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#BookReview | #WhenWeFall by @novelcarolyn | @noexitpress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th April 20204 Comments

‘With characters inspired by the real female pilots who flew for Air Transport Auxiliary, as well as the only female victim of the Katyn massacre, who was also a pilot’– When We Fall When We Fall by Carolyn Kirby will be published in paperback format with No Exit Press on 7th May 2020 to coincide…

#BookReview | Strangers by C.L. Taylor

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd April 202010 Comments

‘Three strangers stand around a dead body.They had to do it.But why?’– Strangers [ About the Book ] Ursula, Gareth and Alice have never met before. Ursula thinks she killed the love of her life.Gareth’s been receiving strange postcards.And Alice is being stalked. None of them are used to relying on others – but when…

#BookReview | #TheIslandGirls by @NoelleHarrison | @bookouture

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd April 20202 Comments

‘She’d been steadily drifting further and further away from her life before. She would never get it back. She knew that. But maybe her destination was a place where she could forget, and be forgotten? This was all she wanted right now.’– The Island Girls [ About the Book ] When young nurse Emer loses her beloved…

#BookReview | #Gabriella by @BellCaragh | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th April 2020Leave a comment

‘America’s answer to Coco ChanelThat was the dream and nothing would stand in her way’– Gabriella [ About the Book ] ‘All she needed was one person to take notice – one person who could catapult her into the big time’ Gabriella Alvarez dreams of being the next Coco Chanel. Born in the Bronx of…

#BookReview | #TheBookOfLongings by @suemonkkidd | @TinderPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th April 202011 Comments

I am Ana.I was the wife of Jesus..– The Book of Longings [ About the Book ] Ana is a rebellious young woman, a gifted writer with a curious, brilliant mind, who writes secret narratives about the neglected and silenced women around her. Raised in a wealthy family in Galilee, she is sheltered from the…

#BookReview of #TheCuttingPlace by @JaneCaseyAuthor | #BlogTour with @HCinIreland

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th April 20204 Comments

TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHIRON CLUB YOU MUST BE:1. Filthy rich2. Extremely powerful3 Totally ruthless4. Guilty?WELCOME TO THE CUTTING PLACE I am thrilled and honoured to be kick-starting the blog tour with Harper Collins Ireland today for The Cutting Place by Jane Casey. Yes folks Maeve Kerrigan is back in this very dark…

Hiding in Plain Sight by @eoghanegan | #Extract

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne10th April 20202 Comments

‘A vicious serial killer roams the Irish Midlands, with his sights set on the next victim‘– Hiding in Plain Sight Hiding in Plain Sight by Eoghan Egan is the first book in a trilogy of crime fiction novels. Described as ‘the stunning debut from Ireland’s hottest new crime writer‘ it was published in January 2020…

#BookReview | I Am Dust by Louise Beech | #IAmDust

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th April 20202 Comments

A haunted theatreA murdered actressThree cursed teenagersA secret that devastates them all– I Am Dust [ About the Book ] The Dean Wilson Theatre is believed to be haunted by a long-dead actress, singing her last song, waiting for her final cue, looking for her killer… Now Dust, the iconic musical, is returning after twenty…

#Extract from #TheMessage by Mai Jia | #Blogtour

Blog Tour, ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne8th April 2020Leave a comment

‘From the most translated Chinese novelist of our time‘– The Message I am delighted to be joining the tour for The Message by Mai Jia. Translated by Olivia Milburn and published with Apollo (HoZ imprint) The Message is described as ‘a dazzling literary thriller set in Japan-occupied China‘ I have an extract to share with…

#BookReview | #TheSecretOfEvelineHouse by @SheilaForsey | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd April 20204 Comments

‘A tale of tangled secrets and a search for the truth. The past cannot lie silent forever’ – The Secret of Eveline House [ About the Book ] It’s 1949 and playwright Violet Ward has returned from London with her husband Henry and young daughter Sylvia, to take up residence in Eveline House in County…

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