I am so happy to have discovered this author as I now have a new-to-me series to catch up on. Police procedurals and mysteries are one of my favorite genres as are books set in Ireland.
Cormac Reilly was once a detective at an elite Garda station in Dublin. He transfers and demotes in rank to a police agency in Galway as his partner Emma relocates for her work. For someone with his experience and skills the Galway posting is wasting his talents on cold cases. One case in particular is a blast from his past.
The prologue tells how twenty years earlier Cormac was young officer sent out to a rural home for a domestic violence call. What he found was Maude, a neglected thin 15 year old girl who was taking care of her 5 year old brother Jack. Their mother was dead in an upstairs bedroom, liquor and drugs surrounding her.
Then chapter one starts us in present time when Jack, now 25 years old, has commited suicide. His partner Aisling is not convinced Jack took his life. The past has a way of being interjected in this investigation. There are so many facets of this story that are interesting and Cormac is now one of my favorite detectives. I am very much looking forward to the next few books in the series and seeing the character development.
Sharing with Joy's Book Blog for British Isles Friday and Marg at The Intrepid Reader for the 2022 Historical Fiction challenge.
