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#BookReview of #TheBedlamCadaver by Robert J. Lloyd | @robjlloyd | @melvillehouse

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th June 2024Leave a comment

‘In late 17th Century London rich young women are being kidnapped, then murdered. Harry Hunt, formerly of the Royal Society but now a rich gentleman, is falsely accused. To clear his name, he must rely on his abandoned scientific expertise and battle the full force of the British aristocracy’– The Bedlam Cadaver [ About Bedlam…

#BookReview of #TheGratefulWater by Juliana Adelman | @NewIslandBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th May 2024Leave a comment

‘A detective story that swelters and smells of the oppressively hot Dublin summer 1866, by a debut fiction author steeped in the history of the city’– The Grateful Water (Publisher Quote) [ About The Grateful Water ] When a young butcher spots a strange shape on the banks of the River Liffey in the hot…

#Extract from #AGoodLife by Virginie Grimaldi |@GinieGrimaldi | @EuropaEdUK

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne28th May 20243 Comments

A Good Life by Virginie Grimaldi will publish June 6th with Europa Editions UK. Translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle, it is described as ‘an emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes’. Europa Editions UK have provided me with an extract today which will give you all a sneak peek into the…

#BookReview of #GhostMountain by Rónán Hession |@MumblinDeafRo | @Ofmooseandmen

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st May 20241 Comment

‘Mountains are at once unmistakably present yet never truly fathomable.‘– Ghost Mountain [ About Ghost Mountain ] Ghost Mountain, is a simple fable-like novel about a mountain that appears suddenly, and the way in which its manifestation ripples through the lives of characters in the surrounding community. It looks at the uncertain fragile sense of…

#Extract from Beatrice’s Fate by Camilla Galbiati

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne20th May 2024Leave a comment

Beatrice’s Fate is the debut novel by Sligo based author, Camilla Galbiati, which published April 26th and is described as ‘a gripping historical romance set in 17th century Italy’. I am delighted to share an extract with you all today so I do hope you enjoy. [ About Beatrice’s Fate ] 1614, Italy. Nine-year-old Beatrice Locatelli is…

#BookReview of #TheHoneymoonAffair by @sheilaoflanagan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th May 20242 Comments

‘The irresistible, utterly satisfying new contemporary novel from beloved bestseller, Sheila O’Flanagan’– The Honeymoon Affair [ About The Honeymoon Affair ] Izzy is in the Caribbean on the honeymoon-that-isn’t after her fiancé broke her heart. She’s not looking for someone new. But when she meets Charles Miller, a successful writer holidaying alone, the electricity is…

#BookReview of #YouAreHere by David Nicholls

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 20242 Comments

‘A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.‘ [ About You Are Here ] Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way Marnie is stuck.Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a…

#BookReview & #GuestPost – #TheMidnightMan by Julie Anderson | @jjulieanderson | @HobeckBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th May 20241 Comment

‘Capturing the spirit of the place and the challenges and threats it faced, some from the predominantly male establishment of the time, was very important to me. It was a unique and special place. I wanted it to live again, even if only in a crime fiction book.’– Julie Anderson, author of The Midnight Man…

#BookReview of #TwentySevenMinutes by Ashley Tate

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th February 20242 Comments

‘It takes one moment to call for help, so why did he wait?’– Twenty-Seven Minutes [ About Twenty-Seven Minutes ] THE QUESTIONFor the last ten years, the small town of West Wilmer has been struggling to answer one question: on the night of the crash that killed his sister, why did it take Grant Dean…

#BookReview of Kiera & Me by Noel Fitzpatrick

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th October 2023Leave a comment

‘A tale of two best friends and how they saved each other’ [ About Kiera & Me ] Let national treasure Professor Noel Fitzpatrick – the Supervet – break your heart and put it back together again in this beautiful new Christmas story. ‘With you by my side, just doing my best was the best…

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