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#BookReview of The Birthday Weekend by Zoë Miller

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th March 2024Leave a comment

It was a celebration to die for . . .The Birthday Weekend [ About The Birthday Weekend ] What happened on holiday was supposed to stay on holiday – but that was before a body was found . . . Socialite Lucinda Oliver planned a lavish celebration for her fortieth birthday – a weekend escape…

#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 #Want by Paula Guildea | @pegasuspublish

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th February 2024Leave a comment

‘Darcy thought about it and understood that each complication in her life had merged into one gargantuan mess. Her flawed judgement of character towered over other ramblings in her mind, but each self-inflicted complication had its own calling bell, ready to summon at will.’– Want [ About Want ] In the heat of a summer…

#BookReview of #TheWeekendBreak by Ruth O’Leary | @rutholearywrite | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th February 20241 Comment

‘Four friends, four secrets, one explosive weekend break that tests their friendship‘– The Weekend Break [ About The Weekend Break ] VIVIENNE’S perfect life is a façade, and she at last wants out. She needs a divorce fast. HELEN’S nightly glass of wine has become a bottle or two, and her drinking is threatening her…

#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 Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? by @EnglishRachael | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st February 20243 Comments

‘SHE WAS THE NEXT BIG THING … UNTIL SHE DISAPPEARED‘ [ About Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? ] In the early 1980s, The Diamonds – Ireland’s trailblazing all-woman rock band – were on the brink of international success. Their debut single ‘Too Much Not Enough’ was soaring in the British charts. Then, as suddenly as…

#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…

#BookReview of #RelightMyFire by C.K. McDonnell | @Caimh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th January 20242 Comments

Some comebacks can be murder . . .– Relight My Fire [ About Relight My Fire ] Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill.…

#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…

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