The Blood Miracles

The second novel from the author of the hugely successful debut The Glorious Heresies … McInerney’s many fans will be pleased to hear her follow up revolves around the further misadventures of Ryan in Cork city - Bookseller

Fast paced, compelling, and thrilling, Lisa McInerney writes the type of fiction that is both beautifully crafted and immensely enjoyable. She is one of the most exciting young authors to come out of Ireland in the last decade - Louise O’Neill

The Blood Miracles has all the brio, street smarts and vicious linguistic verve of The Glorious Heresies, but with this follow up Lisa McInerney also reminds us just how brilliantly accomplished and ruthlessly focused a storyteller she is - Colin Barrett

The age Barry refers to in these closing moments of our interview is the renaissance of Irish fiction which he has spoken of as a ‘revivifying’ force to his own craft. He smiles at the thought of being Kevin Barry’s ‘honorary uncle’, and emits a gasp at the very idea of Lisa McInerney (‘this woman who has a microchip of energy in every sentence’) - Irish Independent

The second novel from award-winning Lisa McInerney is as brilliant as her debut, The Glorious Heresies … a fast-paced drama that fizzes with chaotic action and dark humour - Psychologies

This is a story that crackles with energy and just roars off the page - Red

The narration is brisk and slick, the dialogue fizzing with acerbic wisecracking - Literary Review

Another outstanding, compelling read from Lisa McInerney … Having devoured and raved about The Glorious Heresies, my expectations were sky high, yet I was an incy wincy bit worried, could she follow in her own fabulous footsteps? Well let me reassure you, she has, and The Blood Miracles stands defiant … Lisa McInerney can really, really write, she can connect horror and beauty, violence and sweetness, she allows your mind to enter a world that feels scarily real, within touching distance. The sense of place within this series ensures The Blood Miracles is convincing, captivating and very, very readable. Long may Lisa McInerney reign - Lovereading