ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS
by Faith Hogan (£9.99, Head of Zeus, PB)
It starts with a call. The Christmas holidays have just begun when Liv Latimer’s phone begins to ring impatiently. She now faces a choice that is more important than she could possibly imagine – does she forget her plans with her boyfriend Eddie and go back to work, or finally say no and put herself first? The splitsecond decision has a powerful knock-on effect, which Hogan explores through delicately intertwined alternate timelines. Fate finds a way in this heartwarming story about jealousy, grief and friendship, set between Dublin and the wild Atlantic coast of Ireland.