Wow, wow, another beautiful little book from Michelle McDonagh. Beautifully written, beautifully Irish. The quest for Cara to discover her birth mother’s story continues throughout this book, ever twisting and turning, reminding the reader of an Ireland of not that long ago. And like every family there are skeletons in the every closet. I love the turns of phrase used throughout as well as the little references that remind me this is my Ireland too. Thank you to Netgalley for the advance reader copy.

Another fantastic book by Michelle McDonagh. I loved her previous book, she's such a talent. Being from Ireland, a lot of the places mentioned in the book are very familiar to me. Compelling mystery, hooked from the opening pages.

What a rollercoaster of a book!
In a hospice Cara overhears a conversation with her aunt and her dad while her mother is battling her last breaths. She confronts them and now she’s in limbo her mother is dead and she discovers her birth mother is to.
She has a happy childhood always knowing she was adopted but how could her parents keep this from her.
As an investigative reporter she will find out what happened to her mother.
Twists and turns galore as she starts on a journey that yields so many secrets will she ever find out who’s telling the truth.
Brilliant read well written and keeps you guessing until the end

As this book begins, Cara's mother passes away. Overcome by grief, more information comes to light about the circumstances of her birth and subsequent adoption . Cara is a reporter, so starts looking into the life and death of her birth mother, who was found in a bog in Connemara. Little by little, the truth is revealed as Cara's and Lucia's stories are told.
I thought that the book was well written, it definately has an Irish feel, as people remember what happened 30 years ago and who was involved. My one criticism is that Kyan, Cara's husband, was not really fleshed out as a character and as such their relationship didn't feel so realistic . The plot is well thought out and comes together well, the final twist was unexpected
A good read though and I look forward to reading more from this author, thanks to Net galley for the ARC

I was delighted to get the opportunity to review the newest book by Michelle McDonagh as I had loved her previous book. As a Galway native, I loved all the local mentions in the story. I found the plot gripping from the start and I read the book over the course of a day. McDonagh is a talented Irish author that is quickly becoming one of my favourite writers. I can’t wait to read more books from her in the future!

Journalist Cara Joyce is looking after her adoptive mother who is dying. She overhears some information about her origins which connects with an unsolved murder 30 years ago, when a body was found in a Connemara bog. The body was that of Lucia Casey and the murder was never solved. In her quest to ascertain what happened to Lucia, she comes up against the powerful Casey family and at odds with everyone around her. The more Cara digs for answers and the truth, the more she’s up against a wall of silence. A compelling story which keeps you guessing, a page turner and one that is full of dangerous secrets. The ending is fantastic, one that the reader will never guess.

I loved the authors first book and was one of my favourites and was very excited to get accepted to read this one. The beginning of the book hooks you in but unfortunately for me I found it over complicated in parts but it was full of suspician and mystery through out. Even though I didnt love this one as much as her first one it is still an enjoyable read and have rounded this up to four stars and looking ofrward to what she writes next. Thanks to the punlisher and to netgalley for this e-arc.

Set in Ireland,a woman tries to find out about her biological mother after the death of her adopted mother. Lots of twists and turns and a bunch of entitled characters.

I loved this book. Cara always knew she was adopted, when her Mum dies she finds out that her mother was murdered. She then begins to investigate what really happened her Mum and the twists and turns keep on coming, A brilliant read

From the opening chapter this book hooks you in, then prologue further entraps you...
Told over dual timeline in the third person POV we hear from Cara and Lucia as the past comes back to haunt to the present.
With a strong cast of characters written with style and flair the writer takes on us on a journey full of secrets and dark lies interwoven with topical news worthy social observations and told in my favourite voice, an Irish one, although it doesn't have the same amount of dark humour as say a Graham Norton novel it does have the same amount of Irishness that makes these books that bit special, and to be honest the tone matches the serious of the plot.
This books works as both a mystery whodunit and as a family sage character novel. While I worked some of the twists the ending still packed a punch.
The writer captures the relationship between mother and child beautifully, furthermore she tackles the subject of dying with tenderness and care.
This is a book that will keep you reading long into the night and will stay with you long after reading.
If you haven't read the authors other work I highly recommend "There Something I Need To Tell You" along with this novel.

Michelle MCdonagh has written another wonderful story ,full of mystery and drama ,it pulls at the heart strings in so many ways .It will keep you reading and forgetting all else .

I loved Michelle McDonagh's previous book, There's Something I Have to Tell You, so I was very excited to see her new book Someone Knows available on Netgalley, and thrilled to be given access. And once again, this writer has delivered in spades!

Cara has always known she was adopted, and never felt the need to search for her birth mother. After all, in a 20th century Ireland that had values that would've been more appropriate for 19th century Ireland, a woman might have any number of good reasons to give up a child.

But when her mother dies unexpectedly early, as a young mother herself, Cara feels the void keenly. And when she accidentally finds out that her birth mother was a murder victim in one of the most publicised cases in recent history, she tumbles down a rabbit hole that seems almost endless.

Her search for answers not only jeopardises her relationship with the loving family in which she has grown up, it potentially puts Cara herself in danger, and opens an incredible can of worms which shows the excoriating impact of secrets, conservative values, and corruption - both financial and moral.

This is a gripping, beautifully-crafted novel with characters that spring vibrantly to life. It will linger in the reader's mind long after they have finished turning the pages.

Overall I enjoyed this book but I did find predictable moments in the writing, I would read more by the author in future though.

I really enjoyed McDonagh's debut novel, There's Something I Have to Tell You last year, it was original, well written and clever . Somebody Knows is a quintessentially Irish story. Again, it was well written and I thought it opened really strongly and I was quickly drawn into the story. The descriptions and warmth of which Co Galway is captured is really gorgeous and vivid and the story is a decent one. However for the plot to work there needed to be quite an array of characters introduced and I think as a result the main character and her close family didn't get fully developed as a result. As I said this is very much an Irish story, shades of it will be familiar to a lot of Irish people even though this is a work of fiction and so I found it a little predictable and there was no real sense of mystery as the book wound its way to the conclusion. I think the ending was only ever going to go one way.
Nonetheless , it was a good and engaging story and I did enjoy reading this but just not as much as I did her debut. I am looking forward to book three. Wishing the author continued success.

Quite a few shocks in the opening bits of the book, that the rest, for me, never quite lived up to.
There were still plenty of surprises to be had, and a good description of small towns and how name means a lot.
The ending, I saw that coming miles away.
Overall, an enjoyable read.