The Last Week of Him

Nora Cunningham is walking her dog on a Dublin beach when she gets a WhatsApp message that cuts her to her core. Fern O’Malley is heading to rehearsals in London’s Globe Theatre when she gets the same message and can hardly breathe with the shock. Clo Kennedy is in the arms of her lover in New York City, when they both get the message that stuns them both. Danny O’Connor, once the golden boy of their secondary school and member of their sixth-year drama group, has died suddenly aged 49 in their hometown of Belmullet, on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way. As the friends return to the Mullet Peninsula for the weeklong funeral and memorial service, long-buried memories surface and emotions run high as secrets are revealed. What links these best friends to Danny? What secrets do they have? Do they really know each other at all? Set against a rugged, unpredictable landscape, this gripping novel explores friendship, betrayal, and a past that’s been waiting patiently to resurface.