Jane Casey’s The Killing Kind (Harper Collins, €11.99) has barrister Ingrid Lewis successfully defend a client on stalking charges. Scotland is the destination for two other comic novels, Lizzy Dent’s The Summer Job (Viking, €13.99) and Beth O’Leary’s The Road Trip (Quercus, €15.99). Cathy Kelly’s Other Women (Orion, €11.99) explores themes of platonic friendship, marriage and family life through the eyes of Sid, Marin and Bea. Fiona O’Brien’s The Summer We Were Friends (Hachette, €14.99) is set at a film festival in Derrybegs, where an American stranger turns up with complete amnesia. Christy Lefteri’s Songbirds (Manilla Press, €13.99) is the story of a migrant worker in Cyprus who goes missing.

Source: Irish Independent June 06, 2021 01:33 UTC