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ARC AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor

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Publication Date:  October 25, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery/suspense Narrators:  Emily O'Mahony Publisher:  Macmillan Audio Length:  12 hours 26 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis On a rocky beach in the southwest of Ireland, the body of Johnny O’Reilly, sixty-nine years old and dressed in a suit and his dancing shoes, is propped on a boulder, staring sightlessly out to sea. A cryptic message is spelled out next to the body with sixty-nine polished black stones and a discarded vial of deadly veterinarian medication lies nearby. Johnny was a wealthy racehorse owner, known far and wide as The Dancing Man. In a town like Dingle, everyone knows a little something about everyone else. But dig a bit deeper, and there’s always much more to f...

BOOK REVIEW: The Sleeper Lies by Andrea Mara

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Publication Date:  February 6, 2020 Publisher:  Poolbeg Press Format:  ebook Pages:  418 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback |  Synopsis: One window, three lies, 24 days is all it takes . It’s March 2018, and the country is covered in snow. Roads are impassable, shops are running out of food, and official advice is to stay indoors. Marianne lives on her own and works from home, so this isn’t a problem. Until she wakes one morning in her house in the middle of nowhere and finds footprints trailing all across her garden. Half-asleep, she is at first curious. Then she realises the footprints stop at her bedroom window, and curiosity gives way to unease. Who was looking in at her, while she was asleep? As the big freeze worsens and the stalker begins to leave disturbing mementoes, Marianne’s thoughts go back two decades to the schoolyard outburst that tore her childhood apart. Old feuds resurface, and the myste...

Audio Book Review: Black Lake by Johanna Lane

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Release Date:  May 20, 2014 Publisher:  Hatchette Audio Format:  Audio Length:  5 hours 48 minutes Narrator:  John Lee Genre:  Fiction Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  A debut novel about a family losing grip of its legacy: a majestic house on the cliffs of Ireland. The Campbells have lived happily at Dulough - an idyllic, rambling estate isolated on the Irish seaside - for generations. But upkeep has drained the family coffers, and so John Campbell must be bold: to keep Dulough, he will open its doors to the public as a museum. He and his wife, daughter, and son will move from the luxury of the big house to a dank, small caretaker's cottage. The upheaval strains the already tenuous threads that bind the family and, when a tragic accident befalls them, long-simmering resentments and unanswered yearnings surface. As each character is given a turn to speak, their voices tell a complicated, fascinating story about wha...

Audio Book Review: The Druid Stone by Heidi Belleau & Violetta Vane

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Release Date:  August 6, 2012 Publisher:  Carina Press Format:  Audio Length:  14 hours 12 minutes Narrator:  Ian Ruane Genre:  Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  Sean never asked to be an O'Hara, and he didn't ask to be cursed by one either. After inheriting a hexed druid stone from his great-grandfather, Sean starts reliving another man's torture and death...every single night. And only one person can help. Cormac Kelly runs a paranormal investigation business and doesn't have time to deal with misinformed tourists like Sean. But Sean has real magic in his pocket, and even though Cormac is a descendant of legendary druids, he soon finds himself out of his depth...and not because Sean's the first man he's felt anything for in a long time. The pair develop an unexpected and intensely sexual bond, but are threatened at every turn when Sean's case attracts the unwelcome attention of the mad  sidhe  lo...