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The Silver Tattoo

The Silver Tattoo
  • Author(s): Laura Treacy Bentley
  • Location(s): County Clare, Dublin
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Leah Howland is a survivor. And a deserter. After three numbing years, she has forsaken her husband and escaped to mythical Ireland where a stalker leaves her calling cards that are eerie and increasingly gruesome. Shadowed by the legend...

The Sisters of Hope Square

The Sisters of Hope Square
  • Author(s): Faith Hogan
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From the bestselling author of The Bookshop Ladies, Faith Hogan, comes a wonderfully gripping and poignant story of two sisters and their family hotel on peaceful Pin Hill Island, once a thriving family business now struggling to survive. All...

The Spinning Heart

The Spinning Heart
  • Author(s): Donal Ryan
  • Location(s): County Tipperary
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the aftermath of Ireland’s financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their...

The States

The States
  • Author(s): Norah Woodsey
  • Location(s): Galway
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tildy Sullivan is the middle child in an elite yet fading Manhattan family. Her quiet practicality hides her deep, profound longing for childhood summers in western Ireland. She also carries a secret regret. After her mother’s death, she’s persuaded...

The Storm Keeper’s Island

The Storm Keeper’s Island
  • Author(s): Catherine Doyle
  • Location(s): Arranmore Island (Árainn Mhór)
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

When Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island, it begins to stir beneath his feet … Once in a generation, Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies. The...

The Story of Lucy Gault

The Story of Lucy Gault
  • Author(s): William Trevor
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

A masterwork. I doubt that I have read a book as moving in at least a decade. A homage to the redemptive power of love’ Independent Summer, 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault clings to the glens and woods above Lahardane...

The Surface Breaks

The Surface Breaks
  • Author(s): Louise O'Neill
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A reimagining of The Little Mermaid Deep beneath the sea off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of being human… but at what terrible price? Hans Christian Andersen’s dark original fairy tale is reimagined...

The Swan Lake

The Swan Lake
  • Author(s): Lisa Ryan
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction

When Astarte Weaver’s life falls apart, she returns to County Clare in Ireland, a place that holds happy childhood memories, and buys a ruined cottage in an area that the locals call “the Swan Lake.” Trying to rebuild her...

The Titanic Sisters

The Titanic Sisters
  • Author(s): Patricia Falvey
  • Location(s): County Donegal, The Atlantic Ocean, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

To follow her dreams, she must sacrifice everything… Sisters Nora and Delia have been given the chance of a lifetime – to escape their poor Irish farm and travel on the Titanic to a new life in America. Nora...

The Trial

The Trial
  • Author(s): Jo Spain
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern looking back to 2014

‘Jo Spain is a sublime storyteller . . . this is a book you won’t want to put down’ JANE CASEY 2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo...

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