‘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…
‘ The church spires, the patchwork of roofs, houses and shops that straggle down from the Bairro Alto, past the convent of Carmo towards the grand square of the Rossio below have all vanished, swallowed in a dense cloud of dust’– Aftershock [ About Aftershock ] Lisbon, All Souls’ Day, November 1st 1755.In less than…
‘Behind the twinkling lights, danger watches closely’ – The Christmas Magpie [ About The Christmas Magpie ] It’s Noel and Dani’s first Christmas in their new home and they want everything to be perfect – lavish presents, a beautiful tree and outdoor decorations to join in with the festivities in this welcoming community. But they quickly…
‘In the cool early dawn, as the truck jiggled and jarred along the boreen and the silence thickened between them, Harry felt deep in his bloodstream that this was not the start of something, but the end.’– The Planter’s Daughter [ About The Planter’s Daughter ] Sadhbh Drummond was landed gentry, a passionate eco-warrior, and…
‘An extraordinary and urgent debut by a prize-winning Irish writer, NESTING introduces an unforgettable new voice in fiction.‘ [ About Nesting ] On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into…
‘My Mother, Myself and China: The hotly anticipated sequel to the multi-million copy international bestseller’ [ About Fly, Wild Swans ] Jung Chang’s Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation, an epic personal history of Jung, her mother and grandmother – ‘three daughters of China’. The book opens in 1909 with her grandmother’s birth –…
‘Nowhere to hide. No one to turn to. Nothing to lose.‘– Into The Fire [ About Into The Fire ] Helen Grace is sure she made the right decision quitting her job as a detective. Until the day she looks out of her window to see a desperate young woman being pursued by two vicious thugs.…
‘This is a murder mystery.This is a story about love.Or is it? . . .’– Fair Play [ About Fair Play ] Abigail and her brother Benjamin have always been close. To celebrate his birthday, Abigail hires a grand old house and gathers their friends together for a murder mystery party. As the night goes…
STATE PATHOLOGIST TERRY O’BRIEN IS ABOUT TO TAKE ON HER TOUGHEST ROLE YET.– Deadly Evidence [ About Deadly Evidence ] Tasked with leading the Open Case Review Unit, her usual post-mortem work has been extended to cold-case investigation into unsolved suspicious deaths. When a garda detective is murdered, his body mutilated and dumped on gangland…