Welcome back to the blog, everyone. I am part of the book tour for The Other Side Of Fear by Eoghan Egan. Thanks to ZooLoo’s Book Tours and City Stone Publishing for the gifted copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
Sharona Waters is determined to dig into loan shark Dessie Dolan’s business and see him brought to justice. But when a young woman she’s only briefly met goes missing, a much darker story emerges.
Pulled into the ruthless world of people trafficking – a world built on violent brutality and sudden death – Sharona finds herself caught between crime and conscience, pursued by powerful and ruthless criminals, and just one bad decision away from having her whole world crash down.
Sometimes, the only way forward is to risk everything.
The Other Side Of Fear is the second book in the Ganestown Crime series. I read this almost immediately after reading the first book. So I was really looking forward to this book. I was hoping the quality of the writing would be as high as the first. One thing I will say is, read the books in order and don’t leave too much time between the books either.
This book picks up from where Hiding In Plain Sight ends, and I was happy to be back with the characters. Sharona is on the loan shark, Dessie Dolan’s tail so to speak. She is stubbornly still wanting him brought to justice. A young woman goes missing, and it’s a whole different and much darker picture that emerges.
Eoghan Egan has written a dark and sometimes totally difficult story to read. The subject matter is something that is prevalent today. Human trafficking and everything around it is not an easy subject. It is one that I think shouldn’t be brushed under the carpet.
Eoghan Egan does an excellent job dealing with this highly sensitive subject. It does need highlighting. People need to openly talk about it and be vigilant. The more it’s written about as part of life, the more we will realise what’s going on in the world around us.
It’s another well-written and fast-paced storyline. One that is important and such a compelling read. I do hope Eoghan has more books planned for the Ganestown Crime series because I want to read them if he does!
Purchase Links
Amazon: https://geni.us/gM91h
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49008111-hiding-in-plain-sight
Author Bio
A native of Co. Roscommon, Ireland, Eoghan wrote his first story aged nine.
At college, he studied Computer Programming, works in Sales Management & Marketing, but his passion for reading and writing remains.
Eoghan’s work got shortlisted for the 2018 Bridport Short Story Prize, and Listowel’s 2019 Bryan McMahon Short Story Award Competition. His novel was a contender in literary agent David Headley’s opening chapter Pitch Competition, and during March 2019 and April 2021, Eoghan’s entries won Litopia’s prestigious Pop-Up Submissions.
A graduate of Maynooth University’s Creative Writing Curriculum, and Curtis Brown’s Edit & Pitch Your Novel Course, Eoghan divides his time between Roscommon, Dublin and Southern Italy.
The first in his trilogy of crime fiction novels, Hiding in Plain Sight was released in 2020. Book two, The Other Side of Fear was published in 2022. Book three is due for publication in January 2024.
When he’s not writing, Eoghan can be found at literary festivals or headbanging at heavy metal gigs.
Social Media Links
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/eoghaneganwriter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eoghanegan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eoghanegan/
Website https://www.eoghanegan.com
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THank you for being a part of the tour x
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