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#BookReview of #OneOfUs by Elizabeth Day | @elizabday | @4thEstateBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th September 2025Leave a comment

‘In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret?‘ [ About One of Us ] Martin and Ben were friends for decades — best friends, Martin would have said — before the terrible events at Ben’s 40th birthday party tore them apart. So when Martin receives a surprise invitation back into the inner sanctum…

#BookReview of The Sins of Armstrong House by A. O’Connor | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th September 20252 Comments

‘With his usual meticulous research writing historical fiction O’Connor captures the turbulent times of Ireland in the early 1920s as the fledgling country fought for survival’– Poolbeg Press, The Sins of Armstrong House [ About The Sins of Armstrong House ] Present Day During a lavish wedding at her husband Nico’s ancestral home, Armstrong House,…

#BookReview of #IntensiveCare – A Memoir by Dr Suzanne Crowe | @itsthatgirlsuzi | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th September 2025Leave a comment

‘A doctor’s story of healing, heartbreak and hope in Irish children’s healthcare’– Intensive Care: A Memoir [ About Intensive Care ] IT ALL RESTS ON A STORY. THIS IS ONE YOU WON’T FORGET In these pages, Dr Suzanne Crowe opens the doors to a world few ever the charged and fragile realm of paediatric intensive care.…

#BookReview of #ThisWasntMeantToHappen by Ali Harris

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st September 2025Leave a comment

‘For anyone who has ever lost, longed, or held on when letting go felt impossible.Inspired by her own experience, This Wasn’t Meant to Happen is Ali Harris’s exploration of grief and recovery’ [ About This Wasn’t Meant to Happen ] This wasn’t meant to happen. But it did. Sofie Jensen has always lived by logic…

#BookReview of #SuchAGoodCouple by Sophie White

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th August 20252 Comments

‘A sharply funny and heartfelt novel from the bestselling author of My Hot Friend ‘– Such a Good Couple [ About Such a Good Couple ] SIX FRIENDS. THREE COUPLES. ONE HOLIDAY THAT WILL RUIN EVERYTHING . . . MAGGIE’S LIFE HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER.She has a superstar husband, a Hollywood mansion and a stylist on call.…

#BookReview of #TwoKindsOfStranger by Steve Cavanagh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st August 20252 Comments

‘The award-winning, Sunday Times Top Five bestseller returns with a brand new thriller featuring the unforgettable Eddie Flynn.‘– Two Kinds Of Stranger [ About Two Kinds of Stranger ] SHE HELPED A PERFECT A STRANGER. SHE DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS THE PERFECT KILLER… Elly Parker had everything.Perfect husband. Perfect apartment. Perfect friends and the perfect job.As an…

#BookReview of #PaperHeart by Cecelia Ahern

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th August 20252 Comments

‘Pip’s world is small. But it’s about to become a whole lot bigger.‘ [ About Paper Heart ] For years she’s tucked away her dreams, shrinking herself into the space left behind – like the delicate origami she creates alone in her room. Then hope comes from an unlikely place: an astronomer from the local…

#BookReview of Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding by Karin Walker | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th August 20252 Comments

‘Happiness begins when you stop chasing Mr Perfect and start choosing yourself’– Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding [ About Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding ] Successful lawyer, Charlotte Bloom, has been dumped for the 100th time. She invites her ex-boyfriend on an all-expenses-paid holiday to Barbados, to help her understand why. She knows…

#BookReview of #FunAndGames by John Patrick McHugh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th August 20252 Comments

‘A stunning debut novel following a teenage boy as he comes of age on the west coast of Ireland’– Fun and Games [ About Fun and Games ] Seventeen-year-old John Masterson has no idea what he wants. It’s his last summer on the small island where he has grown up and he should be enjoying…

#BookReview of #BitterSweet by Hattie Williams

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th August 20252 Comments

‘In my life, there are things that have happened to me, and things that I have done, that have proven to be moments that have a clear before and an after. One of those moments, perhaps in some ways the biggest, was the day that I met Richard Aveling for the first time.’– Bitter Sweet…

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