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#BookReview of #ThePayoutGame by Robert Craven

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th January 2026Leave a comment

‘Dragged into a violent underworld of dog fighting, crypto gambling, and ruthless enforcers, Crowe must dig deeper — even when the powerful want the truth buried forever.‘– The Payout Game  [ About The Payout Game ] On the Dublin coast, nothing stays buried for long… Garda Inspector P.J. Crowe is looking forward to a quiet…

#BookReview #YourEveryMove by @samblakebooks | @samblakebooks.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th December 2025Leave a comment

‘YOU THINK YOU’RE SAFE. BUT SOMEBODY’S WATCHING…‘ [ About Your Every Move ] Irish estate agent Rosie Kinsella loves her job selling high-end properties in London. But when she’s targeted by a mysterious stalker her amazing life is turned upside down. Who is ‘Michael’, and why does he seem to think he and Rosie are…

#BookReview of #DarkHorse by Felix Francis

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th December 2025Leave a comment

‘Sid Halley returns in Dark Horse, his seventh outing over the years’ [ About Dark Horse ] Imogen Duffy is a young Irish jockey, whose fledgling career is given a huge boost when she wins a prestigious horse race at the Cheltenham Steeplechasing Festival. But all is not well in her life. She has a…

#Bookreview of #MurderonaFrostyNight by @BrightVerity| @bookouture

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st November 20252 Comments

‘Wrapping presents and singing at midnight mass on a frosty night… Lady Swift is determined to enjoy Christmas at home this year, until another body turns up!‘– Murder on a FrostyNight [ About Murder on a Frosty Night ] Winter 1925. Eleanor and Hugh are decking the halls for their first married Christmas together when butler Clifford arrives with a…

#BookReview of #SilentBones by Val McDermid

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th October 2025Leave a comment

‘ 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…

#BookReview of #IntoTheFire by M.J. Arlidge

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd October 20252 Comments

‘Nowhere to hide. No one to turn to. Nothing to lose.‘– Into The Fire [ About Into The Fire ] Helen Grace is sure she made the right decision quitting her job as a detective. Until the day she looks out of her window to see a desperate young woman being pursued by two vicious thugs.…

#BookReview of #DeadlyEvidence by Marie Cassidy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th September 20252 Comments

STATE PATHOLOGIST TERRY O’BRIEN IS ABOUT TO TAKE ON HER TOUGHEST ROLE YET.– Deadly Evidence [ About Deadly Evidence ] Tasked with leading the Open Case Review Unit, her usual post-mortem work has been extended to cold-case investigation into unsolved suspicious deaths. When a garda detective is murdered, his body mutilated and dumped on gangland…

#BookReview of #TwoKindsOfStranger by Steve Cavanagh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st August 20252 Comments

‘The award-winning, Sunday Times Top Five bestseller returns with a brand new thriller featuring the unforgettable Eddie Flynn.‘– Two Kinds Of Stranger [ About Two Kinds of Stranger ] SHE HELPED A PERFECT A STRANGER. SHE DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS THE PERFECT KILLER… Elly Parker had everything.Perfect husband. Perfect apartment. Perfect friends and the perfect job.As an…

#BookReview of #DeadLine by Steph McGovern

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd July 2025Leave a comment

‘Your child has been kidnapped.You’re live on television.’– Dead Line [ About Dead Line ] Going live in 10, 9, 8 . . .Today is a huge day for TV reporter Rose’s career. A live interview with one of the most powerful men in the country, on one of the nation’s biggest TV shows.7, 6,…

#BookReview of #InPlainSight by @JosephCBirchall | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st July 2025Leave a comment

‘She gazed at the red line that ran along the circumference of the woman’s neck, the laceration open slightly like a small crevice in the snow. The woman’s face was paler than her short blonde hair, her blue eyes frozen in a stare as if caught in a photograph. They stared away and behind Darcy…

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