McDonagh Michelle: Some of This Is True [2026]

'Gripping, smart, suspenseful' EDEL COFFEY

'I could not put the book down' AMY JORDAN

In a village of secrets, is anyone truly innocent?

'A page-turner' IRISH INDEPENDENT

On a frosty morning, a young tourist is found dead at the bottom of the Wishing Steps at Blarney Castle. A tragic fall, the locals say. But when Dani DeMarco arrives from America to identify her daughter Jessie's body, she's convinced the truth is more sinister.

Jessie had travelled to the village to find the father she never knew, a man who's now a pillar of the local community. But the story of his past, which Dani quickly exposes, soon ignites a storm of outrage, denial and fear.

The local community begins to take sides, but who to believe - the man they have known all their lives, or a devastated mother with nothing to lose? As loyalties shift and tensions rise, one question haunts them all: did Jessie slip ... or was she silenced?

'A thrilling mystery' GILL PERDUE