Fiction
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An Accident Waiting to HappenWritten by Vincent Banville.Private detective John Blaine is back treading Dublin’s mean streets. With his marriage now on track, and little baby Emily to keep his attentions closer to home, it could be said that things are going better than ever for the private eye. That is, until he gets a call from Bertie Boyer, owner of The Purple Pussy nightclub in Dublin’s Temple Bar. He hires the P.I. to warn off some Romanian immigrants who are threatening to burn the place down. But the Romanians have a very different tale to tell. Time is running out fast, and before he knows it, Blaine finds himself right in the centre of the blaze. |
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An Angel at my BackWritten by Mary Stanley.Lucy Benedict is eight years old. Her older brother Paul likes to tease her. One day he ties her to a tree and leaves her there. She faints in the heat of the sun, and then she sees an angel. The angel looks just like her, and she sings beautifully. When Lucy wakes up in hospital she knows the angel is real. She has to have yet another operation on her back, but she isn't frightened any more. |
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An End to FlightWritten by Vincent Banville.Michael Painter, an Irishman teaching in a Catholic Mission School in Nigeria, is, by temperament and choosing, an observer. Boredom, and the fear of emotional involvement seem always to prevent him from taking a decisive leap. And so, as the relief planes lift the European doctors, teachers, and priests out of a country convulsed by a violent Civil War they cannot comprehend, Painter remains behind. |
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An Seomra TobacWritten by Julie Parsons.I seomra tobac sa Roinn Sláinte agus Leasa Sóisialaigh, a thosaíonn an rud ar fad. Tá Eoin pósta ar Aoife, agus tá pósadh sona acu de réir cosúlachtaí. Casann Aisling ar Eoin ansin sa seomra tobac. Ach bíonn contúirt ann sna toitíní, agus ní fada go dtiteann Eoin i ngrá le hAisling, agus go n-airíonn Aoife go bhfuil a pósadh i gcontúirt. Ní go réidh a scaoilfidh Aoife le haon rud áfach, agus cinneann sí ar throid a chur suas. Cé aige a mbeidh an bua? Cad í an duais? |
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Behind Closed DoorsWritten by Sarah Webb.Amy and Cathy have been best friends forever. But then Cathy gets married, moves to Wicklow and starts a family. And things begin to change. Amy starts to wonder are they still best friends. And now Cathy’s pregnant with baby number three. A lunch party in Cathy’s house provides a chance for Amy to tell Cathy how she feels. But things don’t go quite as planned. Amy finds out that sometimes even the best of friends have secrets. And she’s shocked to find out what really goes on behind closed doors … |