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#Bookreview | #RewriteTheStars by Emma Heatherington | @emmalou13 | @HCinIreland

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd October 20194 Comments

‘It’s never too late to say I love you…’ Rewrite the Stars is the latest novel from bestselling author Emma Heatherington. Just published in paperback with Harper Collins, it is described as ‘a Sliding Doors meets One Day life-affirming story, it invites you to reassess all of your own tomorrows, it will inspire you to…

#BookReview | Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar by Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th October 2019Leave a comment

‘The explosive memoir of legendary DEA agents and the subject of the hit Netflix series Narcos, Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña‘ – Manhunters [ About the Book ] In the decades they spent at the DEA, Javier Peña and Steve Murphy risked their lives hunting large and small drug traffickers. But their biggest challenge…

#BookReview | #TheLostOnes by Anita Frank | @Ajes74 |@HQstories

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th October 20192 Comments

‘Think Downton Abbey on Halloween…a beautifully told big house story touched with ghosts and tragedy’ – The Lost Ones, HQ Stories [ About the Book ] Some houses are never at peace.England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella Marcham welcomes the opportunity to stay with her pregnant sister, Madeleine, at her imposing…

#BookReview | This Little Dark Place by A.S. Hatch

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th October 20192 Comments

How well do you know your girlfriend?How well do you know your lover?How well do you know yourself? [ About the Book ] Daniel and Victoria are together. They’re trying for a baby. Ruby is in prison, convicted of assault on an abusive partner. But when Daniel joins a pen pal program for prisoners, he…

#BookReview | #Canticle by Liz McSkeane | @EMcSkeane

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th October 2019Leave a comment

‘I did not ask for this commission, I do not want it and yet, here I am. I still do not understand what has persuaded me or whether, having agreed to carry it out, I have committed an act of wisdom or folly.’ – Fray Martín de Sepúlveda, Canticle [ About the Book ] Madrid,…

#BookReview | #CAGE by Lilja Sigurðardóttir | @lilja1972 | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th October 20192 Comments

‘A masterful conclusion to the award-winning, critically acclaimed Reykjavik Noir Trilogy, as drug smuggling, financial crime, political intrigues, love, murder and betrayal come together’ – CAGE [ About the Book ] The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her. As a group…

#BookReview | #ThroughTheWall by Caroline Corcoran | @cgcorcoran | @AvonBooksUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd October 20194 Comments

‘I can hear her through the wallShe has no idea what I did.No idea what I’m capable of…’ [ Harriet ] ‘I swear I can feel her.Biding her time.Waiting to rip my life apart…’ [ Lexie ] [ About the Book ] Lexie’s got the perfect life. And someone else wants it… Lexie loves her…

#BookReview | #MeatMarket by @junodawson

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st October 20194 Comments

‘Honest and raw, this is a timely exposé of the dark underbelly of the fashion industry’  – Meat Market [ About the Book ] Jana Novak’s history sounds like a classic model cliche: tall and gangly, she’s uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she’s unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to superstardom. But the fashion industry is…

#BookReview | Nothing to Hide by James Oswald | @SirBenfro

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th September 20193 Comments

Trouble always seems to find her, and even if she has nothing to hide, perhaps she has everything to lose…. – A DC Constance Fairchild Novel [ About the Book ] Suspended from duty after her last case ended in the high-profile arrest of one of Britain’s wealthiest men, DC Constance Fairchild is trying to…

#BookReview | Help Me! by Marianne Power aka @TheHelpMeBlog

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th September 20195 Comments

‘Feel the Fear changed my life the first time I read it because I took action: I felt the fear and quit my job. But since then I hadn’t stepped out of my comfort zone – I’d hardly stepped out of bed. And then with Sunday’s hangover finally fading, while I re-read Feel the Fear…

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