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#BookReview of #ThreeLittleBirds by Sam Blake | @samblakebooks | @CorvusBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th December 20232 Comments

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…

#BookReview of So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th December 20234 Comments

** 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.…

#BookReview of #DeadSweet by Katrín Júlíusdóttir 

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th December 20232 Comments

‘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…

#BookReview of The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Eleanor O’Kelly-Lynch | @EleanorOKLynch

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th December 2023Leave a comment

‘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.…

#BookReview of The Love Department by Ally Bunbury

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th December 20232 Comments

‘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…

#BookReview of #YuleIsland by Johana Gustawsson | @JoGustawsson| @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th December 20234 Comments

‘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…

#BookReview of #KidsRunTheShow by Delphine de Vigan |@EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th November 2023Leave a comment

‘A cautionary tale for a world in which social media has shattered the boundaries of intimacy.’– Kids Run the Show [ Review of Kids Run the Show ] The first time that Melanie met Clara, Melanie was stunned by Clara’s sense of authority, and Clara was struck by Melanie’s pink, glittery nails, which shimmered in…

#BookReview of #BodyOfTruth by Marie Cassidy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st November 2023Leave a comment

WHERE THE SECRETS OF THE MORTUARY ARE UNCOVERED WITH SCALPEL-LIKE PRECISION– Body of Truth I was absolutely delighted to be in Waterstones Cork last week to see Marie Cassidy in conversation with Catherine Kirwan, chatting about her work. life and debut novel, Body of Truth. Having seen and heard Marie Cassidy over the years on…

#BookReview of #TheLockUp by John Banville

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th November 20232 Comments

A Strafford and Quirke Mystery– The Lock-Up [ About The Lock-Up ] 1950s Dublin. in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered – an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play. The victim’s sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to…

#BookReview of #SomeoneLikeHer by Awais Khan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th November 2023Leave a comment

A young Pakistani woman is the victim of an unthinkable act of vengeance, when she defies convention for love, facing seemingly insurmountable challenges and danger as she attempts to rebuild her life.– Someone Like Her [ About Someone Like Her ] Multan, Pakistan. A conservative city where an unmarried woman over the age of twenty-five is…

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