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WATCH Limerick author Karen Fitzgibbon releases latest book ‘Tell The Truth’
Karen Fitzgibbon set to release latest book ‘Tell The Truth’ on Thursday, April 2. Photo: Alan Place
Limerick author, Karen Fitzgibbon, announces release of latest book ‘Tell The Truth’ from the Lana Bowen series
Local author Karen Fitzgibbon has released the third book in the Lana Bowen series, bringing a tense new psychological thriller in the Private Investigator Lana Bowen series entitled Tell The Truth.
The book follows on from Karen’s debut, The World’s End, in 2024, followed by the 2025 release, Never Look Back. O’Mahony’s were delighted to welcome this local author back to their Limerick branch for her third book launch, where Karen was in store for the launch of her new book ‘Tell The Truth’ on Thursday, April 9.
The third instalment in the gripping Private Investigator Lana Bowen series delivers courtroom tension, moral dilemmas, and deadly secrets. A woman is accused of a brutal crime. A jury of twelve strangers must decide whether she is innocent or guilty.
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Karen, who signed a three-book deal with Poolbeg Press in July 2023, say delving into the world of Lana Bowen “has been a roller coaster ever since”.
Speaking with I Love Limerick at the launch of her second book in 2025, Karen said that when she created her, she thought “this girl is really interesting” and knew there was more to come.
Karen told I Love Limerick, “She just kind of came to me one night, and I just thought, ‘this girl is really interesting.’ As a character, I just felt that she had a lot of depth in the first book, ‘The World’s End’, and I wasn’t finished with her. I wanted to kind of develop her a little bit more. They are standalone novels, but we do get to experience Lana’s journey from book one, book two, and then into book three, and maybe book four… Hopefully.”
Tell The Truth is a story about justice, secrecy, and the dangerous price of telling the truth. A truth that could set someone free — or destroy everything.
Marion McMahon is a woman awaiting trial for the murder of her husband. She hides a secret that could clear her name — yet she refuses to speak. Because, somehow, prison is a safer place to be.
Juror Stephanie Fitzgerald, trapped in a stale marriage, finds herself drawn into a risky flirtation with a fellow juror during the trial of Tadgh McMahon’s murder. But jurors are meant to judge the truth — not become part of the story.
When PI Lana Bowen is asked by an ex-colleague to speak to Marion, she senses something is deeply wrong. As she digs deeper, Lana must decide how far she is willing to go — and what she is willing to risk — to uncover the truth. TELLING THE TRUTH could destroy something — or someone.
Karen Fitzgibbon is an actor, producer, director, writer, and educator based in Limerick City. She has spent over twenty years co-writing, producing, directing and performing in theatre and film with both community and professional groups. She holds a licentiate in theatre studies from Trinity College London. She lives in Limerick.
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