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#BookReview of #TheKillingSense by Sam Blake

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th December 2024Leave a comment

 ‘When instinct tells you no one can be trusted, who should you fear the most?‘– The Killing Sense [ About The Killing Sense ] Danger is closer than you think… Single Mum Kate Wilde has escaped an abusive marriage and hasn’t had a holiday in years, so when she wins a five-day trip to Paris…

#BookReview of #TheBrokenRiver by Chris Hammer | @headlinepg

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th December 2024Leave a comment

‘The page-turning new mystery from Chris Hammer, the international bestselling author of Scrublands, The Times Crime Book of the Year 2023 Dead Man’s Creek and Crime Book of the Month (January 2024) Cover the Bones.‘– The Broken River [ About The Broken River ] A murder on the river bank.A secret worth its weight in gold. A body has been discovered on…

#BookReview of #TheDarkHours by Amy Jordan | @amyjordanbooks @HQstories | @hqstories.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th December 20242 Comments

‘A gripping police thriller ‘– The Dark Hours [ About The Dark Hours ] 1994: When Gardaí Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called out to a sleepy housing estate in Cork to investigate a noise complaint, they are entirely unprepared for what they find. What happens next will haunt Julia for the rest of…

#BookReview of #ALivelyMidwinterMurder by Katy Watson | @KWatsonAuthor

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd December 2024Leave a comment

‘The three Dahlias face their next mystery at a castle in the Scottish Highlands which is cut off by the snow . .’– A Lively Midwinter Murder [ About A Lively Midwinter Murder ] FIRST COMES LOVE . . . THEN COMES MURDER A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a remote Scottish castle sounds…

#BookReview of #TheKillerInTheCold by Alex Pine

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th November 2024Leave a comment

‘Chilling truths are buried in this snow…‘– The Killer in the Cold [ About The Killer in the Cold ] When a body dressed in a Santa Claus suit appears in the snow just outside a small village in Cumbria, DCI James Walker is the first to appear on the scene. Almost a year has…

#BookReview of #TheOutsider by Jane Casey

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th November 2024Leave a comment

‘He came to destroy the family.Now he’s the one in danger.’– The Outsider [ About The Outsider ] A notorious family…The country-house lifestyle of the Carter family may seem picture-perfect, but they aren’t what they appear to be. A man with one goal…Undercover cop Rob Langton has one aim – to bring the family down.…

#BookReview of #WatchingOverYou by Simon Delaney

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th October 2024Leave a comment

‘An art crime thriller for the ages…’– Watching Over You [ About Watching Over You ] Alternating between London and Paris in the 1940s, the 1960s, and the present, Watching Over You explores the provenance of a collection of paintings hidden from the plundering Nazis during World War II and the fate of the families entangled in…

#Extract from #SomeoneToBlame by J.J. Green | @JJGreenwriter | @BookGuild

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th October 2024Leave a comment

Someone To Blame by J.J. Green published October 28th with The Book Guild and is described as ‘a mystery thriller with a twist on the poison pen concept’. I am delighted to be sharing an extract, with an introduction from J.J. Green, with you today in celebration of its launch so I do hope you…

#BookReview of #ThePerfectPlace by Amanda Cassidy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th August 2024Leave a comment

‘What you see isn’t always what you get…’– The Perfect Place [ About The Perfect Place ] Elle Littlewood can barely believe her luck when her producer tells her about the chance to get her hands on a dilapidated chateau in Aix-En-Provence, France for a rock bottom price. It seems too good to be true,…

#BookReview of #TheBoneFire by Martina Murphy | @MartinaReilly

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th August 20242 Comments

‘A missing daughter, a gangster kingpin bent on revenge and a locked laptop…’The Bone Fire [ About The Bone Fire ] A fatal fire in a holiday let on Slievemore, Achill Island, leaves one person dead and another missing. Deemed arson, DS Lucy Golden and her team are tasked with solving the murder and locating…

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