Winner of the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and a number one bestseller, A Modern Family is the English debut by Helga Flatland. Described as the Norwegian Anne Tyler, Helga Flatland made her literary debut in 2010, with this, A Modern Family, being her fifth book. I am delighted to be joining Helga Flatland and Orenda Books…
Two very different families…..One is loud, eccentric, rich and confident.The other is less sure of their place in life. [ About the Book ] On holidays in Portugal, a near-drowning brings the ten-year-old daughters, Jamie and Sarah, together and a friendship is formed.As the bond between the girls grows deeper, so too do the ties…
‘In this podcast I’ll be looking at the six people with the most to hide about the night Erica Spencer died….’ [ About the Book ] It’s been a year since Erica Spencer died in a tragic accident at a party, and the community where she lived has moved on with their lives.Everybody has secrets.…
A toxic familyA fight for survival [ About the Book ] Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people’s homes by his bullying older siblings, he’s also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum. On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and…
I disappeared on a Wednesday afternoon.I was there one minute and the next I was gone….. [ About the Book ] It’s six in the morning during the hottest summer on record when Elizabeth O’Loughlin, out walking her dog, comes across Clare, a victim of a horrific knife attack, clinging onto life at the side…
A student kidnapped from the parkAn investigator running out of timeA killer playing a dangerous game [ About the Book ] A student kidnapped from the park.Nineteen-year-old Sophie disappears one summer afternoon. She wakes up to find herself locked inside a derelict warehouse, surrounded by five objects. If she uses them wisely, she will escape…
Today I have an overview, with a few of my own thoughts, on two non-fiction publications recently published by Gill Books. Missing by Barry Cummins, RTE journalist and author, was published on 24th May. The Positive Habit by Fiona Brennan, a clinical hypnotherapist, mindfulness and NLP practitioner, was published on the 1st March. [ About…
Marking ten years since The Good Mayor won the Saltire First Book Award, Black & White have just published a brand-new edition of this international bestseller. It has been published in 20 different languages and has sold in approximately 23 territories. [ About the Book ] Set in the little town of Dot in a…
Marking the return of passionate and headstrong police officer Sam Shephard, The Ringmaster is the second book in the bestselling Sam Shephard Series, just released with Orenda Books. [ About the Book ] Death is stalking the South Island of New Zealand Marginalised by previous antics, Sam Shephard, is on the bottom rung of detective…
Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. But I know exactly who you are. I know what you’ve done. And I am watching you [ About the Book ] When Aimee comes home and discovers her husband is missing, she doesn’t seem to know what to do or how…