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#BookReview | #TheThursdayMurderClub by Richard Osman

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th September 202012 Comments

‘Killing someone is easy. Hiding the body, now that’s usually the hard part. That’s how you get caught’– The Thursday Murder Club [ About the Book ] In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep,…

#BookReview | #BetweenTheLines by S. J. Butler | @SJButler7

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd September 2020Leave a comment

‘The closer you are, the less you see . . .‘-Between the Lines [ About the Book ] When Kev’s girlfriend is killed in a hit-and-run, he thinks he’s suffered the worst. Haunted by his past, Kev attempts to put his life back together, throwing himself into his new relationship with Stella and his job as…

#BookReview | #TheSevenDoors by Agnes Ravatn | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th September 2020Leave a comment

The long-awaited new novel from the award-winning author of The Bird Tribunal– The Seven Doors [ About the Book ] University professor Nina is at a turning point. Her work seems increasingly irrelevant, her doctor husband is never home, relations with her difficult daughter are strained, and their beautiful house is scheduled for demolition. When her…

#BookReview | #WhateverItTakes by @TadhgCoakley | @corkcitylibrary | #OneCityOneBook | @MercierBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th September 20205 Comments

‘He is determined to win,whatever the cost,whatever it takes’ [About the Book ] Set in Cork city, Detective Garda Collins is at war with the leading local criminal, Dominic Molloy. Unwilling to accept the human degradation caused by Molloy’s drugs, violence and prostitution. He has made up his mind to bring Molloy down, but just…

#BookReview | #GirlWomanOther by Bernardine Evaristo

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th September 20203 Comments

BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR & FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019THE SUNDAY TIMES 1# BESTSELLER– Girl, Woman, Other [ About the Book ] This is Britain as you’ve never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told. From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century…

#BookReview | #TheGloriousGuinnessGirls by Emily Hourican | @EmilyH71 | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th September 202010 Comments

Three sistersOne shared destiny-The Glorious Guinness Girls [ About the Book ] The Glorious Guinness Girls are the toast of London and Dublin society. Darlings of the press, Aileen,Maureen and Oonagh lead charmed existences that are the envy of many. But Fliss knows better. Sent to live with them as a child, she grows up as part…

#BookReview | Eleven Lines to Somewhere by Alyson Rudd | @allyrudd_times | @HQstories | #ElevenLines

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th September 20204 Comments

In a world of what-ifs…..a connection has been made.– Eleven Lines to Somewhere [ About the Book ] When Ryan spots a young woman on the tube on his commute, he can’t take his eyes off her. Instantly attracted and intrigued, he’s keen to find out more about his mysterious fellow passenger. The woman he…

#BookReview | #AfterTheSilence by Louise O’ Neill

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th September 20204 Comments

‘Nessa Crowley’s murderer has been protected by silence for ten years.Until a team of documentary makers decide to find out the truth’ [About the Book ] On the day of Henry and Keelin Kinsella’s wild party at their big house a violent storm engulfed the island of Inisrun, cutting it off from the mainland. When…

#BookReview | #TheBigChill by @doug_johnstone | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th September 20202 Comments

‘Running private investigator and funeral home businesses means trouble is never far away, and the Skelf women take on their most perplexing, chilling cases yet in book two of this darkly funny, devastatingly tense and addictive new series!‘– The Big Chill [ About the Book ] Haunted by their past, the Skelf women are hoping…

#BookReview | #Olive by Emma Gannon

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd September 20202 Comments

‘Moving, memorable and a mirror for every woman at a crossroads, OLIVE has a little bit of all of us’– OLIVE (Publisher Quote) [ About the Book ] OLIVE is many things. Independent.Adrift.Anxious.Loyal.Kind.She knows her own mind. And it’s ok that she’s still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes…

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