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#BookReview of #CoverTheBones by Chris Hammer

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st November 2023Leave a comment

‘NO ONE IS EVER INNOCENT IN PARADISE.A small town.A closely guarded secret, stretching back decades.And blood in the water‘– Cover the Bones [ About Cover the Bones ] A body has washed up in an irrigation canal, the artery running through Yuwonderie, a man-made paradise on the border of the Outback. Stabbed through the heart,…

#BookReview of #ThePerformance by Claire Thomas

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th April 20216 Comments

‘The false cold of the theatre makes it hard to imagine the heavy wind outside in the real world, the ash air pressing onto the city from the nearby hills where bushfires are taking hold.The house lights lower.The auditorium feels hopeful in the darkness.‘– The Performance [ About the Book ] Melbourne, AustraliaAs bushfires rage…

#BookReview of #TRUST by Chris Hammer | @hammerNow @Wildfirebks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th January 20212 Comments

‘The third Martin Scarsden novel from the author of the CWA John Creasy (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER award-winning SCRUBLANDS’– TRUST [ About the Book ] On a bright sunny day in Port Silver, ex-journalist Martin Scarsden misses a call from his girlfriend Mandy. Checking his voicemail later, all he hears is her terrified scream before the…

#BookReview | #AshMountain by @FitzHelen | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th June 20204 Comments

‘What would you save?‘– Ash Mountain [ Book Description ] Fran hates her hometown, and she thought she’d escaped. But her father is ill, and needs care. Her relationship is over, and she hates her dead-end job in the city, anyway. She returns to her hometown to nurse her dying father, her distant teenage daughter…

#BookReview | #TheWeekend by Charlotte Wood | @wnbooks | @gigicroft

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th June 20202 Comments

‘Three women in their 70s – bruised by life, discarded by society, bursting with anger – reunite for one last, life changing weekend’– The Weekend [ Book Description ] Sylvie, Jude, Wendy and Adele have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously…

The Swooping Magpie by @LizaPerrat #Excerpt

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne5th November 20181 Comment

The Swooping Magpie Reflecting the social changes of 1970s Australia Following The Silent Kookaburra, The Swooping Magpie is the second (standalone) novel in Liza Perrat’s 1970s Australian Family Drama series. 

#Bookreview #TheDry by Jane Harper @janeharperautho #Bookclub

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st March 20184 Comments

Today I bring you all my review of The Dry, Book 1 in the Aaran Falk series from Jane Harper. The perfect crime fiction novel, it has everything really!!

Author Q & A @LizaPerrat The Silent Kookaburra

Q & ABy Mairéad Hearne6th March 20172 Comments

Today I am joined by Australian writer and author of The Silent Kookaburra Liza Perrat. Liza’s latest novel is a psychological suspense set in 1970’s Australia.

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