‘Three women, each at a turning point in her life, are drawn together by old secrets and new dilemmas.‘ [ About Secrets Between Friends ] Ailie, Sybil and Rua can take care of themselves. But when they form an unexpected friendship, they discover new perspectives on old problems. Ailie is recently widowed, and struggling. At least…
‘Rosaleen McDonagh is a writer of huge and vivacious talent and this is a brilliant novel, so vivid and urgent and addictive.’ — Kevin Barry [ About Contentious Spaces ] The Traveller families who live in Saint Rita’s are on borrowed time. In just a week they will be evicted by the local council, threatening…
The reunion they never wanted. The truth they can’t ignore. [ About The Last Week of Him ] Nora Cunningham is walking her dog on a Dublin beach when a message flashes on her phone that shatters her world. In London, Fern O’Malley is on her way to rehearsals at the Globe Theatre when the same message shocks…
‘A breath-taking historical family saga set against the vast Australian outback, A FAR-FLUNG LIFE is an epic novel of love and resilience, following a family bound by the secrets they shield in order to live.‘ A Far-Flung Life, Publisher Quote [ About A Far-Flung Life ] Outback Western Australia, 1958. For generations, the MacBrides have…
‘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…