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#BookReview of The One You Least Suspect by Brian McGilloway

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th June 2025Leave a comment

‘It began with Gail’s wedding, The one in the Oceanview Hotel in Moville. That was where they picked me up the first time.’ [ About The One You Least Suspect ] Katie lives a quiet life. She likes her small Derry neighbourhood. She likes her job as a barmaid at O’Reillys. And she loves her…

#BookReview of #ItShouldHaveBeenYou by Andrea Mara

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th June 2025Leave a comment

‘Your neighbours have secrets. How far would they go to keep them?‘– It Should Have Been You [ About It Should Have Been You ] Look what you started.You text your sister. Your message is full of gossip about your neighbour. But you accidentally send it to the entire local community WhatsApp group instead. Now…

#BookReview of Some of This is True by Michelle McDonagh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th May 20252 Comments

‘It wasn’t until the following morning that her body was found. The ground had been frozen overnight, an Arctic mass having moved south and extended over Ireland, bringing with it a widespread, severe frost.’– Some of This is True [ About Some of This is True ] On an icy morning in January, a body…

#BookReview of #TheBlackPool by Tim MacGabhann

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th May 20254 Comments

‘I couldn’t remember the taxi to the airport. The last thing I could remember before waking up on the plane was reaching for a spoon and the revolver-shaped novelty blowtorch lighter I had bought in Barcelona and letting it crackle under the foil again.’– The Black Pool [ About The Black Pool ] Following an…

A Reading Tour – Come West The Road With Me presented by @ConalCreedon

SpotlightBy Mairéad Hearne26th May 2025Leave a comment

Cónal Creedon is a writer and documentary filmmaker whose writing crosses borders, geographically, culturally and socially. As many of you know I have been fortunate to do a few festival events alongside Cónal Creedon, entitled Two For The Road, which has been described as a non-broadcast podcast. This has been a wonderful opportunity to get to…

#BookReview of #AGoodMother by Michelle Dunne

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd May 2025Leave a comment

‘Two mothers. Two daughters. One devastating truth‘– A Good Mother [ About A Good Mother ] Alex Blake was terrified of water, and had been since she nearly drowned at age five. So when police find her body in the river and rule it a suicide, her mother, Jen knows they’re wrong. But no one…

#BookReview of #OnlyInNewYork by Melissa Hill

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st May 20254 Comments

He makes trouble. She makes headlines.– Only in New York [ About Only in New York ] LA Publicist Hannah is ready to put her broken heart behind her and start afresh. So when a celebrity client offers to lend her a luxury penthouse apartment in New York City, Hannah jumps at the chance. But…

#BookReview of #NeverLookBack by Karen Fitzgibbon

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 2025Leave a comment

‘The truth is cloaked in shadows, buried beneath layers of falsehoods and dishonesty’– Never Look Back [ About Never Look Back ] Jenny loses her nineteen-year-old daughter Clara at Colbert train station in Limerick. She is holding Clara’s young baby in her arms, a baby she didn’t know existed twenty-four hours earlier. As they move…

#BookReview of #BurnAfterReading by Catherine Ryan Howard

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th May 2025Leave a comment

‘A ghostwriter is tasked with capturing the memoirs of a man who might be a murderer and he’s ready to confess…‘– Burn After Reading [ About Burn After Reading ] The night Jack Smyth ran into flames in a desperate attempt to save his wife from their burning home, he was, tragically, too late – but hailed…

#BookReview of #TheSecretRoom by Jane Casey | @JaneCaseyAuthor | @janecasey.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th May 2025Leave a comment

‘The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author‘– The Secret Room [ About The Secret Room ] A closed door. An impossible murder. 2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour,…

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