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The Henna Wars

The Henna Wars
  • Author(s): Adiba Jaigirdar
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nishat and Flávia are rivals at school, but Nishat can’t help the secret crush burning in her heart – even though her parents disapprove of the fact she likes girls. Can she possibly find her happy ever after? A...

The Herbalist

The Herbalist
  • Author(s): Niamh Boyce
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

The Herbalist is the electrifying first novel from Niamh Boyce, winner of the 2012 Hennesssy XO Award for New Irish Writing. it is a devastating and emotional story of yearning and obsession in 1930s rural Ireland. Out of nowhere the...

The Honeymoon Affair

The Honeymoon Affair
  • Author(s): Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Location(s): Caribbean, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The irresistible, utterly satisfying new contemporary novel from No. 1 bestselling Sheila O’Flanagan Izzy is in the Caribbean on the honeymoon-that-isn’t after her fiancé broke her heart. She’s not looking for someone new. But when she meets Charles Miller,...

The House on Hawthorn Road

The House on Hawthorn Road
  • Author(s): Megan Wynne
  • Location(s): Dublin, London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1950, Present Day

Two centuries, two children, one house Beth didn’t want to move to Dublin – she misses her old life and her friends back in London. New home and new school is hard enough, but to make matters worse someone...

The Island of Longing

The Island of Longing
  • Author(s): Anne Griffin
  • Location(s): County Cork, Dublin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later. But the slam never came. Eight years on, after an extensive investigation into...

The Keeper

The Keeper
  • Author(s): Tana French
  • Location(s): West Ireland
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Set in fictional Ardnakelty, West Ireland. On a cold night in a remote Irish village, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead...

The Killer in Me

The Killer in Me
  • Author(s): Olivia Kiernan
  • Location(s): Dublin, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan does not wish to linger on the grisly scene before her eyes. Two mutilated corpses. In a church. In Clontarf. Her profiling background screams one fact: this is just the beginning of a sickening...

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,...

The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club

The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club
  • Author(s): Faith Hogan
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Elizabeth’s husband dies, leaving her with crippling debt, the only person she can turn to is her friend, Jo. Soon Jo has called in her daughter, Lucy, to help save Elizabeth from bankruptcy. Leaving her old life behind,...

The Last Reunion

The Last Reunion
  • Author(s): Kayte Nunn
  • Location(s): Burma (Myanmar), Galway, London, Oxford
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1945, 1976, 1999

War would bring them together. But would it ultimately tear them apart? Burma, 1945. Bea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy and Lucy are five young women looking for adventure, fighting a forgotten war in the jungle attached to the Fourteenth Army....

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