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#BookReview | #LuciasWar by Susan Lanigan | @susanl_author

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th May 2020Leave a comment

‘A story of motherhood, music, loss and redemption, set in the latter part of WWI and post-Armistice.’– Lucia’s War [ About the Book ] London, 1949. Opera singer Lucia Percival is due to perform her last concert. But she has no intention of going onstage. A terrible secret from the First World War has finally…

#BookReview |#TheWinterAgent by @GarethRubin | #BlogTour with @MichaelJBooks

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th May 20204 Comments

‘Based on real events, this is the gripping story of a man operating in the darkest of circumstances – and the unimaginable sacrifices war demands of those who fight it.‘– The Winter Agent [ About the Book ] February, 1944. A bitter winter grips occupied France, where Marc Reece leads an SOE circuit facing deadly…

#BookReview | #TheTainted by @CauveryMadhavan | @hoperoadpublish

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th May 20206 Comments

‘In the afternoon everything came to a standstill. The fragrant khus-khus tatties were lowered over every window and door, and the bhistis drenched them with water…..As the water evaporated from the sweet-smelling grass blinds and the punkahs circulated cool air around the darkened rooms, it was possible in those couple of hours to drift off…

#BookReview | #OurLittleCruelties by Liz Nugent | @lizzienugent

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd May 202010 Comments

Three brothers are at the funeral.One lies in the coffin– Our Little Cruelties [ About the Book ] Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin. Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother’s unequal love. As men, the competition continues – for status, money, fame, women … They each…

#BookReview | #Augury by @SEListerAuthor | @oldstpublishing

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 20202 Comments

‘A tour-de-force of imagination and literary craft from a young author whose star is rising. The setting is ancient, yet its conflicts, fears – and its hopes – are our own.‘– Augury (Publisher) [ About the Book ] The people of an ancient city awaken one night to find the earth beneath them trembling. But…

#BookReview | #FiftyFifty by Steve Cavanagh | @SSCav

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 20204 Comments

An Eddie Flynn novel– Fifty Fifty [ About the Book ] Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other.Who do YOU believe? ‘911 what’s your emergency?’ ‘My dad’s dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’ ‘My dad’s dead. My sister Alexandra killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’…

#BookReview | The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos | @PushkinPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th May 202010 Comments

‘The delightful first title in a new collaboration between Pushkin Press and Channel 4’s Walter Presents‘– The Mystery of Henri Pick [ About the Book ] In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor…

#BookReview | #WeBeginAtTheEnd by @WhittyAuthor

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th May 202010 Comments

‘This was her path to perdition.A girl on her way to right a lifetime of wrongs.’We Begin At The End [ About the Book ] ‘YOU CAN’T SAVE SOMEONE THAT DOESN’T WANT TO BE SAVED . . .’ Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer. Now, he’s been released from prison and is back…

#BookReview | #BuryThemDeep by James Oswald | @SirBenfro

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th May 2020Leave a comment

‘She drinks as deep as she can, each swallow a little less painful than the last. Too late, she understands there is something in the water to take away the pain. Something to lull her to sleep. No refuge there from the demons that haunt her.’– Bury Them Deep [ About the Book ] When…

#BookReview #NormalPeople by Sally Rooney

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th May 202015 Comments

‘The literary phenomenon of the decade.’ – Guardian– Normal People [ About the Book ] Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts…

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