Irish Fiction

An ex-soldier and recovering alcoholic living quietly in Somerset, Stephen Rose has just begun to form a bond with Maggie, the daughter he barely knows, when he receives a summons - to an inquiry in Belfast about an incident durin…

A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly to Amsterdam for a midwinter break. A holiday to refresh the senses, to see the sights and to generally take stock of what remains of their lives. But amongst the wintry streets and …

A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER IS FOUND MURDERED - WHAT WAS SHE HIDING? Finn Fitzpatrick and Mandy Breslin work at the same law firm but move in very different circles. Mandy is a member of the privileged senior partners' clique.Finn keeps t…

Weave is a collaboration between writers Deirdre Sullivan and Oein DeBhairduin, with the artist Yingge Xu. Weave illuminates the myriad ways in which we appreciate and carve out connection with each other and the natural cadences …

'My mother. At night, my mother creaks. The house creaks along with her ...' Aoileann has never left the island.Her silent, bed-bound mother is the survivor of a private disaster no one will speak about. Aoileann desperately wants…

Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, Emma Donoghue…

A man with a borrowed name steps from a flashy red sports car also borrowed onto the estate of his youth. But all is not as it seems. There is a new family living in the drafty old house: the Godleys, descendants of the late, worl…

January 1921. Though the Great War is over, in Ireland a new, civil war is raging. The once-grand Kilcolgan House, a crumbling bastion shrouded in sea-mist, lies half empty and filled with ghosts - both real and imagined - the Pre…

A witty and warm debut novel from a young Irish writer. A story of family, grief, and the ways we come together when all seems lost. Molly Black has disappeared.She's been flighty since her parents died, but this time - or so say…

Ireland, Ireland - no longer standing Dail ... Leinster House had been burned to the ground. All that was left was a smouldering ruin and the blackened remains of an Irish flag. The old man was trying to pin the blame on Brussels,…

A heartwarming debut that continues the story of the hit RTE TV series Pure Mule, which captured the whole world in one small Irish town. Scobie Donoghue was once the king of Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, famous for the craic…

Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland, her only son now grown. A second chance at love brings her unexpected connection and belonging. The new relationship sparks local speculation: what does a woman like h…

Three men vow to leave the world behind them and start anew... In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks - young Trian and old Cormac - …

Word has come. King Lear is dead. His three daughters too, broken in battle. But someone has survived: Lear's queen. Though her grief and rage threaten to crack the earth open, she knows she must seek answers. Why was she exiled? …

The sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow, shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 'Superb.' The Times 'Utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail'A joy to read.' Sunday Times 'The ultimate page-turner.' Irish Independent On the idyl…

I had dreams once, but never for anything as extravagant as happiness. Still, Auntie Bell and me have fresh cream cakes every Saturday. They're sweet enough to take the edge off. I hope they're enough to get me through being outed…

In the seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season, reliving the best days of their childhoods in its caravan parks, chippers and amusement arcades. Local teenager Helen Grant is ind…

Hearts and Bones is a book about relationships. It explores what love does to us, and how we survive it. A young woman learns to wield her power, leaving casualties in her wake, while a man from a small town finds solace in a stra…

An Irish vagrant with a strange ability wanders Kew Gardens. She knows that the fine weather is going to break and the impending rain casts her mind back to a riverbank where a shady fisherman once asked for her help. The same fis…

When Dundalk underworld regular Aoife brings the wild and magnetic Annie to the Town, her desire to love and cling to this dangerous stranger culminates in a road trip through Britain to dispose of ten kilos of cocaine for her bus…