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Book Review: The Ruin By Dervla McTiernan

March 28, 2018 BY

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