Blogs in July 2024

The Ballad of Mary Kearney 27th July 2024

In County Down, Ireland, in 1767, a nobleman secretly marries his servant, in defiance of law, class, and religion. Can their love survive tumultuous times?An impoverished tenant farmer sends his seventeen-year-old daughter Mary into service at the home of...

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A Maid on Fifth Avenue 11th July 2024

Annie thinks she has found the answer when she leaves her home on the west coast of Ireland and boards a ship for New York. Irish maids are in demand in the 1920s, and she finds work with the...

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Two Weeks in Toronto 3rd July 2024

Ciara Walsh is dreading the thought of boarding the plane from Dublin to Toronto alone to attend her sister Gabriella’s wedding. Also, successful dentist Ethan O’Leary could imagine better things to do than driving to Galway to celebrate both...

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The Bookshop Ladies 2nd June 2024

Bestselling Irish writer, Faith Hogan, has created another gripping saga of friendship, betrayal and secrets in this story of a widow in search of answers to a shocking confession by her dying husband. Joy Blackwood has no idea why...

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The Farmyard Mystery 14th May 2024

A man and his son are found dead in the small hours in front of their remote farmhouse. They have been stabbed. DI Martin O’Shea and DS Deirdre Maguire attend, but the motive for the killings elude them. Why...

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