‘When reality itself becomes the conspiracy . . .’ EL by Thaddeus Ó Buachalla was first published in Irish by Coiscéim in 2022. It won an Oireachtas Literary Award and was awarded Irish Language Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Now translated from Irish by the author and just published with Mercier Press,…
Shibby Magee by Carrie Kabak published January 28th and is described as ‘a character-driven Irish tragicomedy threaded with wit, heartbreak, and bittersweet redemption‘. Today Carrie is sharing an extract with us, so I do hope you enjoy! Purchase Link ~ Shibby Magee [ About Shibby Magee ] Echoing the tones of the TV series Fleabag, Shibby Magee is…
‘If Lily Barrett had ever imagined herself returning to this place, it wouldn’t have been broke, in disguise or with an attention-attracting happy-head in tow’ [ About Love & Other Liabilities ] When a financial crisis sends emotionally-hardened accountant Lily Barrett to the West Cork island of Inish Ruin, to put her deceased Nana’s beloved…
Nothing – not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all-night drugstore – can undo the heat’s hold on the city.– Stowaways [ About Stowaways ] Maybe we love people because they won’t let us know them. A summer’s evening in Manhattan. Nothing – not cold drinks, not showers,…
‘Awakening desire in the hearts of musicians for almost two hundred years, she is built of birdsong and promises, crafted from wood and bone.’ [ About The Violin Maker’s Secret ] On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering dust in the Lost and Found of Heathrow Airport. Unknown to anyone, hidden…
When everyone can see insideA killer must hide in plain sight– In Glass Houses [ About In Glass Houses ] Twenty years ago, Eddie’s career as a journalist was destroyed by the Juliet Fox case. Juliet was young and beautiful, born into the privileged world of the Manhattan elite. Pulled into their orbit by her…
‘Three adult sisters reunited at their childhood home must confront a shared tragedy in The Irish Goodbye’ [ About The Irish Goodbye ] It’s been years since the three Ryan sisters were all home together at their family’s beloved house on Long Island. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by a tragic accident on their…
‘Zorah Sharaf could do no wrong. Zorah Sharaf brought shame upon her family.What’s the truth? Depends on who you ask.‘– Good People [ About Good People ] EVERYONE THINKS THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED . . . The Sharaf family is the picture of success. They arrived in America as refugees with nothing more than the…
‘What happens when a spy is forced to reckon with the consequences of his deception?‘– The Persian [ About The Persian ] Kamran Esfahani, a Persian Jewish dentist from Stockholm, dreams of starting afresh in California. To finance his new life, he agrees to spy for Mossad in Iran, working with a clandestine unit tasked…
‘Whatever was happening with these girls, his gut instinct warned him that they were in a whole world of trouble’ [ About The Nowhere Girls ] On a cold afternoon in December 1995, two young girls are found abandoned on a platform at Pearse Station in Dublin. Thirty years later, investigative journalist Vega is determined…