Deirdre Purcell Books

From the author of SKY and FRANCEY, a novel which charts what happens when someone who is known and trusted is accused of rape.

In this powerful biography, Aengus Finucane: In the Heart of Concern, the result of over 80 interviews and extensive travel, Deirdre Purcell explores the life and work of Concern founder Father Aengus Finucane.

A captivating novel from the incomparable Deirdre Purcell

Will wishes come true this holiday season? Find out in the sparkling festive novel from No.1 bestselling author Deirdre Purcell...

It's ten years on from the first winter gathering, when four of Maggie Quinn's closest friends rushed in to spend Christmas with her after her husband walked out just days before. And, at Christmastime, it doesn't take long for an event to become a tradition. But this Christmas Day, for the first time, there's an addition to the party, in the form of a young, very handsome man. Only one of the women knows what he's doing there, and she's remaining tight-lipped. So begins a new chapter in the lives of the five friends. As winter moves towards spring, each faces personal hurdles, from family difficulties to illness to the unexpected reappearance of Maggie's ex. Throughout, each proves that friends truly are the family you choose - and that, ultimately, the magic of Christmas can arrive at any time of year.

Seduced and abandoned by handsome George Gallaher, Hazel Slye falls in love with Gallaher's innocent son, only to encounter heartbreak once again when an unexpected inheritance and a forbidden romance threaten to part them forever

Working on a newspaper in Montana, beautiful Sky Macpherson is bored by the small-town limitations of her job and frustrated by her infuriating family and a relationship going nowhere. Assigned by the editor of The Courier to write an obituary for the wife of one of the town's most influential citizens, Sky discovers that there is far more to the story than a tragic death. And that the truth may lead her to places she has never been, and danger from which she cannot escape. A stunning novel of suspense and family secrets set amidst the monumental beauty of the Montana landscape, Sky is also a woman's search for herself and the truth of love.

A novel told in the voices of two narrators: Violet, who in 1944 is imprisoned in the tower of a rambling country house by her family; and Claudine, a modern-day property negotiator who becomes involved in handling the sale of the derelict Whitecliff in 2004.