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Andrea Carter

@andreacarter.bsky.social

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Ex-lawyer turned crime writer. Inishowen Mysteries. Agent David Headley. The Artists Partnership for TV & Film. There Came a-Tapping. Little, Brown UK. Lurcher loving veggie.

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Sarah Kay (she/her) @k-interarma.bsky.social · 15d

The Guardian has published the names of the 18,457 children killed in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 16d

I did not believe Israel would reach the point of starving people to death.
I did not believe it would, on average, erase a classroom of children every single day for two whole years.”

- Orly Noy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy

There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy

www.theguardian.com

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 6

For a limited time only! There Came A-Tapping is awfully cheap…

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · Aug 3

#BREAKING | Irish president calls for potential MILITARY ACTION in Gaza

He wants the UN to invoke ‘Chapter 7’ – which allows an international force to defend aid corridors

‘Are we to watch children starving? Something MUST happen’

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Love Little Acorns!

Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

I think that did happen (I’m wondering now if the sex scene was in a tree… it couldn’t have been could it?!)

Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ooh, thank you!!

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ooh, yes!

Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Joseph O’Connor’s ‘Inishowen’?

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Also Joseph O’Connor’s Inishowen?

Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Nice! I remember vividly our Irish teacher having to translate the ‘first night together’ scene!!

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Not the right time for me to have opened Bluesky. About to do one…

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congratulations! It’s a cracking book!

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank you!!

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Jul 15

"How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to change the bulb, and the other to give it an unexpected twist at the end."

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · Jul 13

“It is a concentration camp. I am sorry," - former Israeli PM.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM

Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel is not all down to antisemitism

www.theguardian.com

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thanks so much to @irishexaminer.bsky.social @sweetoblivion.bsky.social for including #ThereCameATapping in such august company today!

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Jul 8

Very happy with the new paperback cover of There Came A-Tapping. Coming October 2025!

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Jul 1

“I know you think you’re being funny, but honestly Dave, it’s just hurtful.”

A Borzoi dog, looking forlorn, sits next to a dresser as their owner mimics them using a sock puppet adorned with googly eyes.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jun 27

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.

Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Loved it, Karen! Thank you so much for sending it. Xx

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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · Jun 26

All true, Doug! So moving. Everyone should read the Sandy series - might give humanity the kick up the a__e it needs! Big congratulations. ❤️

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Jun 25

Frank Carson: A man says to the doctor: "What's the good news?" "You've got 24 hours to live." He says: "What's the bad news?" The doctor says: "We should have told you yesterday."

#itsthewayitellthem

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Jun 25

Frank Carson: There were two Irishmen eating sandwiches in a pub and the landlord said: "You can't eat your own food in here." So they swapped sandwiches.

#itsthewayitellthem

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Jun 25

Frank Carson: My wife said to me: "If you won the lottery, would you still love me?" I said: "Of course I would. I'd miss you, but I'd still love you."

#itsthewayitellthem

Frank Carson Jokes - Frank Carson One Liners Jokes

A collection of Frank Carson Jokes and One Liners

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