The murder of an innocent shakes Ireland to its core.One cold January morning in 1980, on a beach in Kerry, the body of a newborn baby is found in its most sheltered sand dune. Local Garda Mary Shea is first on the scene.Such a case calls for more than small town policing, and the Dublin major crimes team is brought in to take charge. But there's a way of doing things in Kerry, one which Mary understands well. And when she is able to get crucial female witn...

On the 21st June 2007 Alexandra Kavanagh left home,chatted to her neighbour, got onto the DART, arrived at Dalkey train station and disappeared . . .Tom is distraught. His wife is missing, his world has fallen apart and his only focus is on finding her.For seventeen years, Jane has cared for her son Kurt, her eccentric sister Elle, and her cantankerous mother Rose.The only person she doesn’t care for is herself.Elle is an artist and recognised as a g...

Tick, tock . . .Workaholic Eve Hayes is burnt out and lonely. At the age of thirty-eight, she’s afraid she has allowed the chance of a real and worthwhile life pass her by.Lilly Donovan got married too young and over the years she's become a prisoner and slave in her own home.Eve survives a horrific car accident only to be reunited with her old friend, Lily. A long time ago these two women were inseparable but the events of one terrible night ended their friendship a...

In a little Irish town like Kenmare, there's no need to worry whether people will discover your secrets. They already have.For Mary, that means being remembered for her tragic losses, even if she'd rather get on with her life. For her cousin Ivan, as close as a brother, the gossip is all about how his wife took the kids and ran off with her new lover. For Mary's friend Penny, it's an old romance that didn't work out quite right, and a current affair with a bottle of vodka.T...

Ever get the feeling you don’t really belong in your family, that you’re completely different to your relatives?That’s how 30-year-old interior decorator Harri Ryan has felt since she was a child despite being close to George, her twin brother, and loving parents Gloria and Duncan.It’s the second time Harri has tried to marry her fiancé James, and the second time she’s had a panic attack, ended up in hospital in her wedding dress and the celebrations have to be called off.

'I laughed. I cried. I laughed again' Sinéad Moriarty'An enthralling read with . . . so many laughs along the way' Liz Nugent'A funny, poignant and moving read' My WeeklyFrom bestselling Irish writer Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle is an uplifting novel about how good friends can help you see the funny side of life, even in the darkest of days. Perfect for fans of Sheila O'Flanagan ...

A young woman must summon the courage to rebuild her life after a tragedy and find hope in friendship in this heartwarming novel.Emma is twenty-six—pretty, intelligent, and happily living with her childhood sweetheart John in a cute little Dublin apartment. Her biggest problem is that her mother won’t stop nagging her to get married already. Emma and John already feel like the perfect couple but out of the blue, a tragedy throws her life into disarray and Emma is s...

Fans of Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes will love The Space Between Us, a heart-breaking story of friendship from award-nominated author, Anna McPartlin.From babyhood Eve and Lily were best friends. But one huge fight and 17 years later Eve wakes up from a horrific accident to find her old friend nursing her.At first, their reunion is tentative but during Eve's many months in hospital they confront both the lies of the past and their present failures. An...

Fans of Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes will love So What If I'm Broken, a heart-breaking and complex story of love and friendship from award-nominated author, Anna McPartlin.Once Jane and Alexandra were inseparable - sharing adventures, secrets and big dreams for the future. But when Jane got pregnant at seventeen, they drifted apart.Seventeen years later, Jane discovers Alexandra has disappeared and she sets about helping Alex...

Sometimes love takes a second glance in this moving novel about a woman who learns that she is not her parents’ child and must reassemble the fragments of her life.When bride-to-be Harri Ryan ends up at the ER with a panic attack on her wedding day, her twin brother, George, jokes that she’s the most glamorous patient there. But this is no joke. It's Harri’s second try at the wedding, and when she returns to her Dublin apartment, her fiancé has already packed his b...

International BestsellerMia-"Rabbit"-Hayes knows that life is hard for everyone. And she knows that she's one of the lucky ones. She loves her life, ordinary as it is. And she loves the extraordinary people in it: her spirited daughter, Juliet; her colorful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, Johnny Faye. Rabbit has big ideas, full of music and love and so much life. She has plans for the world. But the world, it turns out, has other plans for Rabbit: a d...

‘A writer at the top of her game' Jo SpainHow did a young reveller end up in a remote grave?Newly arrived in Dublin city, Garda Mary Shea is eager to impress her boss, major crimes lead Matt Foley. He took a chance bringing her into his team and she wants to prove her mettle.When a woman's battered body is found in the Wicklow mountains, Mary traces her identity through missing persons reports and learns the victim was last seen on ...