‘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…
‘On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage … and that’s just the beginning…’ – Halfway House [ About Halfway House ] They`re the housemates from Hell… When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O´Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in…
‘Cub reporter Jonny Murphy is in Buenos Aires interviewing families of victims of Argentina’s Dirty War, when a headless torso has washed up on a city beach, thrusting him into a shocking investigation…‘– Death Flight [ About Death Flight ] Argentina. 1998. Human remains are found on a beach on the outskirts of Buenos Aires…
‘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…
‘Marina leant forward, her gaze moving between tall pillars, capped with carved stone dragons, the lodges either side. Weeds pushed their way through the gravel, and dust covered the windows in a grimy film’The Pieces of Us [ About The Pieces of Us ] Marina and Hugh were once madly in love. But after the…
‘It takes one moment to call for help, so why did he wait?’– Twenty-Seven Minutes [ About Twenty-Seven Minutes ] THE QUESTIONFor the last ten years, the small town of West Wilmer has been struggling to answer one question: on the night of the crash that killed his sister, why did it take Grant Dean…
‘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…
‘This is a book about connections. Not the connections that Alexander Bell hoped to forge with his telephone, but the connection that deaf people made before a widespread campaign to prevent & ban the use of sign language’ – Sarah Marsh, author of A Sign of Her Own [ About A Sign of Her Own…
‘I’m going to tell you everything. I’m gonna tell you the whole story.’– Jaq, A Top Boy Story [ About JAQ, A Top Boy Story ] Sometimes all it takes is a single message. Maybe it’s bad, like a rival top boy’s been switched off. Or maybe it’s good, like an opportunity you never thought…
‘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…