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By: Carol Jones July 13, 2018
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REVIEW* There's a lot happening in this tightly plotted mystery. We begin when rookie policeman Cormac Reilly discovers a dead drug addict and her two abused children on a routine callout. Years later, as an experienced detective he returns to nearby Galway when his partner takes up a prestigious research position. As a frustrated newcomer he is given all the cold cases. And when an apparent suicide is found floating in the freezing river, he is asked to reopen the case of that first deceased drug addict, the dead man's mother. . Cormac is an interesting character who is drawn into deep waters of his own during the investigation, and there are subplots galore to keep you turning pages. But in the end all the jigsaw pieces fit together stylishly to create a misty Irish mystery. #theruin #dervlamctiernan #mysteries #policeprocedural #irishmystery #nowreading #bookreview #currentlyreading #currentreads #bookstagram #bookish #books #igbooks #bookstagram #bookish #books #igbooks #aussiewriters #writersofinstagram #bibliophile #booknerd
Publication day for THE BOY WITH BLUE TROUSERS! So excited about the stunning cover created by my publisher Head of Zeus. #theboywithbluetrousers #newfiction #newrelease #historicalfiction #australianhistory #chinesediaspora #chinesehistory #ukrelease #bookstagram #bookish #books #igbooks #bibliophile
This is the Pai Fang, or welcome gate, built on the shores of Robe, South Australia, to commemorate the spot where 16,500 Chinese immigrants landed in 1856 and 1857. They then walked 200 miles across strange and inhospitable country to the goldfields of Victoria. Their story was the inspiration for my new novel THE BOY WITH BLUE TROUSERS. #theboywithbluetrousers #historicalfiction #history #australianhistory #chinesediaspora #chinesehistory #robesouthaustralia #paifang #visitrobe #visitsouthaustralia #aussiewriters #writersofinstagram #aussiereaders #goldrushes
Throwing a few things in a bag for weekend away. Hmmm... which book shall I take? Have you read either of these? #weekendaway #theruin #thebinding #bookstagram #bookish #books #igbooks #bookstack #booknerd #bookworm #nowreading #writersofinstagram #aussiewriters
REVIEW** Lisa See's novels are always both entertaining and informative, and The Island of Sea Women is no exception. The novel begins when an elderly Haenyeo diver on the Korean island of Jeju is prompted to recall a long ago friendship by the arrival of a young Korean American girl in her village. It tells a story of friendship between two girls, Young-sook and Mi-ja, who support their families following the traditional Jeju occupation of free diving for fish and shellfish, in the years during which Korea was occupied first by the Japanese and then by the Americans. . The Island of Sea Women enthralls with its layers of history, culture and geography and the way it explores the complex bond between these two young women as they struggle to survive and protect their friends and family during a turbulent period in Korea's history. It is a story of love, grief and betrayal that may bring you to tears. If you haven't read Lisa See's work before, give yourself time to settle in to the world she creates. Patience will reward. #theislandofseawomen #lisasee #bookreview #currentlyreading #currentreads #bookstagram #bookish #books #igbooks #nowreading #historicalfiction #asianstories #asianliterature #bookworm #writersofinstagram
Congratulations to @chapter _ichi and @meet_me_at_the_library on winning the giveaway of my novel The Concubine's Child. They correctly answered that I was reading Island of the Sea Women for pleasure, Dark Emu for bookclub and Old Samoa for research, and were the two lucky entrants drawn from a hat. Thanks to everyone who entered. . Coming soon. 😁 International giveaway of my new novel The Boy With Blue Trousers set in China and Australia during the 1850s goldrush, where two very different girls are trying to escape their past. 13 June release in UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. 1 August in Canada and US. #giveawaywinners #bookgiveaway #bookstagram #bookish #books #igbooks #aussiewriters #writersofinstagram #aussiereaders #booknerd #bookworm #bookstack
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