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#BookReview | This Little Dark Place by A.S. Hatch

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th October 20192 Comments

How well do you know your girlfriend?How well do you know your lover?How well do you know yourself? [ About the Book ] Daniel and Victoria are together. They’re trying for a baby. Ruby is in prison, convicted of assault on an abusive partner. But when Daniel joins a pen pal program for prisoners, he…

#BookReview | #Canticle by Liz McSkeane | @EMcSkeane

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th October 2019Leave a comment

‘I did not ask for this commission, I do not want it and yet, here I am. I still do not understand what has persuaded me or whether, having agreed to carry it out, I have committed an act of wisdom or folly.’ – Fray Martín de Sepúlveda, Canticle [ About the Book ] Madrid,…

#BookReview | #CAGE by Lilja Sigurðardóttir | @lilja1972 | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th October 20192 Comments

‘A masterful conclusion to the award-winning, critically acclaimed Reykjavik Noir Trilogy, as drug smuggling, financial crime, political intrigues, love, murder and betrayal come together’ – CAGE [ About the Book ] The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her. As a group…

#BookReview | #ThroughTheWall by Caroline Corcoran | @cgcorcoran | @AvonBooksUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd October 20194 Comments

‘I can hear her through the wallShe has no idea what I did.No idea what I’m capable of…’ [ Harriet ] ‘I swear I can feel her.Biding her time.Waiting to rip my life apart…’ [ Lexie ] [ About the Book ] Lexie’s got the perfect life. And someone else wants it… Lexie loves her…

#BookReview | #MeatMarket by @junodawson

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st October 20194 Comments

‘Honest and raw, this is a timely exposé of the dark underbelly of the fashion industry’  – Meat Market [ About the Book ] Jana Novak’s history sounds like a classic model cliche: tall and gangly, she’s uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she’s unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to superstardom. But the fashion industry is…

#BookReview | Nothing to Hide by James Oswald | @SirBenfro

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th September 20193 Comments

Trouble always seems to find her, and even if she has nothing to hide, perhaps she has everything to lose…. – A DC Constance Fairchild Novel [ About the Book ] Suspended from duty after her last case ended in the high-profile arrest of one of Britain’s wealthiest men, DC Constance Fairchild is trying to…

#BookReview | Help Me! by Marianne Power aka @TheHelpMeBlog

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th September 20195 Comments

‘Feel the Fear changed my life the first time I read it because I took action: I felt the fear and quit my job. But since then I hadn’t stepped out of my comfort zone – I’d hardly stepped out of bed. And then with Sunday’s hangover finally fading, while I re-read Feel the Fear…

#BookReview | The Incorrigible Optimists Club by Jean-Michel Guenassia

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th September 20194 Comments

‘A writer is being buried today. It’s like a final demonstration: an unexpected crowd – silent, respectful and anarchic – is blocking the streets and the boulevards around the Montparnasse cemetery……How absurd to pay homage to a man who was wrong about almost everything, was constantly misled, and who put his talents into defending the…

#Bookreview | #LiesLiesLies by @adeleparks | @HQstories

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th September 20194 Comments

‘Explores the darkest corners of a relationship in freefall in a mesmerising tale of marriage and secrets’ – Lies, Lies, Lies [ About Lies, Lies, Lies ] Daisy and Simon’s marriage is great, isn’t it? After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter Millie sealed everything in place. A happy little family of three. And…

#BookReview | #Postscript by @Cecelia_Ahern | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th September 201910 Comments

‘It’s been seven years since Holly Kennedy’s husband died – six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life…’– Postscript There was a seismic shift, the planets moved, there was a collective roar when it was announced that the very much longed for sequel to the…

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