‘When the path ahead seems unclear, sometimes all you need is a week to remember what truly matters’ – A Week to Remember [ About A Week to Remember ] Three strangers, the Camino, one week to change everything. Paula has an anxiety attack at her 60th birthday party and realises that her life must…
Irish Times: Books to Look Out for in 2025– I Hear You [ About I Hear You ] This collection of stories, written especially for BBC Radio 4, includes a ten-part sequence: ‘The Circus’, set around Cliftonville Circus, where five roads meet in North Belfast. It’s five minutes from the nationalist Troubles flashpoint of Ardoyne,…
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**‘Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft contemplating the world below‘– Orbital [ About Orbital ] A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling…
‘The Truth Never Stays Buried’– The Seventh Body [ About The Seventh Body ] When six human bodies are discovered, building work on a derelict site in Cork grinds to a halt. And then a seventh is discovered. Although the first six are men who died centuries ago, the seventh body is different – female,…
I am absolutely thrilled to be involved with the longlist celebrations for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, the world’s largest and most prestigious literary prize for young writers, with authors hailing from across the world including the UK, Palestine, India, the Netherlands, and Ireland. I am sharing my review today of one of the…
A gripping new World War 2 thriller from the bestselling authorA Death in Berlin [ About A Death in Berlin ] BERLIN. MAY 1940. AS HITLER PREPARES TO INVADE WESTERN EUROPE, THERE IS BLOODSHED CLOSER TO HOME CI Horst Schenke is an investigator with the Kripo unit. Powerless against the consequences of the war, he…
‘Six foot two with blue eyes ✅ Dimples and strong arms ✅Giant turtle backpack ❌’The Ick The Ick, by Holly McCulloch publishes 6th March with Renegade Books and is described as a ‘spicy, swoon-worthy and totally hilarious romantic comedy’ I am delighted to be joining Holly on tour today in celebration of the upcoming publication of The…
‘The Tokyo Suite is the English-Language debut of one of Brazil’s most exciting authors’ – Europa Editions [ About The Tokyo Suite ] A good nanny is hard to find. Fernanda, a busy executive whose marriage is foundering, has a room in her sprawling house redecorated in the style of a tiny luxury hotel room,…
*A SUNDAY TIMES best crime fiction of the year selection*– The Stolen Child [ About The Stolen Child ] It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. But there’s no waking up from this . . . On board a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, Kimberly wakes to discover that her two-year-old son Robert has vanished from the cabin overnight.…
Unclaimed Baggage by Katie O’Rourke publishes on April 8th with Type Eighteen Books and is described as ‘a reflection on family, grief, and what it truly takes to love.’ Katie is joining me on the blog today with a short guest post and she has also kindly shared an extract for you all to read. I…