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Broken Harbour

Broken Harbour
  • Author(s): Tana French
  • Location(s): Dublin, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin – half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned – two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the...

City of Bohane

City of Bohane
  • Author(s): Kevin Barry
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): 2053

Set in 2053 in Sligo/Galway/Limerick. The binding story here is about love. Two men, one woman, a shared place. Bohane itself is separated by class, tribe, vision. One of the men is Logan Hartnett, who runs the Fancy, the...

City of Hope

City of Hope
  • Author(s): Kate Kerrigan
  • Location(s): County Mayo, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

An uplifting, inspiring and heart-warming story of a woman truly ahead of her time. Of loves lost and found, of courage and determination. It is the 1930s and when her beloved husband, John, suddenly dies, young Ellie Hogan decides...

city-pick Dublin

city-pick Dublin
  • Author(s): Heather Reyes (Editor)
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Various

A potpourri of collected fiction, that brings the city to vibrant life – Esther Gilmore –

Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness

Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness
  • Author(s): Tim Robinson
  • Location(s): Connemara
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

The first volume of Tim Robinson’s Connemara trilogy, Listening to the Wind, covered Robinson’s home territory of Roundstone and environs. The Last Pool of Darkness moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a...

Dublin Noir

Dublin Noir
  • Author(s): Ken Bruen
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

An anthology of stories, erring toward the noir set in Dublin, under the editorship of Ken Bruen

Gabriel’s Gate

Gabriel’s Gate
  • Author(s): Tom Galvin
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2010

In 2010, when the recession took root in Ireland, the young people looked at the ground they were standing on and realised it was rotten. Rotten in so many ways, but especially in the ways made by man. So...

Getting Lost On My Way

Getting Lost On My Way
  • Author(s): Diane Hartman
  • Location(s): West Ireland
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

When an introverted, divorced, middle-aged mother and school librarian from the Midwest decides to leave her comfort zone and travel alone to Ireland, her desire to fulfill her dream overcomes her fear as she immerses herself into what will...

Gladio: We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny

Gladio: We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny
  • Author(s): Steve Chambers
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Ireland, Italy, Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

State sponsored murder, international covert surveillance and counter-terrorism. Ambitious young TV journalist John Bradley discovers the biggest story of his career. Putting his life and people close to him in danger, he embarks on a perilous journey into the...

Her Husband’s Mistake

Her Husband’s Mistake
  • Author(s): Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Dave’s made a BIG mistake. What’s Roxy going to do about it? The riveting new novel from No. 1 bestselling author Sheila O’Flanagan. Perfect for readers of Marian Keyes and Amanda Prowse. Roxy’s marriage has always been rock solid....

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