Fireworks and #Freedom

From The Front Row:
at The Launch of Freedom’s Child
One of 2015’s Hottest Books

At 6pm last Thursday, Dubray Books, in Dublin’s cosmopolitan Grafton Street, became a world filled with crime. But not the usual kind – this was a room buzzing with goodwill and anticipation as published and yet unpublished crime writers, crime readers and friends and family of Jax Miller (Áine O’Domhnaill) came together to celebrate her Dublin launch of Freedom’s Child.

Stacks of her orange and black debut novel are quickly snapped up, like prized possessions, as staff replenish them while topping up glasses of wine and prosecco. The cover is a haunting affair showing a lone figure walking towards you with the tag line:

All She Wants Back Is Her Daughter

Two powerful quotes are emblazoned across:

‘Original, compelling and seriously recommended’
Lee Child 

‘A terrific read from a powerful new voice’
Karin Slaughter

There are shouts, hugs and cameras flashes as introductions are made between old friends and new, until suddenly an eerie silence encases the room and all eyes turn.

Jax Miller has arrived!

Read the full article here on writing.ie

 

The crowd hushes as Miller reads the prologue from Freedom’s Child.

“My name is Freedom Oliver and I killed my daughter …”