Crime Scene NI: Gerry McCullough Event

Monday, 27 June 2011

Gerry McCullough Event

Belfast Girls in Town

An hour of readings from bestselling local author Gerry McCullough’s sparkling romance/action-packed thriller, Belfast Girls, currently at No. 6 in the Amazon.com bestsellers list for Contemporary Romance and in the top 100 bestsellers list for the last five months in Amazon.co.uk’s Women’s Literary Fiction.

Take the plotting agility of Desperate Housewives, mix in the romance of Sex in the City, add the humour and warmth of Friends, give it the depth of Andre Maltroux’s The Human Condition, set it in Ireland and you’ve got Belfast Girls. Gerry is joined by guest musicians Raymond of Celtic Roots Radio, and Dave, late of the Debonaires. Come and have fun!

Venue: The Gallery, Market Place Theatre, John Hewitt Summer School 2011.

Date and Time: 6.30 - 7.30 pm, Tuesday 26 July.

You can buy the paperback of Belfast Girls for £7.50 plus postage here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfast-Girls-Gerry-McCullough/dp/1456387103

and the Kindle version for £1.39 here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfast-Girls/dp/B004DNWS3W

And we hope there will be some post free copies on the bookstall which Gerry will be happy to sign!

3 comments:

Gerry McCullough said...: Gerard, you're a real friend - thanks millions!; 27 June 2011 14:56
Barbara Silkstone said...: Belfast Girls was one of my earliest Kindle reads. I loved it!; 28 June 2011 11:37
Gerry McCullough said...: Thanks, Barbara! It's always lovely to see comments like that. It still amazes me when people actually tell me they love my book!; 28 June 2011 11:59

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