Caroline Lennon
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Twenty illustrated essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O'Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists and rebels of all kinds. Written by multi award-winning author and first Laureate na nÓg (Irish Children's Laureate), Siobhán Parkinson. Perfect...
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Fans of M.C. Beaton and Rhys Bowen, prepare for a delectable page-turner that mixes the charm of the Emerald Isle with the irresistible allure of a classic cozy whodunit. Siobhán and Macdara Flannery's plans for a romantic honeymoon by the sea crumble like battered cod when they discover a dead body in the local fish and chip shop. This charming village harbors secrets beneath its culinary delights, but even a crafty killer is no match
...4) Winging It
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Brand new from the bestselling author of Time Out and The Juggle.
'Clever, wise and achingly funny.' Cathy Kelly
When her husband David announces he's been offered a job in New York, Saoirse is thrilled. The glamour of the big city, the shopping, the culture, not to mention the free Manhattan apartment and business class airfare — what's not to like? There's just the small matter of making it work for their daughter, five-year-old Anna, who isn't...
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"My descent to the Seventh Circle of Hell began with a lawn chair." When Maggie loses a lucrative contract for her P.I. agency due to an accidental full frontal flashing, she's forced to accept the only other job on offer: one involving her nemesis, the pampered show cat, Quibbles. Maggie and her wacky associate Lenny are hired to escort Quibbles to the final round of auditions to become the face of a luxury cat food brand, Purrfect Paws. Instead...
6) The Juggle
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'Clever, wise and achingly funny.' Cathy Kelly ‘You can have it all,' they said. 'Happy children, happy marriage, great career- no problem,' they said...
Mother-of-one Saoirse is just about holding it all together -combining part time work with the school run, while her husband David gets to focus on his career. But when David loses his job, everything has to change.
With no hesitation, Saoirse suggests she takes on the role of main breadwinner....
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No one really knows what goes on behind closed doors.
On the quiet street of St Brigid's Terrace in Dublin, Eileen Murphy lives alone at number 26 with her dog Dora. Virtually a recluse, she keeps herself to herself as she tries to come to terms with her tragic past.
Next door in number 28 lives beautiful Lucy Walsh, her husband Neil and their 5-year-old daughter Anabel. To Eileen, who watches from her window, the Walshes are the perfect family.
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Armed with her newly issued private investigator's license, Maggie Doyle is on the case...of a sheep that went missing twenty-two years ago. When she trips over a dead body on the first day of the investigation, Maggie realizes there's more to this cold case than a fight over lamb chops.
An invitation to spend the weekend with her grandmother's oldest friend and her family, the super wealthy Huffingtons, gives Maggie the perfect excuse to sniff out...
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When former San Francisco cop, Maggie Doyle, extends her stay in Ireland, dealing with more murder and mayhem isn't on her to-do list. The instant Maggie and her UFO-enthusiast friend discover the dead body of the Whisper Island postman, Maggie's plans to chill for the next two months are put on ice.
After Police Sergeant Reynolds, Maggie's handsome neighbor arrests Lenny's brother for the murder, her friend begs her to find the real killer. Meanwhile,...
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Emily is back in Ireland after nine long years away from home, when she sees him. Her ex-husband, Rob, holding hands with a five-year-old girl. A girl that should be hers.
Over a decade before, Emily and Rob were exhausted but ecstatic new parents, delighting in the arrival of their longed-for baby daughter, Alannah. But tragedy was just a few weeks away, and in their unfathomable grief, Emily and Rob's marriage fell apart.
Emily moved to New Zealand...
11) Time Out
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'It's just a phase,' they said. 'These are the happiest years of your life,' they said...Mother of one and professional writer Saoirse (pronounced Seersha, not Searcy - thanks a bunch Game of Thrones!) is still adjusting to the demands of motherhood, four years after the birth of her daughter, Anna. Living in the claustrophobic London suburb of Woodvale, and being surrounded by passive-aggressive mum-wars, isn't helping. Neither is her increasingly...
12) The 39 Cupcakes
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Ex-cop-turned-P.I. Maggie Doyle is stuck chaperoning a group of bratty summer camp kids to an archaeological dig on Whisper Island. After a day of fart jokes, fidget spinners, and fistfights, Maggie's regretting volunteering-and then one of her feral charges discovers a skeleton.
At first, it looks like a cold case, but the situation takes a sinister turn when a member of the excavation team winds up dead. Maggie is determined to get to the bottom...
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Makeup. Mannequins. Murder.
When ex-cop-turned-P.I. Maggie Doyle scores a lucrative undercover job at the makeup counter at a fashionable Galway department store, she expects discounted lipstick and an easy paycheck.
After an altercation with a customer leads to a dead body in Maggie's bathtub, she and her assistant realize there's more to the department store case than missing cash. Can they catch the killer before the holidays? Or will the festive...
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"My career in the San Francisco PD ended the day I arrested my husband."
Maggie Doyle gives her cheating ex and crumbling career in the San Francisco PD the proverbial middle finger, and moves to the Wild West...of Ireland.
Lured by her aunt's promise of a restful Irish vacation, Maggie agrees to help out at the Movie Theater Café in exchange for bed and board. Things are looking up-until the most hated woman on Whisper Island is poisoned at the...
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A mother and daughter adrift, a friend in need, and a village to call home…
When Kate O'Hare discovers she's pregnant, she is determined to return to her hometown of Sandycove in Dublin.
On the other side of the Atlantic, her estranged mother, international superstar, Lola, is heartbroken following the loss of her soulmate, Paulie. On hearing Kate's plan, Lola follows her, seeking a second chance at motherhood.
Kate discovers her best friend,...
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Can learning to say 'yes' change your life?
When Cat Jones is given the opportunity of a lifetime to present one of Ireland's most popular live daytime shows, alongside TV royalty David Fitzgerald she isn't sure she is ready for the challenge.
But after being pushed by her mother's friend Lorraine to say 'yes' to everything for a month, she reluctantly agrees.
What follows is a whirlwind of opportunities where Cat is forced outside her comfort...
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"Danger was part of my job description, but none of my contingency plans anticipated an attack by a Maine Coon."
It's summer on Whisper Island. Ex-cop-turned-private-investigator Maggie Doyle is looking forward to sun, fun, and romance. Instead, she gets bills, an assault allegation, and a busted wrist. To add insult to injury, there's a movie being filmed on the island, and Maggie's diva sister has been cast in it-he rdebut role. While other residents...
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A gripping, emotional book that asks the question: What does it take to be a parent?
Brand new from the bestselling author of The Last Days of Us
In one split second, Aidan Whelan's perfect world is changed forever when his wife Rowan and three-year old daughter Milly are involved in tragic accident.
Helena O'Herlihy and her husband James have been struggling in their marriage but a knock on the door telling her that James has been involved in a...
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A brand NEW thought-provoking story of sisterhood, love and lies from bestselling author Caroline Finnerty.
Sisters Laura and Penny were once close, bonded together after the early death of their mother. Laura always had her younger sister's back until one day everything changed and Penny disappeared.
Twenty years later Laura finds herself alone and at a crossroad in her life; questioning her marriage and her future.
Meanwhile Penny has spent...
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A secluded house. A lost notebook. A wartime secret.
1942: Young Irish nurse Ellen arrives at May Day House, tasked with helping the men there rehabilitate. But there's something strange about the house, surrounded by water, on its own island in the Thames. And then there are the men: traumatised by their experiences of war, and subject to troubling methods in a desperate race to get them back to duty. As Ellen gets drawn into the world of May Day...