Buried secrets are dangerous.Unearthing them might be deadly …– Behind Her Smile [ About Behind Her Smile ] Laurie Dunn has returned to her childhood attic bedroom and her old nightmares have come rushing back. Terrorised by a client-related mugging, her job as a criminal solicitor causes more problems than solutions. Finn Ballentine yearns for…
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for FictionThe Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Award for FictionWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionShortlisted for the Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardFinalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction [ About James ] The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he…
‘North Dormer is at all times an empty place, and at three o’clock on a June afternoon its few able-bodied men are off the fields or woods, and the women indoors, engaged in languid household drudgery.’– Summer [ About Summer ] A naive girl from a humble background meets an ambitious city boy, and a…
‘From the prize-winning author of Dance Move and Sweet Home, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money – and what being a parent means.‘ (Publisher Quote)– The Benefactors [ About The Benefactors ] Meet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to 18-year-old boys. Gorgeous Frankie, now married…
‘ The return of cold case detective, Karen Pirie’– Silent Bones [ About the Book ] The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before. Journalist Sam…
‘She lined up the envelopes on the console table and read each name under her breath to herself. Sheila. Máire. Barbara. Henrietta. My girls, thought Nora, with a satisfied nod.’– Once A Year [ About Once A Year ] Sheila has finally — and secretly — divorced her unreliable husband and is ready to celebrate.…
‘It’s Christmas. A book club meeting ends in a triple murder. A demon is posing as Santa. It can only mean one thing…The Stranger Times are back.’ [ About the Book ] It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for…
‘ The church spires, the patchwork of roofs, houses and shops that straggle down from the Bairro Alto, past the convent of Carmo towards the grand square of the Rossio below have all vanished, swallowed in a dense cloud of dust’– Aftershock [ About Aftershock ] Lisbon, All Souls’ Day, November 1st 1755.In less than…
‘In the cool early dawn, as the truck jiggled and jarred along the boreen and the silence thickened between them, Harry felt deep in his bloodstream that this was not the start of something, but the end.’– The Planter’s Daughter [ About The Planter’s Daughter ] Sadhbh Drummond was landed gentry, a passionate eco-warrior, and…
‘An extraordinary and urgent debut by a prize-winning Irish writer, NESTING introduces an unforgettable new voice in fiction.‘ [ About Nesting ] On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into…