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Gemma O. Connor

    Farewell to the Flesh
    Falls the Shadow
    Following the Wake
    Sins of Omission
    Irish girls are back in town.
    Walking on Water
    • Walking on Water

      • 318pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      'I went out earlier than usual because of the Spring tide,' said the old man. 'The water was unusually high and rose above the grassy bank beside the shore. It was a breathtaking morning, beautiful, mysterious, with the pinkish dawn light playing through the sea fog. 'As I rounded the point I saw her, rising out of the mist. At first I couldn't believe my eyes for, God forgive me, I thought she was walking on water. "You'll get your death of cold," I shouted, joking.' But it was only when John Spain stretched out his hand to her that he noticed the rope and saw with dismay that she'd been propped upright and lashed to a tree. Her name was Evangeline Walter - one of the many incomers who had bought houses on an estuary on the southwest coast of Ireland. Apparently single, nobody knew much about her. But who precisely was Evangeline? Where did she come from? And, more importantly, who wanted her dead?

      Walking on Water
      3,3
    • In this hugely enjoyable anthology, established bestselling Irish writers have joined forces with up-and-coming new stars to raise money for a very good cause. Poignant, provocative, hilarious and heartwarming in turn, this varied and memorable collection includes never-before-published stories from Patricia Scanlan, Julie Parsons, Deirdre Purcell, Sarah Webb, Cecilia Ahern, Morag Prunty, Marita Conlon-McKenna, Martina Devlin, Gemma O'Connor, Rose Doyle, Joan O'Neill, Annie Sparrow, Una Brankin, Aine Greaney, Suzanne Higgins, Tina Reilly, Catherine Foley, Claire Dowling and Rosaleen Linehan. GBP1 from every copy sold will be divided between Barnardo's children's charity and the St Vincent de Paul Society in Ireland.

      Irish girls are back in town.
      3,8
    • Sins of Omission

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Two women, Grace in London, Bid in Dublin, and one man - the wealthy head of a Dutch development company. No apparent connection between them, yet their lives are destroyed by one searing incident, resolutely buried.

      Sins of Omission
      3,5
    • The fallout from Evangeline Walter's murder touched everyone who knew her, as if her venom had insidiously leeched into their lives and poisoned their happiness. Even her cousin, Murray McGraw, who had a genuine affection for her, was not immune; and neither was Smiler O'Dowd, who loved her. But of all those who had contact with her, none suffered more than the wife and son of VJ Sweeney, who drowned at sea before he could be charged with her killing. Was it all too neat? Ten years on, the sense of unfinished business continues to linger, and Gil Sweeney has become obsessed with finding out what really happened when he was a little boy of eight...

      Following the Wake
      2,5
    • Falls the Shadow

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      The elderly witness to a murder in Dublin in the 1940s is killed in what seems to be a hit-and-run accident. Her daughter questions this verdict, and in doing so, exposes herself to danger.

      Falls the Shadow
      3,4
    • Farewell to the Flesh

      • 444pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      A mystery is set in motion by the discovery of an extra coffin when a plot of land containing a small graveyard is sold off. This high-tension psychological crime novel moves between the locations of Dublin and Oxford.

      Farewell to the Flesh
      3,4
    • Durch Zufall Stösst Eine Junge Englische Polizistin Auf Die Spur Eines Weit In Die Vergangeheit Reichenden Verbrechens, Das Mit Dem Verschwinden Von Zwei Alten Männern Zusammenhängen Muss.

      Zeit des Vergebens
      3,0