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#BookRecommendations – Older Publications

Book RecommendationsBy Mairéad Hearne1st November 202210 Comments

Do you enjoy reading older publications? At the moment I am not reviewing as much as I normally would. I have started a new part time job and I have also returned to college for a few months, meaning my blogging time has been reduced dramatically. What I have decided to do in the meantime…

#BookReview of #ThePoisonMachine by Robert J. Lloyd | @robjlloyd @melvillehouse

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th October 2022Leave a comment

In this thrilling and addictive sequel to The Bloodless Boy, Harry Hunt must go to Paris in search of a spy and imposter who has knowledge of a plot to kill the Queen of England…– The Poison Machine [ About the Book ] 1679. A year has passed since the sensational attempt to murder King Charles…

#BookReview of #DaughtersBeyondCommand by Véronique Olmi | @EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th October 2022Leave a comment

‘This family chronicle, which takes us from the May 1968 protests to the 1981 elections, is as much a tender and tragic stroll through the 20th century as it is the chronicle of an era, where consciousnesses are awakening to the upheaval of the world, and heralding the chaos to come.’– Daughters Beyond Command […

#BookReview of The Other Guinness Girl: A Question of Honor by Emily Hourican | @EmilyH71 | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th September 20222 Comments

‘Over the years of their marriage she had learned that really, what he meant was politics where he was at the centre, change that brought something glittering to him. How long it had taken her to understand.’– The Other Guinness Girl: A Question of Honor [ About the Book ] Honor Guinness is rich, aristocratic,…

#BookReview of #BlackHearts by @doug_johnstone | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th September 2022Leave a comment

‘A faked death, an obsessive stalker, an old man claiming he’s being abused by the ghost of his late wife, and a devastating spectre from the past. The Skelfs are back in another explosive thriller, and this time things are more than personal…‘– Black Hearts [ About the Book ] Death is just the beginning……

#BookReview of #WhileSheSleeps by @arlenehunt | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th September 2022Leave a comment

‘A young woman lies in a coma in the wake of a brutal attack. Under pressure for a quick solve, detectives Ryan and Kane soon find themselves at odds – and overshadowed by past deeds…’– While She Sleeps [ About the Book ] When Jody Kavanagh is discovered close to death in her home, it’s…

#Bookreviews of Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal and This is Gonna End in Tears by Liza Klaussmann

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th September 2022Leave a comment

I’m excited to share my book reviews of two wonderful read that I picked up on my recent break. I really enjoyed these and I hope you will too. One is a memoir and one is fiction, so both very different yet both very engaging and beautiful reads. Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit…

#BookReview of #TheLastGirlToDie by @Helen_Fields | @avonbooksuk

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st September 20221 Comment

‘The seaweed was a grotesque crown – she was a dead beauty queen belonging to the sea.‘ [ About the Book ] In search of a new life, seventeen-year-old Adriana Clark’s family moves to the ancient, ocean-battered Isle of Mull, far off the coast of Scotland. Then she goes missing. Faced with hostile locals and indifferent police, her…

#BookReview of The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th August 20221 Comment

‘It’s time to catch a killer…’– The 6:20 Man [ About the Book ] A journey that took him to hell . . . Having survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and been decorated with medals, Travis Devine mysteriously leaves the Army under a cloud of suspicion. And at thirty-two years old, he’s swapping…

#BookReview of #TheMarriagePortrait by Maggie O’ Farrell

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th August 202210 Comments

“I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordinary mortal. Treat her thus.” [ About the Book ] Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit…

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