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#BookReview of #ProphetSong by Paul Lynch

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th September 20234 Comments

‘A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author‘– Prophet Song [ About Prophet Song ] On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s…

#BookReview of #TheCityOfGod by Michael Russell

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th September 2023Leave a comment

‘Stefan Gillespie’s secret mission takes him to Rome, where evil stalks the Eternal City‘– The City of God [ About The City of God ] Italy, 1943. Irish detective Stefan Gillespie leaves the chaos of Nazi-occupied Rome for neutral Switzerland on a mission his government knows nothing about. Waiting for a late-night connection in Zurich he…

#BookReview of #TheDesireLine by Jane Cassidy | @JaneCassidy2 | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th September 20232 Comments

‘Was it possible there’d been a house in this place? He thought of the old folksong ‘The May Morning Dew’ and the line about the singer’s childhood home being but a stone on a stone. Here there wasn’t even a stone on a stone, just mud, grass and bitter wind.’– The Desire Line [ About…

#BookReview of #TheLastDevilToDie by Richard Osman

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st September 20231 Comment

‘THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN‘– THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE [ About The Last Devil To Die ] Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the…

#BookReview of #HowToBuildABoat by Elaine Feeney

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th August 20231 Comment

‘Meet Jamie and his community on the west coast of Ireland, in the most uplifting and tender book of the year‘– How to Build a Boat [ About How to Build a Boat ] Jamie O’Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many…

#BookReview of #ThisIsMySea by Miriam Mulcahy | @MulcahyMir | @eriu_books

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th August 20233 Comments

‘An exploration of grief and recovery’– This is My Sea [ About This is My Sea ] Over the course of seven difficult years Miriam Mulcahy lost her mother, father and sister, each grief threatening to drown her. But instead of going under she discovered the lessons of the sea, letting the water teach her…

#BookReview of #TheWrenTheWren by Anne Enright

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd August 2023Leave a comment

‘Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how vast her mother’s loneliness had been.‘– The Wren, The Wren [ About The Wren, The Wren ] Nell – funny, brave and so much loved – is a young…

#BookReview of #KALA by Colin Walsh | @AtlanticBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd August 20234 Comments

‘We’re fifteen and it’s the summer of our lives so Kinlough is gathering itself up into the moment with us – the whole town’s pure responsive to our energies‘– KALA [ About KALA ] In the seaside town of Kinlough, on Ireland’s west coast, three old friends are thrown together for the first time in…

#BookReview of #GoneTonight by Sarah Pekkanen

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th August 20232 Comments

‘What would make a teenage girl vanish into the night and live a life on the run for two decades?’– Gone Tonight [ About Gone Tonight ] Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it’s been just the two of them against…

#BookReview of #AGameOfLies by Clare Mackintosh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th August 20232 Comments

They say the camera never lies.But on this show, you can’t trust anything you see.– A Game of Lies [ About A Game of Lies ] Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they’ve signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess…

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