Book Review: The Ruin By Dervla McTiernan

Irish Detective Cormac Reilly could never quite forget the death of Hilaria Blake, or more to the point, the two children she left behind; Jack and Maud. So when the body of Jack is found 20 years later, initially thought to be suicide, but later investigated as murder, Reilly is drawn back into a case that he thought was dead and buried. Aisling Conroy, Jack’s bereaved girlfriend and talented surgical resident, will not let this go without a fight. From the past come suspicious characters and slippery secrets. While in the present, high stakes corruption, moral dilemmas and police politics make investigating this case a dangerous undertaking for the methodical Detective Reilly and Conroy. The deeper Reilly gets, the more he starts questioning who among his colleagues he can really trust. McTiernan delivers a fast paced, compelling and utterly consuming page turner. You will not want to leave this book, and lucky for you, it looks as though there will be a sequel.

Harper Collins, $32.99