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Impostor: An Alexander Gregory Thriller

Impostor: An Alexander Gregory Thriller
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): County Mayo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

There’s a killer inside all of us… After an elite criminal profiling unit is shut down amidst a storm of scandal and mismanagement, only one person emerges unscathed. Forensic psychologist Doctor Alexander Gregory has a reputation for being able...

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Round Ireland with a Fridge
  • Author(s): Tony Hawks
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

On his only prior visit to Ireland, songwriter/comic Tony Hawks had seen a man hitchhiking with a refrigerator. For years, he was wont to tell the tale during late-night drinking matches, and after one particularly heavy-duty night of partying,...

Spill Simmer Falter Wither

Spill Simmer Falter Wither
  • Author(s): Sara Baume
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015 You find me on a Tuesday, on my Tuesday trip to town. A note sellotaped to the inside of the jumble-shop window: COMPASSIONATE & TOLERANT OWNER. A PERSON WITHOUT OTHER PETS...

Stand by Me

Stand by Me
  • Author(s): Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Location(s): County Cork, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Dominique (‘Domino’) lives a charmed existence as wife to one of Ireland’s most successful businesssmen, Brendan Delahaye – until the day Brendan disappears, leaving his company in disarray and Domino and their daughter alone to face the music. STAND...

The Heat of the Day

The Heat of the Day
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Bowen
  • Location(s): Ireland, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): World War II

In The Heat of the Day, Elizabeth Bowen brilliantly recreates the tense and dangerous atmosphere of London during the bombing raids of World War II. Many people have fled the city, and those who stayed behind find themselves thrown...

The Lacemakers of Glenmara

The Lacemakers of Glenmara
  • Author(s): Heather Barbieri
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When Kate Robinson leaves her Seattle home to travel across Ireland, she is looking to escape: fleeing a broken relationship, a failing career in fashion and the crushing grief over her mother’s death. Her strict itinerary keeps her busy,...

There’s Been A Little Incident

There’s Been A Little Incident
  • Author(s): Alice Ryan
  • Location(s): Dublin, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A witty and warm debut novel from a young Irish writer. A story of family, grief, and the ways we come together when all seems lost. Molly Black has disappeared. She’s been flighty since her parents died, but this...

Where Have You Been?

Where Have You Been?
  • Author(s): Joseph O'Connor
  • Location(s): Dublin, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern and 19th Century

Ranging from urgently contemporary London and Dublin to New York’s Lower East Side in the nineteenth century, from dark comedy to poignancy, from the wryly provocative to the quietly beautiful, these stories offer a gathering of dreamers and lost...

All For You

All For You
  • Author(s): Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Location(s): Dublin, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

As TV’s favourite weather forecaster, Lainey is good at making predictions. But what she doesn’t foresee is that her own life is about to hit a stormy patch. With a string of failed relationships behind her, surely history isn’t...

Better Together

Better Together
  • Author(s): Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When high-flying journalist Sheridan Gray loses her job, her boyfriend and her flat, she knows she must pick herself up and make a new start. But how will she adjust to small-town living and local reporting? Meanwhile, home-loving Nina...

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