Irish Fiction

'Wonderful and mad' Roddy Doyle 'Sparks with tender charm and humour .

'Artful and beautifully ambiguous' Irish Independent'Captivating and entertaining' RTEEight-year-old Jess and her little brother were playing at the water's edge when their parents vanished. But her brother Ro has grown unpredictable, elusive and obsessive.

Here are old friends and older fiends.' Stuart's pleasure in the short story is evidenced in these thirteen tales, culminating in the previously unpublished novella, 'The Traveller', which sees Jack Lennon (from The Final Silence) and his daughter Ellen McKenna, pitted against the unnamed assassin who is targeting them.

'Chilling, compassionate and compelling, Stuart Neville takes us straight to the dark heart of rural Ireland' Val McDermid A house built on secrets An old woman haunted by her past A young woman fighting for her life For Sara Keane, it was supposed to be a second chance. A new country.

A sweeping epic of interweaving tales concerning three families, their trials and tribulations, their lives and loves.

This volume collects new short stories from one of Ireland's leading writers in both the Irish and English languages. Eilis Ni Dhuibhne's stories are widely acclaimed for their acute perception of Irish women's lives, the power of her verbal economy, and her skillful and unique use of bothhumor and the fantastic.

Dark Rosaleen is a story of love, murder and betrayal, of a failed rebellion and a national scandal. Joining the underground, she preached insurrection, stole food for the starving and became the lover of the leader of the rebellion.

This is the story about a rich woman who will do anything to stay rich, and the Bishop that seeks to destroy her. Before the battle between them is over, who will win? And who will suffer? A medieval tale of money, power, witchcraft, family, and death.