A new novel is set to be a thriller based in a fictional Donegal village.
Author, Donegal native J.J. Green has pulled from her roots as inspiration for Someone to Blame, her second novel – set to be published on the 28th of October.
The novel follows the story of Shay Dunne, who has become a poison pen – not that she wanted to be one. But a recent tragedy in her life has left her hell-bent on dishing out some punishment to the two people she blames. Sending them a letter containing a vague accusation will do the trick.
Only the letters set in motion a series of unintended consequences, and Shay soon discovers that in the close-knit Donegal village she calls home, a community still reeling from Covid, there are sinister secrets everywhere.
Author J. J. Green explained the backstory to this sure-to-be thriller: “The inspiration for the book came from a story I was told when I was little about a woman who sent anonymous letters to people living in her village.”
“I found the story fascinating and it always stayed with me. I thought it might make an intriguing story, writing about the consequences that anonymous letters would have on a tight-knit community where some people had carefully guarded secrets.”
Someone to Blame releases on the 28th of October.
