Una Mannion

The realness of the story is what makes it so terrifying

Tell Me What I Am: A Novel by Una Mannion

September 17, 2024 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr16bingo Golden, +2 bingos This novel won the Crime Writer Association’s 2024 Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of the year. It is a riveting, disturbing and heartbreaking story that I didn’t want to put down. At the center of it is the disappearance of Deena Garvey and its impact on her daughter Ruby and sister Nessa. Una Mannion takes us back to the events leading up to Deena’s disappearance and then forward some 15 years later where the reverberations of this traumatic event […]

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A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion

November 18, 2022 by booktrovert Leave a Comment

This novel was pretty good, but for some reason I expected something completely different going in. Will I ever learn – expectations about any novel are a surefire way to be a disappointed reader. I picked this book up because it was suggested as thriller – and I assumed it would work well as a somewhat spooky novel. It’s not spooky at all! I’d say this is more YA with only a mere hint of thriller, but mostly a coming-of-age novel with slightly heightened stakes. […]

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