Himself

by Jess Kidd

Rating: 3.9     18 Votes

Tags: Female author

Himself

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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 20171950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage.With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts. Nothing, not even the dead, can stay buried forever.

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Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Ceri
(5 years ago)
03 Mar, 2018
This was a book club choice and sadly not really my cup of tea. If you like urban fantasy/crime/ghost/speculative fiction you might like this one

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Challenge: Read Around Europe Challenge
Country: Ireland flag Ireland
Language: EN
Genre: Crime Fantasy Thriller
Recommended: 03 Mar 2018

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