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Hawkins’ new potboiler flounders in the shallow end

Hawkins’ new potboiler flounders in the shallow end

By Nadine O’Regan 5 months ago

CRIME Fiction: Into The Water, By Paula Hawkins, Doubleday, €20

A debut that whips up a skilfully spooky tale

A debut that whips up a skilfully spooky tale

By Kevin Power 5 months ago

A skilful, entertaining piece of work: a traditional ghost story in the best possible sense

Transcendent account of a racing life that was turned upside down

Transcendent account of a racing life that was turned upside down

By John Walshe 5 months ago

Centaur manages something that only the best sports books can: it transcends the sport it describes

Suspend your disbelief as Dawn O’Porter sends in the Cows

Suspend your disbelief as Dawn O’Porter sends in the Cows

By Tanya Sweeney 5 months ago

More bite and grit than your average commercial title – but there’s something sugary and addictive within this novel

Debut novel packs a punch with sharp look at sex industry

Debut novel packs a punch with sharp look at sex industry

By Tanya Sweeney 6 months ago

FICTION: Harvesting, By Lisa Harding, New Island Books, €13.95

Entertaining memoir delivers a mix of bravado and sincerity

Entertaining memoir delivers a mix of bravado and sincerity

By Ed Smith 6 months ago

Memoir: Nevertheless, By Alec Baldwin, Harper, €25

A thought-provoking analysis of the age of narcissism

A thought-provoking analysis of the age of narcissism

By Andrew Lynch 6 months ago

Psychology: Insight: The Power of Self-Awareness in a Self-Deluded World, By Tasha Eurich, Macmillan, €17.25

Debut novel with a lot of Skin in the game

Debut novel with a lot of Skin in the game

By Kevin Power 6 months ago

FICTION: Skintown, By Ciaran McMenamin, Doubleday Ireland, €17

Sensitive treatment of a familiar tale of pregnancy and loss

Sensitive treatment of a familiar tale of pregnancy and loss

By Catherine Healy 6 months ago

Fiction: The American Girl, By Rachael English , Hachette, €19

Going back to his roots: one man’s odyssey of linguistic rediscovery

Going back to his roots: one man’s odyssey of linguistic rediscovery

By Andrew Lynch 6 months ago

Memoir: Coming Home: One Man’s Return to the Irish Language, By Michael McCaughan, Gill Books, €15

A lyrical account of love let slip

A lyrical account of love let slip

By Tanya Sweeney 6 months ago

Fiction: When Light Is Like Water, By Molly McCloskey, Penguin Ireland, €14.95

Gripping urban fable is powered by raw energy

Gripping urban fable is powered by raw energy

By Kevin Power 6 months ago

Fiction: The Blood Miracles, By Lisa McInerney, John Murray, €14.95

Latest dispatches from the quest to stay alive for ever

Latest dispatches from the quest to stay alive for ever

By Andrew Lynch 6 months ago

Science: To Be a Machine, By Mark O’Connell, Granta, €17

A Traitor in the Family's ring of authenticity has a lack of realism

A Traitor in the Family's ring of authenticity has a lack of realism

By Dermot Bolger 6 months ago

Genuine moments of superb tension with some deft plot twists

Rollicking good read reveals the main men behind the Daily Mail

Rollicking good read reveals the main men behind the Daily Mail

By Jonathan O’Brien 6 months ago

A masterful job of capturing the essence of the Mail's peculiar, faintly terrifying mania