Amanda Craig

The finger of suspicion: Ordinary Human Failings, by Megan Nolan, reviewed

A tabloid journalist desperate for a scoop pursues a young Irish mother whose daughter is rumoured to have killed a child. But is there any truth in the story?

Megan Nolan. [Alamy]
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  • Ordinary Human Failings

    Megan Nolan

    Cape, pp. 224, £16

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