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#Extract from Maker of Footprints by Sheila Turner Johnston | @SperrinGold

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne8th August 2023Leave a comment

Today I am delighted to welcome Sheila Turner Johnston, author of Maker of Footprints, a book described as ‘one of those rare books that touch the soul – a story of irrevocable change, tragedy and indestructible love.’ Sheila has written a brief introduction and is sharing an extract with us all today, so I do…

#BookReview – It Could Never Happen Here by @eithneshortall

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd August 20232 Comments

[ About It Could Never Happen Here ] Small town. Huge scandal. Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to protect her local school’s reputation. So when a scandal involving her own daughter threatens to derail the annual school musical’s appearance on national television, Beverley goes into overdrive. But in her efforts to protect her…

#BookReview of #GoSeek by Michelle Teahan | @shellteah

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st July 20232 Comments

‘YOU LOOKED AWAY FOR JUST A MINUTE‘– Go Seek [ About Go Seek ] Your daughter is gone, and only you can find her.Because you know exactly who took her.And they’re making her pay for your past. To save one child, you must leave the other.You must return to your old life.And become the woman…

#BookReview of One Italian Summer by Catherine Mangan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th July 20234 Comments

‘The façade of the hotel was a series of arches, each of which was covered with purple and red bougainvillea in full bloom’– One Italian Summer [ About One Italian Summer ] Escape to Italy this summer and fall in love with the perfect holiday romance!When Lily’s long-term relationship ends, she flees her life in…

#BookReview of #TheLostBookShop by Evie Woods @evgaughan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th July 20236 Comments

‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’ [ About The Lost Bookshop ] On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found… For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side…

#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…

#BookReview of #ALessonInMalice by @catherinekirwan @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th July 2023Leave a comment

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CRUEL DEEDS– A Lesson in Malice [ About A Lesson in Malice ] She said yes to a dinner invitation. Now she’s a murder suspect … Returning to her alma mater and memories of her youth is the last thing Finn Fitzpatrick wants to do right now. But when a former…

#BookReview of #TheRachelIncident by Caroline O’ Donoghue

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd July 20232 Comments

“I saw James as extremely advanced, a person who had interrogated all sides of his soul. He was too emotionally intelligent to get stuck in the doldrums of what music or behaviour seemed gay or straight. In that moment, he wasn’t just a person to me. He was the future of people.”– The Rachel Incident…

#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 #TheBeeSting by Paul Murray

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd June 2023Leave a comment

‘WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS EASON NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023Winner of the Nero Gold Prize, Book of the Year 2023– The Bee Sting [ About The Bee Sting ] The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie’s once-lucrative car business is going under – but rather than face the music, he’s spending his days…

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