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#BookReview of #TheSeventhPassenger by Angie Rowe | @AngieRo11834181 | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th July 2023Leave a comment

‘When the Titanic sinks it takes with it the crime scene, the witnesses and possibly the murderer’– The Seventh Passenger [ About The Seventh Passenger ] The Titanic’s last stop is at Queenstown, Ireland, where seven first-class passengers disembark. Soon after continuing its voyage, the body of a man linked to the doomed liner is…

#Extract from #TheBloodOfOthers by Graham Hurley | @Seasidepicture @AriesFiction

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne4th July 2023Leave a comment

‘The new blockbuster thriller from Graham Hurley, The Blood of Others shows the horrors of World War Two in Northern France‘ The Blood of Others by Graham Hurley publishes with Aries/Head of Zeus July 6th and is ‘set against the Dieppe campaign of World War Two‘. Graham Hurley has sold over 800,000 copies of his novels and…

#BookReview of #TheMoonGate by @AmandaGeard

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th June 20234 Comments

‘A faded photograph. An abandoned house. A wartime secret . . .‘ [ About The Moon Gate ] 1939: On the eve of war, young English heiress Grace Grey travels from London to the wilderness of Tasmania. Coaxed out of her shell by the attentions of her Irish neighbour, Daniel – Grace finally learns to live.…

#BookReview of #ThePaperMan by Billy O’ Callaghan @billythescribe

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th June 20234 Comments

‘An unforgettable and sweeping interwar love story, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling Irish author of Life Sentences’ – The Paper Man, Publisher Quote [ About The Paper Man ] 1980s Cork. Jack Shine discovers a shoe box full of love letters in his mother’s belongings. Rebekah came to Cork alone as a young Jewish refugee from…

#BookReview of #TheLastLifeboat by @HazelGaynor | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th May 20236 Comments

‘Captures the little-known story of the evacuees sent away by sea during WW2’– The Last Lifeboat [ About The Last Lifeboat ] Liverpool 1940. Alice King stands on the deck of SS Carlisle, waiting to escort a group of children to Canada as overseas evacuees. She is finally doing her bit for the war. In…

#BookReview of Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir | @headlinepg

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th May 20234 Comments

‘Six wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it’s time to hear his.‘ [ About Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown ] A second son, not born to rule, becomes a man, and a king… In grand royal palaces, Prince Harry grows up dreaming of knights and chivalry – and the golden age…

#BookReview of #Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th April 20232 Comments

Spurned by a KingRaised by BearsBlessed by a GoddessAtalanta [ About Atalanta ] When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under the protective eye…

#Extract from #ToDreamofShadows by @Steve_N_Lee

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne17th April 20232 Comments

To Dream Of Shadows is described as ‘an epic tale of compassion, sacrifice, and the strength of the human spirit.’ To Dream Of Shadows by Steve N Lee was just published April 16th and is the first of two books ‘inspired by a true love story from history’s darkest hour’. To celebrate its publication I…

#BookReview of #AmericanBombshell by David King | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th April 2023Leave a comment

Love, lies and taboo liaisons, a coming-of-age story. Set against the backdrop of a country at war.– American Bombshell [ About American Bombshell ] Incarcerated in an abusive orphanage by an unstable and vengeful mother, seventeen-year-old Rosie Haskell is released in February 1944 to survive in an adult world. She finds a job at a wartime…

#BookReview of #TheRedBirdSings by Aoife Fitzpatrick | @aoifefitz_ | @ViragoBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 20236 Comments

Prize-winning Gothic feminist suspense based on a murder trial in 1897 West Virginia when the testimony of a ghost was admitted in court– The Red Bird Sings [ About The Red Bird Sings ] West Virginia, 1897. When young Zona Heaster Shue dies only a few months after her wedding, her mother Mary Jane becomes…

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