together… it’s just starting to…

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#BookReview of The Newer World by Sebastian Barry

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th September 20262 Comments

[ About The Newer World ] I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things. . . were gone forever.Against a rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau – freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man – journey to find meaning and belonging. From the…

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#BookReview of Every Buried Secret by A.M. Fadden

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd September 2026Leave a comment

[ About Every Buried Secret ] DI Sinead Zaf is tired of working twice as hard to be taken seriously… Frustrated by the toxic culture of Birmingham’s Serious Crime Unit and watching less capable colleagues rise through the ranks, she turns her attention to cold cases – hoping one forgotten investigation might finally prove her…

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#BookReview of The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd September 20264 Comments

[ About The Calamity Club ] Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she’s been one of the ‘unadoptable’ girls at the town’s orphanage, where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her…

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