What do you do when you’ve ruined your life? You go home to your mother, if you’re lucky enough still to have one. Saoirse Maher wouldn’t recommend it. – Sugartown [ About Sugartown ] Leaving home wasn’t supposed to be temporary. When she moved to London, Saoirse was leaving Ireland behind for good, and with it…
‘A leading food and travel journalist depicts and predicts the good, the bad, and the ugly about the future of travel — and how we can transcend the complications of climate change, AI, and touristification . . .‘– The Future of Travel [ About The Future of Travel ] Travel is easier, more accessible, and more tempting…
[ About There Came A-Tapping ] Since losing her parents in a car crash as a teen, Allie has struggled to cope. Meeting Rory finally made things easier. She’s come to rely on him for almost everything, so when he disappears while filming a documentary in the West of Ireland, she fears she’ll come undone.…
‘Wrapping presents and singing at midnight mass on a frosty night… Lady Swift is determined to enjoy Christmas at home this year, until another body turns up!‘– Murder on a FrostyNight [ About Murder on a Frosty Night ] Winter 1925. Eleanor and Hugh are decking the halls for their first married Christmas together when butler Clifford arrives with a…
‘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…
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…