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#BookReview of #PrimaFacie by Suzie Miller | @SuzieMillerWrtr

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th March 20242 Comments

‘Based on the award-winning play starring Jodie Comer‘– Prima Facie [ About Prima Facie ] This is not life. This is law. Tessa Ensler is a brilliant barrister who’s forged her career in criminal defence through sheer determination. Since her days at Cambridge, she’s carefully disguised her working class roots in a male-dominated world where…

#BookReview of #AStrangerInTheFamily by @JaneCaseyAuthor | @Hemlock_Press

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th March 20244 Comments

‘The gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author‘– A Stranger in The Family [ About A Stranger in The Family ] Every mother’s worst nightmare . . . When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart.…

#BookReview of #WhispersOnMainstreet by Marie O’ Connor | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th March 20244 Comments

‘A small town’s gossip turns deadly, unravelling a web of secrets in 1961 Ballantur‘– Whispers on Main Street [ About Whispers on Main Street ] Nate Wheatley runs a mobile grocery shop for the countryside around the town of Ballantur. He isn’t a mere purveyor of goods – his service is the lifeblood of communication…

#BookReview of #MalignIntent by Robert Craven

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th February 2024Leave a comment

‘A Murder for Crowe’ [ About Malign Intent ] “Tag, bag and bury the bastard, Crowe…” An August bank holiday should be about relaxation, taking time out to see family and friends and enjoying a beer or two. But when former gonzo journalist, Aonghus Hanafin is found hanging along a desolate estuary, the nearest SIO…

#BookReview of Jaq: A Top Boy Story by Ronan Bennett

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th February 2024Leave a comment

‘I’m going to tell you everything. I’m gonna tell you the whole story.’– Jaq, A Top Boy Story [ About JAQ, A Top Boy Story ] Sometimes all it takes is a single message. Maybe it’s bad, like a rival top boy’s been switched off. Or maybe it’s good, like an opportunity you never thought…

#Extract from Blood On The Broadcast by S.D.W. Hamilton | @sdwhamilton87

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne30th January 2024Leave a comment

Blood on The Broadcast is the debut crime novel by S.D.W. Hamilton. It publishes February 2nd and is described as ‘a crime thriller set in Belfast with a locked room mystery at its core.’ I am delighted to be sharing an extract with you all today from Blood on The Broadcast, a debut that is…

#Spotlight on #TheGoodGirl by Michelle Dunne @NotDunneYet | @Bloodhoundbook

SpotlightBy Mairéad Hearne23rd January 2024Leave a comment

‘Would you know a serial killer if you met one? What if she served your coffee every day?‘– The Good Girl The Good Girl by Michelle Dunne will be released March 7th with Bloodhound Books and is described as ‘a totally absorbing psychological thriller, an utterly unmissable page-turner ‘. Michelle Dunne is the author of While…

#BookReview of #InTheShadows by Amy Cronin @AmyCroninAuthor | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th January 20242 Comments

‘The thrilling finale in the Anna Clarke series’In The Shadows [ About In The Shadows ] Tom has found you! You need to run! Kate Crowley has tried to put the past, and Cork city, behind her, but Tom Gallagher isn’t ready to absolve her of her sins. As she flees across Spain his henchmen…

#BookReview of #ThreeLittleBirds by Sam Blake | @samblakebooks | @CorvusBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th December 20232 Comments

Three Little Birds –‘Sam Blake at her masterful best’ – Andrea Mara [ About Three Little Birds ] Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery… When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial reconstruction expert Dr Carla Steele is drawn into a fourteen-year-old case – but not all cases are cold, as Carla discovers…

#BookReview of #DeadSweet by Katrín Júlíusdóttir 

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th December 20232 Comments

‘When a celebrated government official is found dead after his surprise birthday party, a young police officer uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives. Icelandic politician Katrín Júlíusdóttir’s award-winning debut’ **Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut** [ About Dead Sweet ] A murder is just…

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