Irish Book Awards Shortlist
"Library Journal" Best Indie Fiction of the Year
"Publishers Weekly" Best Summer Book Staff Pick
"Concord Monitor/Concord Insider" Book of the Week
"Chatelaine" magazine Book Club selection
Brooklyn Book Festival Best Debut Book
""Ghost Moth" is an impressive debut by a writer who is not afraid to address the so-called ordinary lives of real human beings." --JOHN BANVILLE, Booker Prize-winning author of "The Sea" and "Ancient Light"
"Clever, unpredictable, beautifully written and crafted." --RODDY DOYLE, Booker Prize-winning author of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" and "The Commitments"
" Forbes'] writing soaks up the world, and thrills to the beauty of it." --ANNE ENRIGHT, Booker Prize-winning author of "The Gathering" and "The Forgotten Waltz"
During the hot Irish summer of 1969, tensions rise in Belfast where Katherine, a former actress, and George, a firefighter, struggle to keep buried secrets from destroying their marriage. As Catholic Republicans and Protestant Loyalists clash during the "Troubles" and Northern Ireland moves to the brink of civil war, the lines between private anguish and public outrage disintegrate. An exploration of memory, childhood, illicit love, and loss, "Ghost Moth" is an exceptional tale about a family--and a country--seeking freedom from ghosts of the past.
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Michele Forbes is an award-winning theater, television, and film actress who has toured worldwide with "The Great Hunger" and "Dancing at Lughnasa." She studied literature at Trinity College, Dublin and has worked as a literary reviewer for the "Irish Times." Her short stories have received both the Bryan MacMahon and the Michael McLaverty Awards. She lives near Dalkey, Dublin with her husband and two children. "Ghost Moth" is her first novel.

Edith and Oliver fell in love after meeting in the glitzy world of the music hall in its Edwardian heyday. Edith is a spirited young woman who plays the piano by night; Oliver is an illusionist who dreams of touring the world, of pioneering ground-breaking illusions that will bring him fame and fortune. But their children arrive as the world begins to change, as cinemas crowd the high street and the draw of the music hall wanes. Oliver - drinking too much and haunted by the death of his mother - becomes desperate for one final illusion that will put his name in lights. As he loses his grip on reality, will his family pay the ultimate price? 'Forbes imbues [Edith & Oliver] with such wit and tenderness . . . a pleasure to read' Sunday Times 'Engaging . . . astute . . . striking' Irish Times 'Forbes writes beautifully on the hard, peripatetic reality of theatre life behind the greasepaint and glamour. She is also particularly insightful on the internal torment of a man brought down by the slow growth of self-deception . . . shimmering' Daily Mail

Third season of the US drama based on the Danish TV series. Though following the close of the Rosie Larsen case Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) is no longer working as a detective, her former partner Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman)'s investigation into a serial killer who appears to have a connection to one of Sarah's old cases draws her back into the field. Can she stop the killer before he strikes again? The episodes are: 'The Jungle', 'That You Fear the Most', 'Seventeen', 'Head Shots', 'Scared and Running', 'Eminent Domain', 'Hope Kills', 'Try', 'Reckoning', 'Six Minutes', 'From Up Here' and 'The Road to Hamelin'.