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Published 15:28 7 Aug 2025 BST
Add us as a preferred source on Google »We are getting closer and closer to the autumn time, and there's a giant stack of books waiting to be read.
As much as we love summer, we're looking forward to the quieter evenings where we can finally make our way through our reading list.
And there's one book at the very top of the pile that Irish readers are already raving about.
Journalist and Irish author Amanda Cassidy has swiftly become one of the most loved Irish authors since the release of her debut novel Breaking.
She has proven she can craft the most gripping thrillers, and her latest novel is no different.
Readers have already been raving about her new novel, The Stranger Inside, which may be her best yet.
The synopsis for The Stranger Inside reads:
'You're behind bars, framed for a crime you didn't commit. Midwife Ciara Duffy goes to sleep and wakes in the small hours to find her husband beside her - stabbed through the heart. Soon she is arrested and charged with his murder.
'You get one chance to run. Ciara knows she is innocent. She has no one to rely on. Meanwhile, her young daughter is gravely ill. Ciara has to fight - by any means necessary. Do you take it? The day comes when getting out might be possible.
'But Ciara's choices are bleak: hope justice prevails and she gets to her daughter in time. Or become a fugitive on the hunt for a killer.'
Readers are praising Cassidy for writing yet another novel that is impossible to put down.
One wrote, "I read it in one sitting. I simply couldn’t stop. The twists just keep coming every time."
Another said, "This book is an intense, emotional rollercoaster that grabs you from the first page and doesn’t let go. It’s a dark and gripping psychological thriller, filled with suspense, shocking twists, and raw emotion."
The Stranger Inside by Amanda Cassidy is out now.

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