‘The smallest man. The biggest heart. The mightiest story.‘– The Smallest Man [ About the Book ] Nat Davy longs to grow tall and strong and be like other boys, but at the age of ten, he’s confronted with the truth; he’s different, and the day when the stares and whispers stop is never going…
‘There’s no such thing as an impossible crime….’– Fortune Favours the Dead [ About the Book ] New York, 1946. Lillian Pentecost is the most successful private detective in the city, but her health is failing. She hires an assistant to help with the investigative legwork. Willowjean Parker is a circus runaway. Quick-witted and street-smart,…
‘She holds the future of a nation in her hands . . .‘– The Governess [ About the Book ] 1933. Progressive young teacher Marion Crawford becomes governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Determined to give her pupils a fun and normal childhood, she took them on buses, swimming at public baths and…
“There are SO MANY PEOPLE in this world. 7.53 BILLION to be exact.But there is only one of me and one of you.You are enough JUST AS YOU ARE….”– Break the Mould, Sinéad Burke ‘A very important book encouraging us all to celebrate the uniqueness and gift of our own and others’ differences, while recognising all…
‘Verg Veum – The ‘Lone Wolf’ – is back’– Fallen Angels [ About the Book ] Ever-dogged Bergen PI Varg Veum has to dig deep into his own past as he investigates the murder of a former classmate. When Bergen PI Varg Veum finds himself at the funeral of a former classmate on a sleet-grey…
“I knew why I’d run away from Dublin, but I’d no idea why I chose here, and even if I had, I had no intention of explaining my reasons to strangers”– Secrets in the Snow [ About the Book ] As the winter snow falls on the small Irish village of Ballybray, Roisin O’Connor and…
‘When we lose an object, we say it’s been taken by the Thief He’s one of the fae folk and he rides a winged horse He only returns what we’ve lost when we offer something in exchange’– The Thief on the Winged Horse [ About the Book ] The Kendrick family have been making world-famous…
‘Sometimes the past is too frightening to visit’– A Telegram from Berlin [ About the Book ] 1939 – As the clouds of war gather across Europe, diplomat Gabriel Ford is sent to London to outline the Irish government’s intended policy of neutrality. While there, Gabriel, recently engaged and the son of a War of…
‘Getting into prison is easy, it’s getting out that’s tricky.’– The Quiet Man [ About the Book ] Almost everyone in prison will tell you they’re in there for a crime they didn’t commit, but Anthony Rourke really means it. That’s because he’s actually Bunny McGarry, who has got himself into one of Nevada’s finest…
‘The riveting memoir by Ireland’s former State Pathologist’– Beyond the Tape [ About the Book ] In 1997, Dr Marie Cassidy arrived in Dublin from Glasgow. There to discuss a possible deputy state pathologist post with Professor John Harbison, instead she was whisked by police escort to a Grangegorman murder scene. There was no turning…